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A 17-year-old who was charged following last week's counterterrorism raids across Sydney allegedly sought "dirty guns", a children's court has heard. 

The Rabbitohs board convened twice on Tuesday, deferring a decision on Demetriou's future until a second meeting in the evening, when chairman Nick Pappas could be looped in from London.

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has made findings of corrupt conduct against ten former employees and contractors working for the Inner West Council and Transport for NSW.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australia is ready to embark upon a major overhaul of its foreign investment regulations to ensure critical industries, minerals and the national interest are not put at risk.

A parcel of suburban land earmarked for more than 100 houses three years ago remains mostly vacant, with the SA opposition accusing the government of leaving the site like a "dust bowl" amid a housing crisis.

Protesters have attempted to disrupt bulldozing at the controversial Defence housing project at Lee Point in Darwin, which has long been opposed by community activists and traditional owners.

Linda Reynolds is suing Brittany Higgins and her fiancé David Sharaz over social media posts made in July last year.

Heartbroken family members of "selfless and gifted" McLaren Vale schoolteacher Bernice Sternberg, who was killed by driver John Tsalapatis in 2021, tell an Adelaide court of their profound grief.

The Queensland senator told court today that when she tweeted that Senator Mehreen Faruqi should "piss off back to Pakistan", she didn't realise the Greens senator was Muslim or that 97 per cent of the Pakistani population was Muslim.

Violence is the biggest cause of homelessness for women and children, says Homelessness Australia CEO Kate Colvin, who has called on the federal government to "confront this challenge".

Family and friends of a man killed in a Tasmanian gold mine in 2020 say the $150,000 fine for the company is a "bloody joke" — calling on Tasmania to join the rest of the country in implementing industrial manslaughter laws.

Indian spies were kicked out of Australia after being caught trying to steal secrets about sensitive defence projects and airport security, as well as classified information on Australia's trade relationships.

Teams have dared Josh Giddey to shoot three-pointers ever since he entered the NBA. He responded by hitting three in a crucial fourth quarter to help his OKC Thunder side advance to the second round of the playoffs.

Assault victim Ninette Simons has become the human embodiment of a saga that has been engulfing the federal government for six months.

On the surface pilot whales appear to be the world's most poorly-named mammal but scientists say there is likely more to their beachings than a radar that has gone awry.

A young man accused of murdering 31-year-old Rene Latimore in Central Queensland during 2021 has been released on bail after his charge was downgraded to manslaughter. 

Police believe a 40-year-old man left a carrier moored at Cape Lambert, before swimming ashore.

Four-time Golden Boot winner and all-time leading A-League Men's topscorer Jamie Maclaren has announced he will leave Melbourne City at the end of the season, closing the door on one of the competition's great careers. 

A Canberra grandmother escapes conviction for filming a video containing child abuse material of her granddaughter and posting it privately to social media platform TikTok, in a case ACT Supreme Court Justice Belinda Baker described as "highly unusual".

Bonza's collapse is merely the latest in a long history of failed Australian airline experiments, but it probably won't deter others from going in on a wing and a prayer.

Australians hoping for energy bill relief next financial year have been delivered a blow, with the cost of energy transmission set to rise in different parts of the country.

Despite pledges made by major galleries to address gender inequity, male artists are still over-represented in solo shows in state and commercial galleries and major museums. 

The body of a 19-year-old woman has been found in an apartment in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the federal government's $250 million support package for Central Australia is seeing results. Critics say it's too early to tell. 

The independent inquiry is examining the circumstances leading up to the crash that claimed the lives of four army personnel in July 2023.