6 h. ago Foster carers for high needs children have support slashed by $100 a day

Carers have reported that their state government cost allowances have been cut by three-quarters without explanation.

Politics

7 h. ago The 14 times a NSW official was handed cash totalling $686,000 by contractor

An anti-corruption inquiry was shown WhatsApp messages in which the now-sacked Transport for NSW staffer boasted of the money he had pocketed.

Economics

8 h. ago Fate of private services hangs in the balance at Northern Beaches Hospital

The decision expected to be unveiled on Tuesday is likely to affect more than 211,000 people on the northern beaches with private health insurance.

Politics

8 h. ago Kaiser supercharges Tassie gold plant past nameplate capacity

Kaiser Reef has supercharged its Tassie gold processing capacity to a 400,000 tpa annual run rate, blasting the name plate capacity of the plant out of the water.

Politics

9 h. ago Great Southern lands $337k grant to drive WA gold and platinum hunt

Great Southern Mining has won a $337,500 Government grant to fund deep drilling at its WA Duketon gold project and an East Laverton Diorite Hill platinum-group target.

Politics

13 h. ago From queer woodchopping to Samoan satire, meet the performers pushing boundaries

This year’s Liveworks Festival is a broad showcase of alternative arts, including dance, digital, theatre, talks and photographic works.

Politics

15 h. ago WA news LIVE: Major shakeup to WA councils as election results stream in; Family offers $100,000 reward to help find missing Perth mum

Follow our live coverage here.

Events

38 h. ago Election win: Bruce Reynolds remains City of Perth lord mayor

Voting closed in WA’s local government regions yesterday afternoon, with counting by the state’s electoral commission due to pick up again on Sunday morning.

Politics

45 h. ago I’m 24 and just inherited $300,000. Should I clear my HECS, or invest it?

Usually, the smartest thing to do with a windfall is invest it into super. But given your age, I would suggest a different avenue.

Politics

58 h. ago Apartment that looks like house sells for $1,356,000 in the inner west

First-home buyers battled for a one-bedroom strata unit that forms part of a terrace at auction on Saturday.

Society

67 h. ago The $60 million tax probe, the Qld sports facilities, and the OnlyFans creator

The infatuation began with $5000 to an OnlyFans creator, before it skyrocketed to $157,000. The payments are just some uncovered as part of a covert probe by the ATO into the family behind Queensland sporting enterprises.

Economics

69 h. ago From The Beatles to Taylor Swift: How music marketing became a beast

Remember when artists used to simply play on the radio and tour after releasing a new album? Oh, how times have changed.

Politics

3 d. ago Qld avoids credit rating downgrade. But state’s books ‘remain grim’

A leading credit rating agency warned Queensland’s debt would continue to spiral based on its “very weak” budgetary position.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘Never seen a question like that’: Students react to HSC English exam

On Friday, 60,000 HSC students sat their second English exam. One question made sure they had read the whole book.

Politics

3 d. ago One of Australian sport’s biggest earners will ride the Everest favourite. Most people have never heard of him

Jockey Zac Purton has pocketed about $70 million in the past 18 years riding in Hong Kong. He will add $350,000 in 70 seconds on Saturday if he can win the $20 million Everest.

Politics

3 d. ago What a life: Former church minister and state rugby player nears 110th birthday

Reverend Bill Morgan has had a full life, as a keen Bulldogs supporter, clergyman and playing rugby with Weary Dunlop. Credit: The 100 Project

Sport

3 d. ago Fed up with arts ‘propaganda’, this Archibald winner is debuting at Sculpture by the Sea

Distinguished painter Tim Storrier has a few thoughts about contemporary art – so he’s bypassing the big galleries.

Politics

4 d. ago ‘For every $100 of gas exported, Australia gets 43 cents’: Unions open new tax battle

The federal government this week overhauled its superannuation tax reforms. Now the union movement says it should radically overhaul taxes on gas exports.

Economics

4 d. ago Melbourne cats given the freedom to go out at night – on one condition

The City of Melbourne has granted Kepler Copernicus and his fellow cats their due respect – the freedom to go out during the cat curfew.

Politics

4 d. ago Australia’s richest genre literary prize a tie between Tasma Walton and Robbie Arnott

For the first time, the $100,000 ARA Historical Novel award has been given to two authors whose work overlapped on a particular theme.

Events