The Treasurer Jim Chalmers is downplaying official advice stating the Federal Budget isn't sustainable unless taxes are raised and spending reduced.

In the West Australian outback, a massive search for a missing German backpacker is underway.

The Federal Government's special envoy to counter antisemitism has released her report and recommendations today.

Qantas is refusing to say if it is being held to ransom by cyber criminals, after a data breach exposed customers' personal information.

The Reserve Bank has shocked economists and disappointed mortgage borrowers by deciding against an interest rate cut.

One of Australia's most closely watched murder trials has ended with Erin Patterson, the so-called "mushroom murderer," now a convicted killer.

After the US Congress finally passed what he calls his "big, beautiful bill," the President Donald Trump has been celebrating with supporters in Iowa.

In New York, the music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been denied bail after being found guilty of two out of the five charges against him in his criminal trial.

Qantas is warning millions of customers a significant amount of data has been stolen in a major cyber attack.

More than a thousand children are to be tested for infectious diseases after a childcare worker was charged with more than 70 child sex offences.