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New home sales were nearly 40 per cent higher in the first three months of the year than during the same period last year.

Australia's COVID-19 vaccination program is expected to undergo a "big reset" with details to be announced on Thursday.

Australia's share market is poised to rise to record heights next week after one such achievement went largely unnoticed.

Rio Tinto has settled out of court with Perth-based engineering group Monadelphous over a fire at a Western Australian iron ore site in 2019.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is confident Australia has bounced back from the coronavirus recession, but concedes there could still be some "choppy" jobs figures ahead.

Australia's chief medical officer has urged people to continue to get vaccinated and not jump to conclusions as investigations continue into a NSW woman's death.

The corporate watchdog says its investigations following the banking royal commission have so far resulted in $77.65 million in penalties.

Climate experts are calling for much stronger emissions-reduction targets for Australia to ensure global warming remains well below two degrees Celsius.

Australia's share market has closed at its highest level since February 2020 for a second day, and is nearing the record.

The clean-up bill for Tropical Cyclone Seroja will stretch into the hundreds of millions, with 126 homes along Western Australia's mid-west coast rendered uninhabitable.

Top doctors have raised serious concerns about Australia's vaccine rollout as major airlines talk up the prospects of more domestic flights and the reopening of international routes.

Communications Minister Paul Fletcher says Australia Post won't be sold and there is no link between talks about selling its parcel division and the Christine Holgate controversy.

WA has outperformed other states with a huge drop in its unemployment rate in March, to 4.8 per cent.

The heads of Australia's two largest banks are more than happy to talk about how they are assisting customers who may still be suffering hardship after last year's recession.

Antarctic expeditioners caught up in a fire at sea on Australia's resupply ship now face a foreign world of check-ins and masks on home soil.

Australia's share market closed at its highest level since February 2020 and appears set to challenge records

Scott Morrison has refused to offer former Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate an apology after she accused him of bullying.

Australia is set to shift to mass coronavirus vaccination clinics in a bid to roll out more jabs under the troubled immunisation program.

Tropical Cyclone Seroja has been declared an insurance catastrophe after inflicting widespread damage on Western Australia's mid-west coast.

Business conditions rose to a record high in March, while confidence remained above average despite a small dip, NAB's monthly survey shows.

Australia's share market moved little for a third consecutive session, but consumer price data due in the US threatens to reignite inflation fears and send markets downwards.

A woman in WA has suffered a case of rare blood clots believed to be linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Christine Holgate has accused Scott Morrison of humiliating her and being bullied out of her job as boss of Australia Post.

The federal energy minister has launched a strident defence of gas, claiming those against expanding the fossil fuel's role in Australia are against the interests of the nation.

Premier Mark McGowan is set to inspect the damage inflicted by Tropical Cyclone Seroja amid fears hundreds of properties could be lost.

Thousands of people living and working in specialist disability care are still waiting for their first vaccine doses, eight weeks into the rollout.

A royal commission into Crown Perth will examine whether Western Australia's decades-old gambling legislation remains fit for purpose.

Australia's share market started the week lower as investors continued to step back from the milestone level reached on Thursday.

Facebook hopes to sign more deals with Australian news organisations for content as the social media giant prepares to introduce a separate feed by year's end.

Aged care consumer groups have challenged the federal government to deliver urgent reforms to the trouble-plagued sector.

Scott Morrison has abandoned plans to give all Australians their first vaccine dose by the end of October.

Australia Post has appointed Woolworths executive Paul Graham as its new chief executive, five months after Christine Holgate quit.