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Scott Morrison is under renewed pressure to launch an independent inquiry into a decades-old rape allegation against Christian Porter, which he denies.

Australia's share market set an all-time high as it finally climbed above levels of early last year, days before the coronavirus crash began.

A rise in renewable electricity and curbed transport industry activity have helped to drive down Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.

The Australian economy may be growing at a solid clip with confidence at multi-year highs, but there are few signs people are willing to take on a loan outside of housing.

Westpac chief executive Peter King wants the corporate sector to be allowed to step in and help Australia's flagging vaccine rollout.

Investors are making a mockery of the saying 'sell in May and go away', after the ASX200 notched a record closing high and the All Ordinaries claimed a record high.

The first phase of evidence has concluded in a royal commission into Crown Perth, with the focus on the regulation of gambling in Western Australia.

Greg Hunt has fiercely defended Australia's sluggish vaccine rollout in a series of heated interviews, with the federal government under fire over the Victorian lockdown.

Qantas could soon offer frequent flyer points and other incentives to Australians who get the coronavirus vaccine.

ASIC is in line for a new program designed to stop it imposing too many fees across the economy.

Victoria's coronavirus lockdown has sapped confidence on the share market as some companies brace for a considerable hit to sales.

Australia Post has stopped short of apologising to former chief executive Christine Holgate or heeding calls for the organisation's chairman to resign.

The Commonwealth Bank has bought stakes in an online shopping group and power retailer as it tries to keep pace with innovative online rivals.

New figures suggest next week's crucial economic growth figures will get a major boost from business investment and finalise a complete recovery from last year's recession.

Financial regulator ASIC is taking wealth manager AMP to court for selling life insurance to dead people – one of the controversies from the banking royal commission.

Australia has backed Joe Biden's calls for a fresh investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

Talk of rate rises from New Zealand's central bank and falling iron ore prices have prompted investors to send Australia's share market lower.

A report into Christine Holgate's acrimonious departure from Australia Post has called for the prime minister to apologise and the chairman to resign.

Commonwealth Bank shares have traded for $100 for the first time since the bank joined the market in 1991.

A decision on upgrading the Royal Australian Navy's Collins Class submarines will be made next month, a parliamentary hearing has been told.

Victorians arriving in WA will now be required to undergo testing and quarantine until they return a negative result, as Melbourne's COVID-19 cluster grows to nine.

Mining giants thrived despite continued falling iron ore prices, and Commonwealth Bank shares set a record price, in a wide-ranging rally on the ASX.

Iron ore shipments to China struck another record high in April, helping to lift overall Australian exports to a historic peak of $36 billion.

Australia's energy minister has again flagged a plan to incentivise coal-fired power stations to remain open for "as long as needed".

A parliamentary committee report looking at the circumstances surrounding the decision to stand down former Australia Post boss Christine Holgate has been delayed.

Prosecutors are set to receive a brief of evidence within weeks relating to allegations former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins was raped inside Parliament House.

Tensions within WA’s health system are set to be addressed when doctors and nurses rally outside Perth Children's Hospital.

Two years after an alleged assault at Parliament House, no changes to policy have been made to help staff respond to serious incidents.

Investors have watched falling commodity prices continue to bring down materials shares on the Australian share market, as they prepared for the Aussie dollar to follow.

Rio Tinto's blasting of the sacred Juukan Gorge rock shelters is being marked by traditional owners on the first anniversary of the destruction.

Scott Morrison faces stiff opposition on plans to allow vaccinated Australians to travel between states in the event of coronavirus lockdowns.