Bernard Lagan

High inflation and interest rates have savaged former industrial powerhouses around the world but this could be a pivotal year, our correspondents report

From surviving a bite from Australia’s deadliest snake to retrieving a reptile from a grave during a burial, Sydney snake catcher Cory Kerewaro has seen it all in his decade-long career

Securing a prime spot by pitching a cabana goes against the country’s egalitarian principles, says Anthony Albanese

Ocean Infinity will operate autonomous vessels and undersea robots from a south coast control centre in the hope of locating the missing plane

Scientists have discovered a larger and potentially more deadly variant of the world’s deadliest spider near Sydney

The new rule announced by a council near Sydney have sparked accusations of sexism, with complaints that women’s bodies are being policed to spare men’s blushes

A surge in gold prices has fuelled an increase in wannabe prospectors near Melbourne and almost 100,000 permits have been issued. Is the risk worth the reward?

A deadly road, a political battleground: Albanese takes fight to opposition heartland.

The pungent giant — nicknamed Putricia — is kicking up a stink for the first time in 15 years at the Royal Botanic Gardens

Alleged plot described as ‘most severe threat’ to Australian Jewish community in ‘living memory’