After seven months on the run and hundreds of police unable to locate him, experts and investigators have questioned how Dezi Freeman survived in remote Victoria without apparent contact.
Rachel Thornbury 
Starting April 1, Australians aged 50+ must develop formal retirement income strategies. The problem: their real wages just went backwards for the first time in years.
Rachel Thornbury Across gaming, food, and streaming, Australian companies are raising prices and reducing products at the exact moment government subsidies are failing to address affordability. The result: households losing $3,800 annually while corporate tactics go unchecked.
Rachel Thornbury 
With fuel stations running dry across Australia, the government is considering increasing ethanol content in petrol to stretch supplies and lower costs.
Rachel Thornbury Two nightclub arsons in Melbourne within 48 hours—one confirmed deliberate attack with accelerant—suggest a potential organised crime pattern targeting hospitality venues that authorities have not yet publicly connected.
Rachel Thornbury 
Police are investigating a deliberate arson attack at LUX Nightclub in South Yarra after three masked men forced their way into the venue and set it alight with accelerant in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Rachel Thornbury 
A first responder who attended the Anzac Day 2020 crash at Urrbrae is suing the driver for damages over persistent PTSD and mental health impacts from witnessing the deaths of two women.
Rachel Thornbury 
A Western Australian woman has been arrested on suspicion of helping manipulate social housing allocations, according to police. The allegation raises questions about the integrity of waiting list systems.
Rachel Thornbury 
From March 2026, NSW will enforce uniform gaming shutdown hours across all pubs and clubs, ending exemptions that allowed 670+ venues to operate pokies outside mandated times.
Rachel Thornbury 
Senior US senators have urged the Commerce Department to suspend all active export licences for Nvidia's advanced AI chips to China, citing a major smuggling indictment that contradicts the chipmaker's claims of effective compliance controls.
Rachel Thornbury 
A Queensland real estate agent has been jailed for more than four years after defrauding tenants and falsifying records to siphon over $130,000 from trust accounts.
Rachel Thornbury 
The Financial Conduct Authority has awarded Palantir a three-month trial contract to analyse sensitive regulatory data even as the government pledges to reduce reliance on big technology vendors.
Rachel Thornbury 
While governments across Asia have mandated work-from-home arrangements to conserve fuel, Australia is resisting similar measures, with the federal government saying individual workers should make the call.
Rachel Thornbury 
A 53-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after musician Greg Bryce was stabbed multiple times outside a Newcastle entertainment venue on Sunday evening.
Rachel Thornbury 
A Middle East conflict has shut down a fifth of global LNG supply, turning Australia's abundant gas reserves into a critical diplomatic bargaining chip as Japan and China compete for cargoes.
Rachel Thornbury 
Australia's criminal intelligence agency has warned that organised crime networks are shifting toward younger recruits and adopting more violent methods, while becoming harder to detect through digital sophistication.
Rachel Thornbury 
Sydney will run all-night metro, train and light rail services for Mardi Gras on 28 February, testing whether 24-hour public transport can finally break the city's long-standing transport deadlock.
Rachel Thornbury 
A 27-year-old man is in serious but stable condition after police shot him outside a shopping complex in Logan when he allegedly approached officers with a knife.
Rachel Thornbury 
One Nation polled as high as 28% in South Australian opinion surveys but appears unlikely to win House of Assembly seats as voters still favour Labor and the Liberals on preferences.
Rachel Thornbury 
Police have deployed additional patrols and investigative resources to Kingsley and Hillarys following the charge of a 14-year-old boy over a series of alleged indecent assaults targeting 14 women.
Rachel Thornbury