Misguided misogyny musings miss the mark

Adelaide drivers wanting to cash in on a cheap fuel offer were lining up from midnight.

Hong Kong’s stronger economic performance over the past year was the reason for raising the monthly minimum wage for foreign domestic helpers by 2.35 per cent, the labour minister has said, amid disappointment from both unions and employers’ groups. Defending the government’s decision to raise the monthly minimum wage to HK$5,220 (US$665), Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said the government sought to keep the annual adjustment mechanism “balanced and acceptable”. Speaking...

Multiple people have been injured, and a driver has been arrested, after a car crashed into a crowd of fans farewelling the Newcastle Knights team bus. Follow our rolling coverage.

A bottle shop worker has used a baseball bat to fight off armed machete thugs who invaded his store.

Victoria has been rocked by its most powerful earthquake in three years which shook locals from their sleep in the early hours.

The Omani pilot accused of stabbing his co-pilot and trying to down a passenger jet had been banned by another airline, over concerns around extremism.

There's hope relief at the bowser is on its way with G7 Nations releasing 100 million barrels of oil, which is expected to put downward pressure on fuel prices in Australia.

There's been wild weather in NSW with a mini tornado hitting Ulladulla as much of the state's eastern and southern regions brace for rain, wind and storms.

Fans become first responders treating the injured and detaining the alleged driver as a car hit crowds in Newcastle.

Knights fans went from a day of celebration to rallying around the community ahead of the NRL grand final.

Chris Clancy was among thousands of Newcastle fans lining the street when an out-of-control car smashed into him and his family.

On his 29th birthday, Hong Kong bartender Tang Lung-wai boarded a flight to the Philippines for a holiday that would change his life. He ended up spending 26 years in jail in the country. Now 55, Tang spent years fighting his drug-related charges, insisting that he had been framed. But he told the South China Morning Post that he did not view those lost decades solely through the lens of bitterness. “At first, I felt a lot of resentment about being framed like that. But in the end, it’s no use...