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The daughter of missing camper Carol Clay has told a jury she was concerned her mother’s affair with Russell Hill would become public after their disappearance. 

Apartments could become more affordable in Brisbane under Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner’s plan to remove outdated minimum carparking requirements for new developments in high-density areas. 

Australia’s peak soccer body is refusing to say how it plans to vote if a motion to expel Israel from the World Cup goes ahead in Bangkok later this week. 

A tenant in one of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s investment properties has been given an eviction notice but is pleading with the leader of the country not to kick him out. 

Police will be able to use metal-detecting “wands” in major public spaces where knife crimes have been committed in the past year, in a key change to proposed new powers driven by concerns about the safety of yearly events like the Easter Show. 

Accused High Country killer Gregory Lynn murdered campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay, probably after a dispute over a drone, prosecutors allege. 
 

An Uber driver allegedly raped a young woman after she had finished work in the early hours of the morning in Sydney’s Inner West. 

An Adelaide pilot who was working in the US has died in a motor vehicle accident. 

Social media giants are being urged to work with the South Australian government as it seeks to legislate a ban on children under the age of 14 from the platforms. 
 

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will today sell a budget Labor claims will help struggling households, but a growing chorus of experts warn the plan will also keep crippling mortgage repayments higher for longer. 

NSW Police have joined the NRL integrity unit in investigating allegations that Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker were the targets of racial abuse during their game against St George Illawarra at the weekend.  

A long-anticipated fall in international airfares has finally arrived, with Flight Centre data showing overseas economy fares in the second half of 2024 are down an average of 13 per cent on the same time last year. 

Social media giants such as Meta and TikTok have been put on notice, with the federal government announcing a wide-ranging probe into online platforms’ potential harm to Australians. 

A repeat domestic violence offender with an apprehended violence order banning him going near his former girlfriend ambushed her outside a Sydney gym and stabbed her in the throat with a kitchen knife. 

Jewish students and staff at Queensland’s top university fear for their safety after a suspected antisemitic attack on the office of a Jewish academic. 
The governnment will pump an extra $3.25 billion into the North East Link – the biggest single investment it has made in Victoria since being elected. 

Twenty scholarships will soon be available for students wanting to work in artificial intelligence research at Lot Fourteen, with significant investment aimed at boosting SA as a global competitor in the sector.