More than one-third of Aussies believe they will never afford to buy a home, a new survey has revealed. House prices have boomed in the last two decades, with the gap between income and the price of property rising to an all-time high. New research from data comparison firm Finder showed 35 per cent of Australians – up to 9.5 …

Australian learner and provisional drivers are being urged to properly secure their plates after authorities found more than 100 of them strewn along a one-kilometre stretch of road. Transport for NSW (TfNSW) said that over a six-month period, a total of 111 learner and P-plates were found on Samantha Riley Drive in Kellyville, in Sydney’s northwest. “And there’s likely many more across the state,” the department …

The Australian Council of Trade Unions will call for bold changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax at the government’s productivity roundtable this month, arguing the tax breaks be limited to one investment property. Under the proposal, the current arrangements would continue for five years to allow investors time to rethink their portfolios before the changes come into …

There’s no harm in relying on social media or booking data to tell us which destinations in the world are the most popular at the moment. But public opinion? That’s the ever-changing cross to which we all must bow. Wanderlust this year called on 168,000 travellers to participate in its 23rd annual Reader Travel Awards, and more than 3 million votes were cast across 22 different …

The majority of those killed or injured in Israeli strikes on Iran are women and children, the country’s health minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarghand was quoted on state media as saying. No official tally has been given for the number of deaths from three days of conflict with Israel, but on Friday Iran’s UN envoy said at least 78 people had been …

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says we need to radically re-think our ideas about what makes a successful political leader. “I want to bring into question those old assumptions about the character traits we want in politics,” Ms Ardern tells 7.30 in her first Australian TV interview about her new memoir, A Different Kind of Power. “People are …

Aziz Behich’s strike in the 1-0 victory over Japan has all but ensured the Socceroos’ qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Here are the five quick hits from Thursday night’s World Cup qualifier in Perth. 1. Understrength Japan still slick With a World Cup berth already secured, Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu selected a heavily rotated squad for his side’s final …

The next time you pick up a bag of spuds from the supermarket or fill up the car with petrol, you can thank a treaty signed 150 years ago for the metric system that underpins daily life. On May 20, 1875, delegates from 17 countries assembled on a Parisian spring day and signed the Metre Convention, also known as the Treaty …

“Lord forgive me, the Sinner is back,” read a pair of T-shirts, complete with AI-generated religious imagery, worn by two exuberant women sporting orange wigs in a crowd of thousands that had amassed outside the Foro Italico’s stadium court an hour before festivities began. Their joy was reflective of a jubilant night in Rome as Jannik Sinner marked his return …