By Sunday morning the city had recorded 92.8mm of rain this month – fast approaching May average of 117.4mm, BoM saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe wet start to May for much of New South Wales is likely to continue for another week, with a severe weather...

Katy Gallagher says more aid for women escaping violence could come in form of increased rent assistance as sector struggles to recruit workersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJust 30 of the 500 frontline domestic violence workers promised by the Albanese government...

WA premier Roger Cook suggests teenager who allegedly stabbed man in Bunnings car park in Willetton may have been radicalised onlineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWestern Australian police say they have shot and killed a teenager who allegedly attacked a...

Student applications and net arrivals fall as refusal rates reach a record high. The situation is set to worsen if visa fees are hiked in the upcoming budgetGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIt took Rajesh more than 12 months to receive his visa to study in Australia.But Rajesh – not his real name – considers himself...

Exclusive: Robbie Mason wanted to give up but just didn’t know how. Then he and his partner joined Australia’s first hydromorphone trialFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRobbie Mason started using heroin when he was a child.His hands are dotted with pinprick...

‘We want to be the guardrails at the top of the cliff, not the ambulance at the bottom’, says Salvation Army executiveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEvery Monday, more than 250 emergency relief sites run by the Salvation Army receive a weekly allocation of...