Australian cities

NSW will pledge to end the HIV epidemic by 2030, bringing the state in line with other states including Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia, and join more than 500 city signatories across the world.Marking World AIDS…

An aerial image of a new housing development on the fringe of a major city has sparked fierce debate about whether suburban life as we once knew it has died.A photo of the Sunshine Coast suburb of Nirimba, once bushland but now a bustling…

Australia has seen the largest drop in available rental properties in years as the market continues to tighten. New rental listings across the country fell by 18.9 per cent in April with Sydney, Melbourne and Perth facing the toughest…

Most people would welcome a coffee shop opening within an easy stroll of their home. But to some Australians, such an utterly uncontroversial measure is merely the beginning a “Stalinist-style, closed city” plot to lock people in their…

Thousands more Australians are dying amid a concerning surge in excess deaths, and conspiracy theories are whirling as people demand to know what caused the spike. Last year, 25,000 more Aussies died compared to historical averages,…

The most in demand suburbs for buyers in Australia have been revealed as the market continues to lag across the board.The insight comes as part of PropTrack’s latest figures, which show where homes have as many as 500 potential buyers…

Hundreds of people stood firm, despite a heavy rainstorm over Sydney’s CBD, to demand faster action on climate change. Students, parents, union members, activists and First Nations people flooded into Town Hall just before midday on Friday…

Australia has witnessed more than 1600 bank branch closures since 2017, with hundreds axed in the past year as financial institutions increasingly turn to online systems. In the last financial year alone, 309 branches closed their doors,…