The voting has closed, the counting begins on the Australian federal election. Follow live.

The global situation requires the complete rewiring of our political and bureaucratic establishment brains.

Antony Green has covered every single state and federal election that I have been alive for. He makes it all seem effortless. But I know how hard he's worked to be ready for May 3.

Power has been restored in Bali after a blackout that authorities blamed on a disruption in subsea cables.

The Melbourne mural depicting female victims of alleged violence was spray-painted with the words "war on men". 

Reduced to its simplest form, the jury in Erin Patterson's trial will have to decide whether a beef Wellington cooked in her kitchen represents a terrible accident, or the ultimate act of betrayal.

Already decimated by injuries, South Sydney loses fullback Jye Gray to a painful cork and hooker Peter Mamouzelos to a dislocated elbow as the Knights win 30-4 at a rain-soaked Lang Park in Magic Round. Follow live.