Up to $122,000 could be wiped off the value of the typical Sydney house over the next year, while Melbourne’s median house price could drop below $1 million, Domain forecasts. The real estate platform has published housing price forecasts for the next financial year and has tipped substantial falls for the Sydney and Melbourne markets,…

France has confirmed its first case of Ebola, a doctor who flew back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a major outbreak is underway. The case is the first of the deadly haemorrhagic fever identified outside the African continent during the current outbreak, which has also affected Uganda. It is the first time France…

Karl Stefanovic once called himself “Joe Bogan” when asked whether he was the Aussie version of American podcaster, Joe Rogan. But the breakfast TV king’s foray into the medium, which attracts millions of listeners online, has given his employer Channel Nine a headache, after Stefanovic got cosy on the couch with British far right activist,…

Australia’s domestic spy chief, Mike Burgess, has defended the agency’s resourcing decisions in the years leading up to the Bondi terror attack, arguing his agency is grappling with an “unprecedented” volume of threats. In his annual threat assessment, Mr Burgess revealed the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has foiled 31 major terrorism plots since 2014….

The Victorian Liberal Party is in chaos after an MP claimed they were assaulted by a member of their own party room. The accused MP is actively considering legal advice to sue their colleague for defamation over the claim, which they deny. The ABC has chosen not to name the MPs. Both have declined to…