Home loan borrowers missing out on millions in offset savings

The specially-modified aircraft will be one of 12 used by Qantas to fly between Australia's east coast and Europe.

Australia supplants China as the dominant lender and infrastructure investor across the Pacific as the government ploughs billions of dollars into the region through both foreign aid and loans.

Japan's south-western Kyushu island has been struck by two strong earthquakes within an hour of each other.

It's day five of the Commonwealth Games and that means the fastest man and woman will be crowned in the 100m, the Diamonds take on Malawi and Kyle Chalmers goes for gold. Follow live.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has struck south-western Japan's Kumamoto prefecture and sparked warnings of a tsunami wave of up to 1 metre.

Victoria's new premier, Ben Carroll has only four months to convince voters he could be the man for the top job, after the toppling of Jacinta Allan.