Scott Morrison has hit back at calls for Australians to be brought home from overseas whether they have tested positive for COVID-19 or not, saying it doesn't make sense.

The federal government insists the housing provisions in its latest budget will finally make the Australian dream more accessible, especially for single mums, but not everyone is convinced.

The first flight of repatriated Australians from virus-ravaged India has been transferred to the Howard Springs quarantine facility after touching down at Darwin airport.

Two men accused of stealing opals worth half a million dollars in a NSW home invasion in February have been nabbed interstate.

Buyers beware, especially the growing number of young Australians turning to the 'bank of mum and dad' for help stumping up home loan deposits.

Dozens of Australians will not be returning home on the first post-pause flight out of India after they tested positive to COVID-19.

Two men have been sentenced for their involvement in a vicious road-rage incident that left a Gold Coast tradie fighting for his life.

Labor has pledged to build 30,000 social and affordable houses over five years through a $10 billion future fund if the party wins the next federal election.

A $50 million penalty imposed on Telstra for fleecing vulnerable Indigenous consumers is a warning for corporate Australia, the head of the consumer watchdog says.

Four days after Goran Stevanovic told his mother he was popping out briefly, his mutilated and decomposing body was found in his killer's shower stall.