Breaking news, politics, business, economy, and current events from Australia.
Two teenagers have been charged with multiple offences after two armed robberies in Melbourne’s southern suburbs. The pair are alleged to have embarked on a crime spree on Sunday that saw them rob fellow teens in Frankston and Cranbourne. Police say a 16-year-old boy has been charged with three counts of armed robbery and theft…
Three new bulk-billing GP clinics are opening in Canberra in a bid to address a shortage of affordable healthcare in the capital. The first clinic, Coombs Bulk Billing Practice, opened in Phillip today, and will eventually move to a permanent site in Molonglo. The Next Practice Community South Tuggeranong will open in Conder tomorrow, and…
Detectives from the arson and explosives squad are investigating the death of a man in a fire in Victoria’s north. Victoria Police said emergency services were called to a fire which had broken out along the Goulburn Valley Highway at Tallygaroopna, north of Shepparton, just before 10:30am this morning. A passing motorist spotted a blaze…
Members of the public were put at “severe risk” of electrocution after four Stobie poles were vandalised in Adelaide’s north in the past month, causing some to fall and expose high voltage electrical lines. SA Power Networks external affairs manager Cecilia Schultz said the planned acts of vandalism required professional equipment, such as an angle grinder,…
For many Australians, superannuation doesn’t occupy their routine thoughts until they hit their 40s. By that time, people who have been working for most of their lives may have built up hundreds of thousands of dollars in super, and start to think more closely about whether the amount they have accumulated will help support a…
Western Australia’s health minister says she would welcome a coronial inquest into the death of an eight-month-old girl in a regional hospital, but has stopped short of formally requesting one. Willow Katarina Horne died at Kalgoorlie Health Campus on the morning of September 9, 2025, two days after she was admitted with respiratory issues. A…
One person has been seriously injured in a single vehicle crash this morning in Blackmans Bay, south of Hobart, Tasmania Police has confirmed. A second person also sustained non-life-threatening injuries after the “serious” crash on Burwood Drive. Both are being treated in the Royal Hobart Hospital. Emergency services were called to the scene just after…
A South Australian couple who spent $250,000 on fertility treatments say the government’s IVF rebate will make a “huge difference” for people trying to conceive. Chloe Bradley welcomed her first child Willow three years ago and is due to give birth to her second child, also conceived through IVF, this week. Speaking at a government…
Warning: This article contains details that may be distressing to some readers. A Canberra man has been found guilty of attempting to murder his wife after stabbing her in the arm with a kitchen knife during a violent attack at the family’s home almost two years ago. The man, who cannot be identified for legal…
Damage to South Australia’s network of outback roads is isolating remote communities, preventing children from getting to school, and slowing the restocking process for pastoralists recovering from drought. Large parts of the Birdsville Track remain underwater. (Supplied: Department of Infrastructure and Transport) There are 10,000 kilometres of outback roads in South Australia, and the transport…