The Victorian government has helped finalise funding for landscape designer Phillip Johnson’s public garden project at Olinda, which aims to “inspire people to connect to the beauty of nature”.

The former soldier travelled to Iraq in 2019 to train nearly 200 emergency and trauma doctors with combat charity Shadows of Hope. But who are Shadows of Hope and what do they do in warzones?

The federal government will introduce legislation capping commercial leases on Sydney Harbour Federation Trust sites like Cockatoo Island to a maximum of 35 years.

Photos: Sydney Ferries Through time

The jury in the sexual assault trial of former footballer Jarryd Hayne heard closing addresses from the defence and prosecution today.

Asked why the group ran from police, one of the surviving boys who made it across the river responded, “f--- the police”, before breaking down recalling watching his friends die.

Supporters of failed challenger Brad Battin are likely to be removed from the shadow cabinet when state Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien reshuffles his frontbench.

NSW Supreme Court Justice Natalie Adams said she was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Davis did intend to kill Jett McKee when he brought the samurai sword down on his head, and found his reaction was “moderately excessive”.

Two young parents are grief-stricken and multiple investigations are again underway at Blacktown Hospital’s maternity unit after the sudden and inexplicable death of another newborn baby.

He thinks much of what we have been told about living an extremely long life is total bunkum.

The woman has been accused of moving the man’s corpse from a private residence to bushland. Police said the man’s death was non-suspicious.

Abbie Galvin, who leads the state’s strategy on urban design, said North Sydney’s MLC building was historically significant, and improving the surrounding area didn’t have to come at the cost of its destruction.

The school says it is attempting to identify the students, who were overheard by other bus passengers making derogatory comments against women after the Melbourne March 4 Justice event.

Police have reopened locked-down streets around a Gold Coast primary school as the manhunt continues for a man wanted over a domestic violence incident. 

Cinematic icon Bryan Brown returned to Parliament House on Tuesday to spruik the need to protect film and television industries. But he found himself up against a rival celebrity lobbyist – former Olympic star Ian Thorpe.

As Brisbane commuters continue to shun public transport, what has been described as a “quiet revolution” in e-mobility is taking place amid council’s roll-out of a plan for the sector.

A 2007 Herald investigation revealed links between underworld figure Abe Saffron and the 1979 ghost train fire that killed seven people.

Nine months after the death of “Mr Sin”, investigative reporter Kate McClymont revealed the truth about Abe Saffron’s crimes ... and his very powerful friends.

A 78-year-old woman was left with a fractured pelvis and bleeding on brain after she was attacked while opening a church early on Saturday morning.

Nathanael Cooper joins political reporter Katina Curtis to look at the impact of the March 4 Justice and how the government is handling the #MeToo moment.

Mark Leo O’Brien, 64, pleaded guilty to stealing the money from the estates of his clients. Much of the money had been left to charities.

A new city is an opportunity to set out a new vision - but the premier missed it.

After moving to Hastings Point, Tess Brill stood in front of bulldozers to protect the wetlands.

The high-profile Sydney criminal lawyer was depicted as “past it” and “decrepit” by a columnist in The Daily Telegraph, the Federal Court has heard.

As men, we need to demonstrate our respect for the women in our lives and accept responsibility for the changes that need to occur.

In a short statement released Tuesday morning, three days after the WA election, Crown said it would immediately stop all political donations.

Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has spoken of how he “felt awful as a father” for putting his job ahead of his family during the state’s second coronavirus wave.

A public park has become a battleground between students attending one of Melbourne’s first “vertical schools” and residents aggrieved at having to share the open space.

James Robert Davis, 40,  was the head of The House of Cadifor and boasted online about his BDSM lifestyle and relationship with multiple women. 

Vitamin D does not give any protection against most forms of cancer, new genetic analysis has confirmed.

What this country decides to do now, in the face of the turmoils across the world and at home, will become the legacy, and the inheritance for the future.

Detectives have made a breakthrough arrest in the hunt for Nick Martin’s killer, escorting a man from his Waikiki home in handcuffs on Monday evening.

Victorian Liberal leader Michael O’Brien insists he is the right person to take the fight to Premier Daniel Andrews as he prepares to face a possible leadership challenge this morning.

Meanwhile, in the private sector, people are spending more on rent and being forced into bidding wars, sparking fears among service providers they may flock to social housing if unable to secure accommodation.

Western coast-dwellers insisted their council build a new waterfront park and keep 4WD beach parking, despite erosion and car damage causing dire flood warnings.

Commuters coming from Perth’s north-east can expect delays as a large sinkhole on one of the main arteries into the city has been closed in both directions as traffic is starting to swell.

Victoria has recorded its 18th consecutive day of no new local coronavirus cases, but health authorities have ramped up efforts to track down returned travellers from interstate hotspots.

Michael O’Brien insists he is the right person to take the fight to Premier Daniel Andrews as he prepares to face a likely leadership challenge on Tuesday morning.

The work must continue if we are to have any chance of making an impact.

Brittany Higgins watched as the most traumatic episode in her life became politicised and was played out in the media like a game.

The Attorney-General’s defamation claim against the ABC could well serve as a venue for witnesses and evidence to be tested.

We assumed that covering the stonking school fees would be the toughest challenge Ascham parents face. But no.

New developments in Sydney’s CBD and surrounding suburbs must be able to offset as much energy as they expend under a state government-backed plan.

Highly contagious COVID-19 variants are on the rise in hotel quarantine, as authorities investigate how a security guard caught the “UK strain” from a returned traveller.

Hornsby’s Mount Errington house and gardens will be transformed into a progressive preschool and primary school for 80 pupils and nine staff.

Junior doctors have reportedly been told not to record huge rates of overtime and remain fearful speaking up will impact their careers.

Incompetence appears to be infecting our COVID-19 vaccination program but Scott Morrison is still playing politics with the pandemic.

45 years ago, angry nurses were talking about protests after the State Industrial Commission rejected their planned $9 a week pay rise.

Nixon critical of McCarthyism, Queen uses new type of sunglasses, and Russia goes to the polls

It’s been three decades since the pokies were introduced to Victoria. We can’t keep avoiding the massive harm it causes.