Ambulance response times have dipped to their worst level since 2016-17 and health professionals say Victoria’s system is at breaking point.

The allegations were levelled against Darling Downs tactical crime squad officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Scott Stahlhut.

A labourer arrested last year on sexual violence charges will face court again today after detectives laid an additional 32 charges.

It would take less than two kilograms of mRNA to vaccinate all of Australia and to make that just 20 grams of DNA is required.

Gregory Richard Douglas is on trial accused of sexual and indecent assaults against six young women, including five backpackers, who did volunteer work on his Peelwood farm between 2014 and 2019.

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Matthew Mahoney said the woman accusing two footballers of raping her said she felt she wasn’t allowed to leave the unit where the incident allegedly occurred.

NSW Health is contacting anyone who was quarantined on the 10th floor of the Mercure Hotel on George Street between April 7 and 12, amid fears the virus may have been spreading within the floor.

MairiAnne and Iona Mackenzie first took the government to court in 2016 to stop the acquisition of part of their land and the felling of historic trees. On Wednesday, all their grounds for appeal were rejected.

Gold Coast City Council will re-advertise for its chief executive position after the sudden resignation of David Edwards last week, with the process expected to take months. 

The small clinical trial showed very positive results for most participants, leading to researchers calling for the treatment to be approved for more general use.

NSW Police Minister David Elliott wants the principal of a school on Sydney’s upper north shore to explain student posters featuring slogans such as “Stop Killer Cops”.

The posters appeared on the same day One Nation MP Mark Latham, who admitted to supplying the story to the Daily Telegraph, was chairing a parliamentary inquiry into his own parental rights bill.

Victorians who had waited weeks to get coronavirus jabs at general practices have walked straight into mass vaccination clinics, with smaller than expected crowds present on their first day of operation.

Ben Ungermann, who featured in the 2017 season, disappeared from last year’s MasterChef Australia: Back to Win with little explanation in May.

City of Port Phillip is proposing “live music precincts” to prioritise pubs and clubs in planning decisions and protect them against noise complaints.

Several photographs and a video of Nicola Gobbo’s children were posted on a social media site by an overseas-based childcare centre, which revealed the exact location of the disgraced barrister.

Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire speaks with chief political correspondent David Crowe and Resolve Strategic’s Jim Reed about a new way of looking at politically relevant data.

One of the incidents involved breaking the forearm of his former girlfriend’s uncle during a fight.

Star Australian basketballer Mitch Creek has had his charges of assaulting a woman withdrawn by police.

A two-week coronial inquest delves into the deaths of Queensland Police Senior Constable Brett Forte and his killer, Ricky Charles Maddison.

The WA rental vacancy rate is at a 40-year low, with home opens attracting 40-50 people, who are outbidding each other and driving record rental prices even higher.

Graeme Curran, who was refused leave to appeal in the High Court, assaulted a teenage boy in the 1980s.

The run-down reserve in Braybrook will get a $3 million redevelopment in a partnership with Maribyrnong Council, with the Bulldogs to train there three nights a week.

Nationals MP Tim McCurdy can retain his seat in Victoria’s Parliament after having five fraud charges against him dismissed by a judge because of a lack of evidence presented during his trial.

Queensland’s authorities are investigating blood clots in a man who received the vaccine this week. 

Troy Martin agreed that he had “deliberately lied” about what he had seen and heard in the unit where a woman claims she was raped by Jack de Belin and Callan Sinclair.

Rugby League’s State of Origin will return to Perth next year for the second game of the series after the 2019 clash drew record crowds to Optus Stadium.

An insurgent faction is promising members it will campaign for a 13 per cent pay rise despite a 2.5 per cent cap on public sector wages in NSW.

Brian Earl Johnston is accused of killing 27-year-old Gold Coast mother-of-three Kelly Wilkinson and has been remanded in custody.

Carla Zampatti is honoured with a state funeral at Sydney's St Mary’s Cathedral on Thursday, April 15, 2021.

New modelling has found humans impacted two-thirds of the planet over 10,000 years ago but land use only recently intensified.

There are hopes a 14-storey premium office building made of sustainable materials proposed by a Hong Kong developer will breathe new life into the barren Perth City Link.

The state government has announced it will support the development of an mRNA vaccine facility in Melbourne, investing $50 million towards establishing it.

Do we dare to question if we are ‘the envy of the world’ when our COVID-free life still shuts out some of our most sacred and meaningful rituals?

Rebate after rebate tries to lure households to place panels, while wasting away are kilometres of prime space that would leave domestic production in the shade.

As English wine writer Simon Woods wrote: ‘Great burgundy is like an orgasm. If you’re not sure whether you’ve had one or not – you haven’t.’

With dual citizens in Parliament it is easy to imagine more pressure being placed on government to better balance the health and freedom of Australians.

Even before I was born, the Herald was part of my family.

Australian parent and principal associations say they played no part in developing the federal government’s new sex and consent resources, despite assurances that community stakeholders were consulted over the $3.8 million project.

Reports of “genocide” against the Uighurs has led to rebukes of China, including a growing call to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. So why is Australia remaining silent?

Senior women in the law say new federal attorney-general Michaelia Cash must improve gender equality after the Coalition appointed no women to the Federal Court in Victoria.

A study has found most teachers in kindergarten and the early years of primary school fail to correctly identify bullying behaviour by young children.

Ms Gullan knew births didn’t always go to plan, but the psychological impact and long recovery after a perineal tear took a significant toll on her.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

The Prime Minister continues to divide Australians on climate change with his disparaging and dismissive remarks about patrons of inner-city cafes, dinner parties and wine bars.

Dr Castro claims ‘total victory’, Art Gallery ‘must alter’, and war medals.

New Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm has been on a charm offensive since arriving here from the UK on Australia Day

Electoral politics is not like physics, where there are laws about action and reaction. And that is good news for Scott Morrison.

While the underworld hit the beach.