The state’s hotel quarantine system will likely host returnees from COVID-ravaged India soon as the option of flying via a third country reopens.

A Melbourne doctor has been granted permission to return to practice after having sex with a patient in a toilet cubicle at St Kilda’s Hotel Esplanade in 2019, which is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the health industry regulator.

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The leader of a Melbourne neo-Nazi group has been arrested by counter-terrorism police over an alleged armed robbery earlier this month in central Victoria.

Executives dropped everything and cancelled meetings to race to hospital emergency operations centres this week as demand for beds overwhelmed staff.

The Israeli Prime Minister has called in the military amid violent clashes in Gaza, a NSW MP has joined the cross bench amid a police investigation and federal Labor has pledged millions for affordable housing and clean energy.

NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay’s leadership has been dealt a significant blow on the eve of the byelection after one of her most senior MPs quit the front bench over.

The chairwoman of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council has pitted herself against incumbent Clover Moore and Labor councillor Linda Scott.

Adam Brookman abandoned his wife and five children in 2014 to follow his Islamic beliefs and travel to Syria. But his lawyers say he’s spent enough time in prison.

Union boss Michael O’Connor will face an election challenge as part of infighting in the CFMMEU.

Newly elected MP Adam Brooks has been charged after Queensland police allegedly seized a gun, explosives and false drivers’ licences during a Redcliffe raid.

All 41 patrons and staff identified as being at the Curry Vault restaurant in Melbourne’s CBD when a man with COVID-19 dined there last Friday have returned negative test results.

A 27-year-old man who ran a “sophisticated” drug supply business from a small town on the NSW South Coast will spend at least a decade behind bars.

Ney stabbed the 24-year-old to death, then stabbed another woman in the back as he ran through Sydney’s CBD brandishing a knife.

The South Australian state recipient of the Australian of the Year award discusses the racism she endured as a child, her faith, and the great impact The Apology to the Stolen Generations had on her.

Police found Ms Price’s body at her Park Street property on May 4 last year and believe she was fatally stabbed up to five days earlier.

The Oregon man was arrested over a scheme that provided cheap access to Netflix and other streaming services using vast troves of stolen login details. 

The NSW firefighters union tried to ban popular fire station open day events but has backed down after being lashed by members and the Minister.

The work of the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission will be integral to achieve the recognition and respect that Aboriginal Victorians have always warranted.

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We tour the now defunct Wallerawang Power Station in Lithgow.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk this week told a three-day ‘Zoom’ meeting with the Olympic Future Host Commission ‘there is no firmer friend than a Queenslander’.

A major police operation has found a large number of people allegedly committing child abuse offences have been in far north Queensland, after 23 people were charged with 148 offences.

Twenty-six years after model Revelle Balmain went missing in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, her family is still searching for answers.

6PR caller Julie shared her husband’s harrowing story on Liam Bartlett’s morning program on Thursday following the fallout of the report into the death of Aishwarya Aswath at Perth Children’s Hospital on April 3.

Today on Please Explain, world editor Michelle Griffin joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the growing tensions in the volatile region.

The Federal Court will hear an urgent application to stop one of Christian Porter’s barristers acting for him in his defamation case against the ABC.

Rangers believe the birds were deliberately targeted by a person who was speeding in a 4WD.

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In just weeks the Berejiklian government’s majority has dissolved, with scandal after scandal forcing Coalition MPs to the crossbench or out of Parliament altogether.

More Pfizer doses arriving in Australia mean program to vaccinate Victorians will, from Monday, include disability and emergency workers under 50, among others.

Mr Cook was due to leave this weekend for the Gibb Challenge, a 660-kilometre charity event raising funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of WA.

A powerful team has assembled to tackle the Gibb Challenge and raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

The Crime Statistics Agency said the new data emphasises the importance of considering “potential barriers to reporting faced by victim-survivors when lockdown measures are in place”.

A man has been charged with animal cruelty after the puppy was “deliberately set alight”. It was later humanely euthanised by police.

A man has been charged with manslaughter after a woman was found lifeless in Brisbane’s north this week and a police investigation was launched.

“I thought, we can do this together. If not for the dog, I wouldn’t have given evidence.”

When our chefs ditch the apron for some downtime, where do they go and what is on their must-eat list? We spoke to some restaurant heavyweights in WA to see where they head when they clock off.

The federal government’s priorities were clear: the word “tourism” appeared 24 times in the list of new budget spending, and the word “university” appeared only once.

The operators of the AirTrain rail link to Brisbane say only the train can beat Brisbane’s traffic congestion as Brisbane’s airport link tussle heats up and ruled out a ‘fare war’.

Queensland’s Health Minister has rejected reports the state lowered its vaccine intake, saying they reached an agreement with the Commonwealth to send extra doses directly to GPs.

The five commissioners of Victoria’s truth-telling body, which will analyse injustices against Aboriginal people in the state, have been announced.

Victoria will be the first and only state to embark on a commission of inquiry to expose the truth about the treatment of Victoria’s First People since colonisation.

A man and a woman have been charged over an alleged armed robbery in Parramatta on Thursday morning.

It is tricky to hand down a state budget that is fair, stimulates growth and finds a solution to Victoria’s eye-watering debt.

A slew of royal commission recommendations weren’t picked up, meaning the budget changes “won’t go far enough” in guaranteeing safe, quality care for all older Australians.

The Country Fire Authority volunteer was told by a senior colleague to attempt suicide after having previously tried to take his own life.

Viewing COVID-19 as city folk’s problem and very rare complications arising from the AstraZeneca vaccine are hindering efforts to immunise indigenous communities.

A 27-year-old drug dealer due to be sentenced in the NSW District Court on Friday is expecting to stay in jail for a “large chunk” of his life.