A colleague of Mohinder Singh, the truck driver who killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway last year, says he told their supervisor that Singh should not be driving.

Parking fines and rate collection could be suspended in Melbourne if city council workers vote on Wednesday to take industrial action over a long-running pay dispute.

NSW and Victoria are moving to pick up the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations, the international community is working to broker a truce in Gaza, and the Victorian royal commission into Crown’s Melbourne casino licence enters its second day today.

The head of a leading Queensland medical research institute is calling for researchers to be freed from red tape by setting up a national approval body for clinical trials.

An inquiry has heard extraordinary evidence that kitchen staff are stepping in to care for patients due critical staffing shortages at NSW hospitals.

Two tagged great white sharks were detected within hours about two kilometres south of the beach where the man, aged 59, was attacked on Tuesday.

Pictures of Gold Coast Bulletin stories were published on Twitter showing articles on the Gold Coast Suns allegedly written by club staff.

Footage shows a cassowary approaching the group, coming within a metre of the walkers, before following them for seven minutes along a walking track in north Queensland.

Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue has been committed to stand trial on allegations he and another man raped two young women more than 30 years ago.

If a student brings any kind of knife to school, principals have been told to call their parents rather than search them or demand they surrender it.

Sacred cultural objects are beginning to be returned to country. But elders say it is a race against time before the knowledge of how they were once used, and where they belong, is gone forever.

The family of Govind Kant, who flew to India last month for his mother’s funeral, say he was desperately trying to get back to Australia in the weeks before his death.

Gregory Douglas, 68, is accused of sexual and indecent assaults against the six women between 2014 and 2019.

Queensland’s Police Commissioner has defended how her officers dealt with an alleged domestic violence incident in Wooloowin on the weekend.

New rules are expected to recommend or require that N95 masks, goggles, gowns and gloves be used in interactions with COVID-19 patients, rather than just a surgical mask and eyewear.

Following the release of a heartbreaking report into Aishwarya’s death this week, Mark Olson said one nurse who had worked in the emergency department the day Aishwarya died had been told to take unpaid leave, while others had been moved out of the...

We should all be moving towards prosperity for everyone, and business remains at the heart of that and as the key driver.

A man and woman have been charged with murder following the horrific death of long-time personal trainer and volunteer firefighter Mark Carson on the Fraser Coast.

Jesse Williams, who grew up on Brisbane’s southside, has teamed up with Queensland police.

Queensland Police are already working with 30 men after a report from the corruption watchdog found they were discriminated against due to a 50 per cent gender policy.

Pride March is a defiant display of the parts of the community that aren’t waxed buff dudes and perfectly quaffed drag queens.

WA Health Minister Roger Cook has been accused of political game-playing in trying to rebrand a system change he first suggested years ago after Malakei Paraone’s death but never finalised.

Twenty-five new X’Trapolis 2.0 trains will be running on Melbourne’s suburban network by 2026 under a deal with French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom.

The state’s Auditor-General has been unable to rule out misconduct or corruption in the purchase of a highly contaminated land near Parramatta.

Health authorities are monitoring the case of an 18-year-old trainee nurse who developed blood clots weeks after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Today on Please Explain, federal health reporter Rachel Clun joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss why the number of people who have received vaccinations in disability residential care is so small.

Ahead of the one year anniversary of the destruction of Juukan Gorge, the site’s traditional owners say they want to do business with miners “but we want to do it on our terms”.

John Christophersen played a major role among thousands who travelled from the Northern Territory to join the anti-bicentenary march in Sydney in 1988.

Premier Mark McGowan is holding a press briefing in Mandurah where he is expected to be further questioned over the internal hospital report on Aishwarya Aswath’s death.

The barrister for a farmer accused of sexual assaults and inappropriate massages has questioned whether the evidence of one complainant even constitutes the charge of sexual touching.

The Australian Sikh Association says its members are distraught following a government edict banning religious knives at NSW government schools.

The NSW government will not step in to help vaccinate people with disabilities after the federal government revealed it had vaccinated fewer than 1000 of this vulnerable group nationally.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner revealed the construction sites for the two new river crossings on Tuesday morning.

Two police officers who extradited an accused man on a flight from London to Perth have avoided hotel quarantine, instead being put up in a private apartment to complete their two weeks’ isolation.

For the second day in a row, Queensland has experienced a cold snap with the wind chill factor driving down temperatures.

Product Safety Australia has identified a defect that could result in an electrical short circuit and a fire starting in the engine compartment.

When I unwrapped the budget papers last Tuesday, I gazed upon the rivers of red ink with a sense of relief.

The stories shared over the last few days by distraught academics have been utterly awful.

Students must be culturally literate and knowledgeable about the nation’s past – and that includes Judeo-Christianity and Western liberal democratic traditions.

Once I discovered Frankie’s Pizza, I knew my years of being different growing up had been worth it.

The National Resources Commission has warned that the management of greater Sydney’s water supply is flawed and may compromise economic growth.

Three young men are about to appeal against their convictions for killing or injuring infants by shaking them. The scientific community is split on the subject. So are the convictions sound?

Australians need to keep an open mind, and an open heart, about keeping the border closed as the vaccination program gains pace.

A new study has recommended a standardised approach to counting cultural diversity in the workplace.

The Herald met Mr Welch of the Explosives Department, who had been busy testing potentially lethal fireworks from around the world in preparation for cracker night.

Captain Cook’s diary, horse ferry sunk, and impossible to save.

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

Bruce McClintock reckons it’s best to quit while he is still enjoying himself, rather than being the drunk guy at the end of the night who needs help into a cab

Preston Market could be redeveloped to make room for 2200 apartments under draft planning rules that Darebin council says could wreck the 50-year-old “heartbeat of the local community”.

Lack of casual staff is hampering the recovery for many regional tourism businesses.