Ambulance Victoria data shows about one quarter of all overdoses in the CBD happened within 250 metres of the intersection of Flinders and Elizabeth streets.

Mark Sanguinetti, 59, from Bilgola Plateau was killed by a shark Tuncurry beach on Tuesday.

The construction company’s collapse leaves high-profile projects across the state and country in limbo, and subcontractors owed tens of thousands of dollars.

A widow accused of killing Walcha grazier Mathew Dunbar offered a high school friend $20,000 to make a false statement in the lead up to her murder trial in a plan that was inspired by an episode of 1990s sitcom Frasier, a court has heard.

The world’s top energy chief says Australia has an obligation to reach net zero emissions earlier than 2050, the Israel-Palestine death toll is rising amid calls for a ceasefire, and an 18-year-old Brisbane nurse has developed blood clots after rec...

‘We cannot afford to fiddle while Rome burns’: alarm sounded over doctor shortages after spate of patient deaths as relatives and staff speak out at inquiry.

The senior NSW bureaucrat who oversaw the controversial $250 million government fund at the centre of a pork barrelling inquiry has left his job.

The Victoria Cross recipient is suing The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald for defamation over a series of stories published in 2018.

A magistrate rejected Bada Bing cafe owner Nathan Sharp’s explanation for the incident, and deemed him an uncredible witness. 

Case against former TV contestant accused of sexually touching a teenage girl is to proceed on one charge of common assault rather than the original three counts of sexual assault.

Hours before Lily Ridgeway stabbed him in the heart, Jason Adams was kicked out of the home of her friend after persistent unwanted advances, a court has been told.

Mohinder Singh, who killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway, “didn’t seem right to be operating anything, let alone a truck” in the lead-up to the tragedy, Melbourne Magistrates Court heard.

One of Australia’s most respected infectious disease experts says other than harsh and prolonged lockdowns, a highly vaccinated population is the only way to prevent a third wave of coronavirus.

Sunil Khanna, 51, formerly from Sydney’s west, had been living in New Delhi before his death where he cared for his elderly parents who are not Australian citizens.

Mutant lab: Australia’s new defence against COVID variants

Mobile phones in schools, consent education and behaviour management were some of the topics students want NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell to consider.

Four Mongols bikies and an associate of the gang have been arrested by police on the Gold Coast.

Melbourne council staff voted on Wednesday to take industrial action over a long-running pay dispute but parking fines and rates will still be collected.

Cardinal George Pell says strip-searches were the worst part of his time in jail, while he sensed “a whiff of evil” at work during his trials.

This government’s lack of concern for integrity is reflected in the “0” appearing in the allocation for its proposed integrity commission.

Education Minister Alan Tudge declared the school funding wars over and said it was time to talk about teaching and standards.

The Federal Court has heard that federal Liberal minister Christian Porter will vigorously oppose a bid to stop a Sydney barrister acting for him in a defamation fight with the ABC.

Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire is joined by chief political correspondent David Crowe and Resolve Strategic director Jim Reed to unpack the latest results from the Resolve Political Monitor.

You might have expected the PM to agree with the Virgin boss on the cost of opening up. Instead, he rounded on her with the reliability of a Cartier watch.

The CBD might need more than an injection of restaurant vouchers to get people back into the city.

A 94-year-old NSW woman who went missing in South Brisbane on Wednesday has been found. 

Edward Cassidy’s experience was vast, including having to rescue an ultra-conservative Guatemalan archbishop from terrorists.

We act to prevent physical injuries in the workplace, but our society tolerates a substantial preventable burden of work-related mental illness.

William ‘Bill’ Patrick Alwyn Haines, who died at the correctional facility on April 27, became the eighth First Nations death in Australian jails since March, four of which have occurred in NSW.

There are four important ways the Morrison government can tackle COVID-19 vaccination reluctance – one of them is through a mass promotional campaign.

Scott Morrison also claimed the Toowoomba community did not support the international quarantine facility proposal.

The story of how three Perth friends were forced to fight off two intruders by turning their weapons against them has been told for the first time.

There is a minister under pressure to resign, a Premier keen not to sack him, a Health Department under fire, and powerful medical unions determined to protect the reputation of their members.

A woman and three children managed to escape the blaze uninjured however another woman was pulled from the home by firefighters.

A convicted murderer serving life in prison for killing an 81-year-old shopkeeper has had his review for parole rejected for the 21st time.

Victorian MP Jane Garrett says she is still being targeted by bullies from the firefighters’ union five years after she resigned as Victoria’s emergency services minister following a bitter industrial relations dispute.

Following calls to hasten the reopening of the nation’s borders, experts warn it won’t be safe to remove restrictions until at least 70 per cent of the population is vaccinated.

We should soon open our borders in a controlled way to students and tourists from a small group of low-risk countries, including China.

Letting the boss into our bedrooms might be justified when national security is at stake – in other cases we should be wary of ceding ground.

While comrades in Kiama tune up.

Borders shut until 5 million get jabs: I reckon if we wait till then we should be looking at flying out about 2030.

A new survey of patients attending emergency departments in NSW has delivered largely positive responses but hospitals in Sydney’s west and south-west lag behind the state.

Steep rises in fares likely, first loss since 1912, and trams bank up after car smash.

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

Cricket NSW wants big changes inside CA’s leadership, citing a hamfisted approach to management during the pandemic and aftershocks related to the Sandpaper Gate ball-tampering affair.

The federal government ditched its most cherished policy principle of producing surplus budgets, while the country’s left-wing state government in Victoria is attempting some form of budget repair.

A Sydney man has been sentenced to almost 15 years’ prison for his part in a plot, which was thwarted by an “unprecedented” international investigation.

Two men have been charged over a home invasion that resulted in a Point Cook couple being hospitalised on Tuesday morning.

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll concedes the language used by an officer investigating a rape complaint was inappropriate and admits police should be more sensitive.

International student numbers at Victorian universities are not expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels until at least 2028.