Victoria Police says the crackdown on helicopter footage comes after protesters in the CBD were “actively monitoring aerial live streams, compromising the police operation”.

After shepherding the protesters around the city like sheep, police herded them to the Shrine. There they left the lid off the toothpaste and then began to squeeze.

In a dramatic end to the third day of protests in Melbourne, police have fired non-lethal rounds into a crowd of hundreds of protesters gathered at the Shrine of Remembrance. 

Hundreds of protesters are on the steps of the Shrine of Remembrance, as protests against the vaccine mandate from construction workers and anti-lockdown believers continue.

Victoria’s education unions have almost universally backed a state government move to mandate coronavirus vaccines for teachers and childcare workers, but an organisation representing Christian schools has warned the sector faced “significant cha...

Three children survived the Central Coast crash but their mother and two siblings died. A passing motorist who hit one of the victims on the road called triple zero.

Today on Please Explain business reporter Charlotte Grieve joins Jess Irvine to discuss allegations of misuse of member funds at the Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme.

The teenager is also accused of a string of other offences and faced Perth Children’s Court on Wednesday charged with grievous bodily harm over the alleged attack.

A man charged with murder allegedly expressed pleasure at Mejid Hamzy’s death while under covert police surveillance.

Anti-lockdown activist Monica Smit can be released from custody after a Supreme Court judge rejected several bail conditions sought by Victoria Police to control her behaviour.

The New South Wales truck driver returned a negative test on September 13 before driving with a co-driver across the country and entering WA on September 16. Three days later he tested positive.

The state government will commence a two-week trial on October 6 integrating vaccination status into the Service NSW app already used for QR code check-ins.

Daniel Andrews vowed police would crack down on protesters who tried to shut down the CBD, as 1000 anti-lockdown demonstrators converged on the Shrine of Remembrance on Wednesday.

Buildings shook across Victoria on Wednesday morning just after 9am, with residents from metropolitan Melbourne to Geelong to Gippsland reporting violent shaking, but the SES says no injuries have been reported.

Ford beat the Mirror repeatedly on such stories as the murder of John Lennon and the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana.

It seems like there’s been a profound seismic change, a fundamental rupture both in society and in the earth beneath us.

Geoscience Australia says the magnitude 5.9 earthquake was detected near Mansfield about 9.15am at a depth of 10 kilometres.

Gavin Charles Pollock allegedly used fake invoices to channel tens of thousands of dollars worth of council cash to the bank account of a sex worker, a report by the Crime and Corruption Commission has found.

The woman, who was granted an exemption to travel to the area for work-related purposes, allegedly attended venues in breach of the conditions of her exemption.

Five WA footy fans have been stung by online scammers selling fake online tickets to this Saturday’s AFL Grand Final.

Teui “TC” Robati, 19, will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday accused of causing a car to swerve in Bowen Hills.

Victoria Police were prepared for further protests in Melbourne’s CBD, Byron Bay woke up to its first day of a seven-day lockdown and the PM has had his first face-to-face meeting with US President Joe Biden.

At the quake’s epicentre just south of Mansfield, the ground probably moved about 10 centimetres, but experts say Victorian buildings are made to withstand the kind of shaking experienced on Wednesday morning.

The former footballer was jailed for a maximum of five years and nine months after he sexually assaulted a woman in her Newcastle bedroom.

Despite a push for mandatory workforce vaccination by some union members, the Australian trade union movement has been remarkably cohesive in opposing employer mandates.

School staff must be fully vaccinated by November 29, unless they have a medical exemption, under the government’s mandatory vaccination rule for schools.

A magnitude 6 earthquake was felt across the state on Wednesday morning, and as far afield as Sydney and Canberra. Here are readers’ experiences.

Lawbreaking protesters are intent on causing mayhem and provoking police into committing unacceptable behaviour. But police who step out of line will be held to account.

Police are investigating the attack that occurred at Cairns Central Shopping Centre on Wednesday morning.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she was “loudly criticised” and attacked over her comments about COVID risks to children.

NSW has reported 1035 new local coronavirus cases on Wednesday, as the state reached 83 per cent first-dose coverage.

This is advice issued by the Victorian SES as authorities say the large earthquake that shook Victoria is already being followed by aftershocks.

The windy and cold weather is set to ease on Thursday after two chilly days.

Anglican Archbishop Roger Herft could be defrocked in about a month as a church standards board considers allegations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse.

Violent youth crime is again in the news cycle, while shopfront vacancies pile up and work-from-homers stay, well, home.

The Water Corporation did not procure enough renewable energy to fully power its Binningup desalination plant and for a decade failed to buy carbon offset to cover the gap, as required by the environment regulator.

Police said the 34-year-old woman’s body was found in a cabin on Pole Dump Forest Road in Bulga Forest about 11.30am on Saturday. 

Can Peter Gutwein give the rest of the country some holiday hope?

I have observed the far right consciously appropriating the language of anti-vaxxers seeking to exploit their anger and distrust.

The inoculated sensible cannot be made hostage to the wilfully unprotected – but there will be a cost.

The Prime Minister dined with News Corp boss Robert Thomson in New York before meeting with US President Joe Biden.

Train drivers say they will strike next Tuesday, bringing the state’s rail network to a halt, as a prolonged industrial dispute with the government intensifies.

Almost one in four health workers in northern NSW is yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, as the local community says a mix of hesitancy and access problems have led to low rates.

Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce’s dismissal of Christian Porter’s behaviour as “a bad day at the wicket” dilutes the seriousness of his actions.

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

Australian actor George Lazenby still has a strong chance of becoming the next James Bond.

Fifty years ago, the nuns at a Sydney convent school ended up in court when they attempted to stage Jesus Christ Superstar without seeking permission.

This practice will break records.

The Victorian construction industry will be shut down after a violent protest, the NSW government plans to pour billions of dollars into LGAs of concern and it’s the first day of the PM’s visit to the US. 

Protesters marched the streets of Melbourne today in the wake of the State Government's requirement of mandatory vaccines for workers and the abrubt shutdown of the industry for two weeks.