Three members of the Queensland police and two other people are all in a serious condition following a car crash and stabbing.

Ukrainian citizens who fled their homes, arrived in Melbourne on Saturday to hugs and tears from loved ones.

A Melbourne woman has won a court fight against her estranged brother for custody of an ageing sheepdog with a heart condition.

University of Queensland researchers will investigate exactly what effect microplastics are having on human health, with a new lab set up in partnership with the Minderoo Foundation.

The head of the Defence Force’s flood taskforce paid tribute to the families of those killed in Qld and NSW, while Australia’s most senior military chief was on the ground in Brisbane encouraging clean-up troops.

Remote Aboriginal communities “need” police, but their guns must be locked away, according to Warlpiri leaders following the murder acquittal of Constable Zachary Rolfe.

Each day, Kayte Murphy would hang out until 5pm for what she says was the best part of her day, the time when she could twist open a bottle. She’s among an “unprecedented” number of middle-aged women seeking help for alcohol use post-pandemic.

Stanley Street came alive into a relaxed and convivial pedestrian-only zone for one day only. Local restaurants, cafes and bars spilt out onto the street for alfresco drinking and dining, toe-tapping the afternoon away to a mariachi band.

Gallery: Ukraine - Russia crisis, March 12

Australians have donated more than $12 million to flood relief crowdfunding campaigns, outstripping big charities like Red Cross – which is running a telethon on the Nine, Seven and Ten networks on Saturday night.

Far from just a flash in the pan trend, “BookTok” has turned the industry on its head – you will even find a dedicated section for trending titles in a major bookstore.

Melbourne’s iconic Moomba Festival began today with perfect weather for families to enjoy the day in the city.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Hundreds of ‘Chernobyl children’ were sent to Australia in the 1990s. One Melbourne woman has since tracked down her Ukrainian foster child, who is now fighting for his life and country.

Western Australia has recorded 4300 new cases of COVID-19 overnight, with the number in hospital rising to 103.

The Prime Minister and Governor-General met on Friday night, allowing for the official declaration, after both men visited the Northern Rivers and witnessed the aftermath of the floods in Lismore and surrounds.

The research led by two former female PMs, showed almost one-third of those globally surveyed believe that traditional masculinity is under threat while more than one-quarter said that feminism does more harm than good.

New Farm’s Riverwalk has reopened after floods, but talks continue on removing the floating Drift Restaurant that has been washed up onto the Bicentennial Bikeway at Milton.

Australia Unites: Red Cross Flood Appeal, will air at 4.30pm on Saturday with a host of Australian music greats performing to raise money for flood victims.

Did SAS soldiers discover locals hiding in a tunnel during a controversial village raid in 2009? It’s a key question in this extraordinary trial.

Dealing with stereotypes on top of the particular kind of grief that comes from wanting a child and not having one leads to a deep internal reckoning.

Reforms triggered by Cyclone Tracy in 1974 transformed Australia’s north. Some 50 years later, is Australia still capable of such a bold response?

Defence experts say the military cannot be relied upon to help in natural disasters as they become increasingly frequent and intense.

NSW Health has recommended the reintroduction of indoor masks, density limits, singing and dancing bans, and a return to working from home as COVID-19 case numbers rise.

Melbourne led the way with the introduction of the 8-hour-day but 160 years later many industries have slipped back to their old ways.

Putin’s horseback riding masculinity appealed to those who argued conservatism should never have made an alliance with liberalism.

The Prime Minister’s response to the floods is a symptom of deeper, structural problem.

But this is a crisis that has been squandered.

We know the PM doesn’t hold a hose, so he was never going to turn up and spend any meaningful time pushing a squeegee.

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

Kevin Green and other residents say a GrainCorp refinery stinks and is making them sick. The dispute is part Erin Brockovich, part The Castle, and it’s made Mr Green a pariah in Numurkah.

There is ample proof that the generation who today chip the young spent most of their younger days totally off their chops.

John Howard went to Lismore and faced his numerous critics head-on. Scott Morrison went to Lismore, haunted by a previous disaster, and dodged face-to-face scrutiny.

The Kremlin says it will look into the bombing of a maternity hospital in Ukraine following previous denials, Australian experts are calling for the federal government to establish a natural disaster insurance scheme and politicians are mourning the ...

Designers and architects are asking questions about where and how we live, now that the world has been changed by COVID-19.

It is alleged that as the victim attempted to stop the robbery, the girls, aged 13 and 14, stabbed her in her chest and back with her newborn also in the car.

Researchers have been studying deaths involving fire - arson-homicide - for years in Australia.

Doctors say the passing of Shane Warne and ALP senator Kimberley Kitching have shone a light on the prevalence of heart disease, as a study reveals COVID-19 may increase the risk of one the nation’s biggest killers.

The jury in the Northern Territory Supreme Court trial has cleared Rolfe over the 2019 shooting death.

The week in photos from the award-winning SMH and AFR photographers.

A full train timetable will resume on Wednesday and on-street parking is free this month.

As the waters recede after the latest disaster, the state government faces a host of challenges.

Businessman David Gonski said he was disappointed that many schools were not receiving all the needs-based per-student funding that his report recommended.

Communities are again lashing out at the federal government after another natural disaster.

Maintenance supervisor Troy Adam Hausler thought his colleagues were with spy agency ASIO and communicating with him telepathically when he killed a fellow worker on a Pilbara mine site.

Angela Surtees doused husband Daniel in fuel and set him alight, and a judge found she showed more self-pity than remorse for her “horrific” crime.

Thousands of food delivery riders potentially eligible for significant backpay face a blow to their chances with Deliveroo using a landmark court decision to try to overturn an unfair dismissal case.

WA president Mark Duncan-Smith said knowledge was power, and the state government’s refusal to release the most recent modelling was part of the “power game of the government”.

Fewer than half of eligible Queenslanders have had a third dose of COVID vaccine with authorities concerned the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron could cause case rises heading into winter.

Sydneysiders have been urged to reconsider travel across the Blue Mountains this weekend due to the rail line closure and road damage.