The deadly Newtown boarding house fire has renewed debate about living conditions inside share homes across Sydney.

Fireworks at the MCG could be a thing of the past owing to the risk posed by thousands of square metres of flammable cladding covering part of the Northern Stand.

Fighting is intensifying in Kyiv’s suburbs, the United States has unveiled a $1.1 billion support package for Ukraine and NSW and Victorian health authorities are urging people to get their booster shots to avoid the possibility of some coronavirus...

Hobsons Bay City Council is calling on the business responsible for the spill that resulted in the mass fish deaths in Altona to face tough penalties.

Three children who tried to shield their mother from being stabbed by their father have told a court of the sadness her death had caused and the daily struggles they endure.

The state government is facing significant cost overruns across several road and rail projects that form part of its $110 billion infrastructure pipeline due to labour shortages and COVID-19 pressures.

A truck driver “honestly and reasonably believed it was safe to drive” before he suffered a diabetic episode and crashed, killing a girl, a court has heard.

The Carlton hotel could be protected on the state’s heritage register if a joint bid by the National Trust and Trades Hall to conserve Labor Party history is successful.

Last year, Olympic kayaker Nathan Baggaley was jailed for 25 years over a plot to smuggle 500 kilograms of cocaine into Australia.

The victim’s sister, who has been campaigning for the crime to receive the maximum penalty, has said she feels gutted and let down by the court’s decision.

The 12-person NSW District Court jury was discharged after a judge received two notes about a home “experiment” conducted by a juror involving a ruler and book.

More than 7000 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Western Australia yesterday and there are now 31,211 active cases in the state.

The woman, a former police officer, told the court she was haunted by the rage she saw in Lovett’s eyes, was plagued by flashbacks and anxiety, and continued to live with emotional trauma.

An elite soldier has told the Federal Court that he believed Ben Roberts-Smith was a bully who had caused a comrade to develop depression.

Revelations of Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape inside Parliament House contributed to a 60 per cent increase in reports of sexual assault in April 2021, statistics show

Brisbane’s slow reopening to the world has continued, with Air Canada set to resume services to the Queensland capital in July.

An architect of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and says a compulsory boost in hours for disability workers will increase costs for users, adding to fears of advocates and providers that services will be hit.

In March 1988, two giant pandas, Xiao Xiao and Fei Fei, arrived by air in Melbourne. After four years of negotiations, they were on loan from China for six months as a gift for Australia’s Bicentenary.

Victoria’s overall crime rate fell by 12.6 per cent last year, but one expert says the real impact of the pandemic on family violence won’t be known for some years.

David Ford was protocol director in the key visits of the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, US president George Bush Senior and Pope John Paul II.

George Mackenzie was an outstanding member of several community organisations in Melbourne.

But which former PM said no?

Victorian Education Minister James Merlino said he was ‘extremely concerned about any entity masquerading as a school without the necessary regulatory oversight’.

Many older-style boarding houses are places of last resort. The men residing at the Newtown house would likely have had no other accommodation option.

A Double Bay florist accused of not paying his staff and suppliers appears to be flying to the US as details emerge about his credit history in Tasmania.

A new metro rail line under Sydney Harbour risks becoming a major political and financial headache for the government as the next state election looms.

The sharp increases in cost of living brought about by petrol price rises will hurt the bottom end of the housing market: those in private rentals and homeowners in outer suburbs.

Electric cars are surging across NSW with more now registered around Parramatta than anywhere else in the state as prices fall and access to charging stations increases.

As an expected spike in Omicron BA.2 infections looms, Health Minister Brad Hazzard said he is focusing on those who are not triple-dosed.

Scores of renegotiated contracts with companies building the new metro rail line highlight the extent of challenges facing the government project.

Edith Cowan University and the state and federal governments will chip in extra cash as the project cost rises to $853 million because of the “challenging construction environment and labour market”.

The Federal Court’s ruling that the Environment Minister has no “duty of care to protect young people from climate change harm when considering fossil fuel projects” is disappointing, to say the least.

Poor housing and even worse internet and mobile phone coverage are the major infrastructure issues impeding the state’s regional growth.

Murray Farquhar is in poor health but is “comfortable” in the hospital section of Long Bay, according to prison staff.

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The report from Infrastructure Australia shows poor mobile and broadband coverage persists across regional Victoria and the pandemic has further exposed the shortfalls.

A delicate race against time to remove tonnes of flood debris from a World-Heritage listed island is ramping up.

The family of murdered bus driver Manmeet Sharma struggled to understand how the eight mental health experts who gave evidence at this week’s inquest differed in their opinions.

Abiyah Selvan, 10, and Aiden Selvan, 8, lost their lives in a car fire police believe their mother lit in a Coogee beach carpark on Monday. 

But he still isn’t sure about Presbyterianism.

Russia is edging closer to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Australia’s expert vaccine body is currently weighing up COVID-19 booster shots for people aged 12 to 15 and the Prime Minister continues his tour of Western Australia.

As celebrations gear up for the bridge’s 90th anniversary, Ian Litchfield, 95, reflects on his visit to the construction marvel with his brother and father in late 1931.

Negotiations are under way to take people inside homes rarely open to the public, including the Beachcomber house which has survived bushfires and flood.

Helping to shine a light on war crimes allegations, despite Defence Force rules enforcing silence, took its own kind of courage.

A lawyer for the jailed crime boss has questioned whether the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is fulfilling its role in Mokbel’s case as he appeals against his convictions.

Lawyers for Brittany Higgins’ accused rapist are calling on the media to remove published stories about the former parliamentary staffer’s allegations.

A man on trial accused of murdering his ex-wife admits he entered her home, waited for her to return and assaulted her, but he says she took her own life after he left.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison told an industry breakfast businesses needed to be resilient in a changing world and not put all their eggs in one basket.

The Prime Minister, like me, has shed some kilos, so why does he deride the Opposition Leader for doing the same?

The Labor leader said there was no cultural problem with senior women in the party and described “mean girls” allegations in the wake of Kimberley Kitching’s death as disrespectful.