Long-term mayor Angelo Tsirekas faces an inquiry over allegations he used his position to help developers in exchange for flights and other benefits.

Inquest into the teen’s death was told witness allegedly asked a fellow inmate if police “can get fingerprints off bits of wood”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the United Nations to remove Russia from the Security Council, Australia will build hypersonic missiles with the United States and Britain and Labor will push for the country to host major internat...

Mehraab Nazir, 49, and his nine-year-old son were crushed by rocks during a holiday adventure gone wrong.

The weather bureau issues a severe weather warning for heavy rainfall and possible landslides.

Robert Rickerby, 28, is accused of murdering girlfriend Jessica Geddes, whose body was found inside an Endeavour Hills home on November 6, 2020.

The calls were played at the NSW Supreme Court trial of Isabela Carolina Camelo-Gomez who has pleaded not guilty to murdering her mother in 2001.

Dozens of desperate apartment owners visited NSW Parliament to urge the government to extend rental subsidies.

The latest poll, undertaken exclusively for The Age, shows the political contest in Victoria is narrowing, but Daniel Andrews retains a commanding lead over Matthew Guy as preferred premier.

Natalie Ward, the NSW Minister for Metropolitan Roads, describes the day last month when she was caught in a traffic jam created by protesters.

For some people the exhaustion drags on even when the infection is gone. This can be debilitating and frustrating.

Evidence is still patchy but it appears getting both COVID-19 and influenza at the same time can lead to more serious illness than either disease alone.

Years of good work to protect residents from escalating temperatures - including by his own government - have been cast aside by the state’s Planning Minister.

The number of people in hospital with the virus has gone up by 17 to 259 patients overnight while intensive care unit figures have gone from six to nine.

The RSPCA and dog owners have warned of suspected animal baiting across several suburbs in recent weeks.

The Rockingham community has called for the discovery centre to be built on the mainland, concerned the construction and subsequent tourism would be detrimental to the little penguins.

An Albury man charged with the murder of a fruit picker in the state’s north allegedly broke into his victim’s home armed with a knife before the fatal attack.

Scott Morrison says such important flood recovery programs are “outside the scope” of the federal government’s purview.

Yarraville pharmacist Maria Stogiannis appeared to have “fallen under the spell of a world view” that posed a risk to her patients, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found.

The neighbours were forced to jump in the pool and smash the woman’s window to get her out after she drove her car through a fence and into a pool.

John Andrews set up his office in a Palm Beach boat house sail-loft.

An inquiry into justice responses to stalking, triggered by the stabbing death of 23-year-old Celeste Manno, has been told police often dismissed the claims.

Police have charged a third man over the disappearance of Lachlan James Griffiths one month after another missing man’s body was found in Coopers Plains.

The fraudster’s brazen theft of millions from those closest to her has driven me to find answers in a new podcast: Liar, Liar.

Former Liberal leader Brendan Nelson’s absence from the Australian War Memorial, which he ran for seven years until late 2019, has been short-lived.

The mounting pressure on hospitals comes as 15,000 Health Services Union members prepare to take part in strike action on Thursday.

The controversy around comments made by rising Greens star Rohan Leppert has once more invoked the fraught discussion around transgender rights.

Five former students of Brighton Secondary College allege the school’s tolerance of anti-Semitism resulted in breaches of their human rights and the Racial Discrimination Act.

Many tried to give the Prime Minister advice on the quiet. Now there’s a Greek chorus.

As Perth deals with its first wave of COVID-19 courtesy of the Omicron variant, parents say their children’s severe gastrointestinal symptoms were a surprise.

The UN is saying we are on a catastrophic path of global warming because of global leaders, but the polls on federal voting show voters are intending to back the parties that are getting us into this disaster.

Two British universities studied hundreds of NSW adoptees over 26 years, and found keeping links to birth parents was difficult but life-changing.

PM: Japanese policies absurd, Ron Casey gets the boot and all-star bill for Brisbane

As Iranian exiles stormed Iran’s diplomatic missions across Europe and North America, a frenzied attack in Canberra seriously injured a diplomat.

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

First-floor office space to be turned into accommodation in what the developer says will be the prototype for similar developments in other residential buildings.

While ladies on the land show true grit.

The world is condemning Russia’s actions in Ukraine after hundreds of bodies were found near Kyiv, the UN Secretary-General has slammed the “litany of broken promises” when it comes to climate change and state and territory governments are mull...

‘Coward punch’ attacks cast a pall over Perth’s nightlife districts, and Danny Hodgson – whose life was changed irrevocably after being assaulted last year – says a change to jail terms is in order.

Scott Morrison told ABC’s 7.30 that Liberal party factions were trying to take out women candidates.

Queensland Health’s ties with the consultancy firm have raised questions from the Opposition and an expert about the collapsing walls between the public and private sectors.

The new hybrid strain of the Omicron and Delta variants could be a positive sign as we manage our way through the pandemic, experts say.

Political appointments can compromise the independence and competence of institutions, and promote a culture where loyalty is valued over merit.

Crown Resorts faces a fine of up to $100 million over its illegal practice of accepting Chinese bank cards to withdraw funds for gambling at its Melbourne casino.

Jessa Laws was booked in to give birth at Warrnambool, 80 minutes’ drive from her home. Her back-up option had been Portland hospital, but it suspended deliveries at its birthing suite last month. In the end, her baby was born on the side of the ro...

One of the vaccine mandate cases involved is due to have a four-day civil trial in Brisbane Supreme Court next week.

A police radio transmission in the minutes after Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller were fatally shot referred to “two offenders”, according to a recording played to a trial.

All but two lookouts in the national park will be closed from 9am on Wednesday after a father and son were killed, with more wet weather on the way.

Sydney commuters have been warned to expect widespread disruption next Monday as bus drivers plan a 24-hour strike.

Renowned Australian architect Richard Leplastrier worked alongside Jorn Utzon on the Sydney Opera House. It’s a far cry from his bush camp-style home in Sydney’s north.