Plans to introduce a helipad, a rooftop bar and privatised beach at St Kilda Marina are forging ahead after Port Phillip Council voted in favour of development plans that were changed without public consultation.

Hephner the alpaca and his owner have been on a pub trail from Goulburn to the Gold Coast, raising money for mental health not-for-profit Beyond Blue.

A Gold Coast man is challenging his local council over a fine issued for cutting back trees on a nature strip.

Victorian farmers fear it's only a matter of time before there's a significant outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Australia.

A passenger onboard a hot air balloon which made an emergency landing in West Melbourne says he feared for his life.

There are fears tonight an 11-year-old girl sexually assaulted in North Melbourne may have been targeted at random.

Police are investigating after a man was killed in an alleged brawl outside a supermarket in country Victoria.

Boris Johnson has signed off with a classic Hollywood line in his final speech to parliament as British prime minister.

The NSW premier has addressed the scandals embroiling a former and current minister while on his first international trade trip.

A bookkeeper has been jailed for at least three years for stealing more than $1 million from Australian surfing royalty.

The federal government has rejected calls to slam the border shut to Indonesia in response to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

An old rescue dog has taken on the role of support for a care community in NSW.

People returning from Bali are being urged to wash their shoes or even leave them behind, doctors say they’re alarmed by the severity of the latest Omicron wave, and both NSW and Victoria are dealing with questions of integrity in state politics.

An 11-year-old girl is in hospital following an alleged sexual assault in North Melbourne.

Former TV Producer Anita Jacoby has written a book about her family secrets.

A man's been sentenced to 12 months jail, wholly suspended over a "particularly grubby" attack on four tradesmen working at a Queensland Hospital.

Deena Lynch, the award-winning performer known as Jaguar Jonze, was allegedly sexually assaulted in a Brisbane nightclub by two music producers.

One of the police officers suffered leg injuries after being pinned to a brick wall by the woman’s car, the other had her ankle fractured. But a court heard the injuries could’ve been much worse.

A former television reporter has been described as a broken man after killing his mate in a drunken crash at Burnley.

Neighbours and bystanders risked their lives to attempt to put out a Port Hedland house fire that claimed the lives of three children.