More Australians are relying on food bank hampers amid rising financial pressures, cutting back on essentials and seeking out charities to help deal with the cost of living.

COVID-19 is placing extra pressure on South Australia's health system with dozens left waiting for hospital beds.

A state funeral has been held for South Australian football legend 'Knuckles' Neil Kerley after he was killed in a car accident.

Labor is urging the government to explain Chandler’s “dramatic and premature” departure from his role, which was created to clean up shoddy building work.

A South Australian grandma who survived a horrific truck crash has described the ordeal which injured eight people.

The Australian Defence Force has agreed to introduce 220 new troops to assist aged care homes during the winter COVID-19 wave.

A New Zealand man is facing deportation after pleading guilty to crashing a boat that killed his daughter-in-law while unlicensed and intoxicated.

Flowers have been laid on the doorstep of 10-year-old boy Darren Le's home after he was one of three killed in a fatal house fire on Sunday.

New South Wales deputy Labor leader and Member for Londonderry Prue Car announced today she has been diagnosed with kidney cancer.

John Barilaro is at the centre of a police investigation after a scuffle on a Manly street with a camera crew.

New information has emerged about the alleged murder of Dural mother Shereen Kumar, whose partner is now behind bars, accused of killing her and dumping her body.

Farmers have backed the PM’s stance on keeping the border with Indonesia open, the construction industry watchdog is in the spotlight and federal MPs have started returning to Canberra.

Workers in Annandale hit a gas main at the site of a junction box, leading to an hours-long operation to turn off multiple gas supplies that feed into the box.

A decision to treat COVID-positive patients at Newmarch House rather than in hospital will be a key focus of an inquest into a deadly outbreak that ripped through the Sydney aged care home.

An out-of-control car has ploughed through a Dandenong dealership, causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage.

Intensive care patients in Melbourne are being sent home after being treated, instead of being sent to the general ward for recovery.

Scientists say they won’t be deterred by claims that a major research paper into the causes of Alzheimer’s was fraudulent.

The heartbroken parents of a 15-year-old Melbourne boy who died on a school trip in Germany say more should have been done to prevent his death.

A high-pressure main in Annandale containing potentially explosive gas has been cut, triggering evacuations and disruptions to surrounding light rail and roads.

The government has announced stringent new biosecurity measures as it attempts to avert a disastrous local outbreak of the virus.