Former premiers Denis Napthine and John Brumby say a successful bid for UNESCO heritage listing would generate private investment to tackle the housing crisis after the “sugar hit” of the Commonwealth Games.

WA’s coroner has been urged to investigate claims that a doctor at Rockingham Hospital was asked to backdate the death certificate of the patient.

Plans to install a private plunge pool at the headmaster’s residence and a controversial UK trip for senior staff have attracted the attention of the NSW government.

Police have narrowly avoided being injured or worse, in circumstances similar to the Eastern Freeway.

AFL great Wayne Carey will not face charges over an incident at Crown Perth last month.

A couple in a gyrocopter have alerted a surfer to a big shark that was stalking him on the NSW South Coast.

Residents in flood-prone areas have been put on high alert by the emergency services on Thursday as rain batters an already saturated NSW. 

Police increase reward to $500,000 for anyone who has information about the 1995 death of Paul Murray.

A mother has been charged with manslaughter after her son allegedly starved to death in Western Sydney.

A man has died in a helicopter crash in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney.

Jacob Elliott has pleaded guilty to a string of new charges, including car theft and drug possession, relating to incidents from 2018 and 2019.

Sydney commuters have been warned to brace for extreme delays as wild weather sends the city into chaos.

Labor MPs have left the door open to tweaking the stage three tax cuts, Bill Shorten has vowed to crack down on NDIS providers engaging in “price gouging” and the fallout from the Essendon saga continues.

GWS Giants chair and corporate high-flyer, Tony Shepherd, says he is unconvinced that Andrew Thorburn had done anything to warrant his resignation from Essendon.

Gold Coast felon Dale Egan has been seriously injured after crashing his motorbike into a wall in Bali helmetless while celebrating the end of his parole.

As Hawkesbury residents brace for flood waters, Matt Kean casts doubt on the economic viability of Dominic Perrottet’s proposal to raise Warragamba Dam.

Half of Victorian children are experiencing anxiety issues, according to a new study.

The gambling giant faces penalties including millions of dollars in fines, the stripping of its licences, and regulator-appointed management across all three of its Australian casinos.

A group of men terrorised an 89-year-old man in his home and later pushed a 75-year-old woman in a carpark, causing significant injuries, before robbing her.

The 78-year-old woman faces a possible $50,000 fine and five years behind bars if found guilty.