Police say Stephen Barker, 74, murdered his wife Christine at the couple’s Bronte home on Thursday night.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on Silver Eagles day.

Melbourne was pelted with rain and some homes reported flooding as Premier Daniel Andrews said emergency services were prepared for flooding that could hit the state over the coming weeks.

The Queensland Police Union boss has slammed the reporting of the inquiry into domestic violence, saying it has unfairly given officers across the state a bad name.

Fisheries crews have freed a mother whale and her calf after the pair became entangled in a shark net off the Sunshine Coast.

Parents have recounted hearing gunshots from their workplaces as an ex-policeman killed at least 37 people including 24 children.

Andrew Thorburn’s forced exit from Essendon has crystallised insecurities held by people of faith about holding moral views against the secular majority. 

The AFL gave its last two franchises everything from a raft of draft picks to salary cap concessions and bigger squads to help them get on their feet. Is it time the NRL helped the Dolphins?

The party is trying to unseat Daniel Andrews, but insiders say it is beset by a multimillion-dollar shortfall in funds and internal disputes over tactics and policy.

National Crime Authority bomber Domenic Perre will likely die in jail after being sentenced to life in prison for the deadly blast in 1994.

A man who confessed to stealing a car with a four-month-old baby inside is fighting in court to withdraw his guilty pleas.

Two parents whose daughter died of a treatable heart condition are campaigning for a new law in her honour to prevent another tragedy.

Victoria's wet weather and high levels of pollen in the air are generating optimum conditions for a thunderstorm asthma emergency.

Wet weather has caused havoc across Melbourne, with drivers becoming trapped in floodwaters.

Brittany Higgins is back in the witness box under cross-examination as the alleged rape trial enters a fourth day.

Ukraine’s President Zelensky is urging the world not to give in to Russia’s ‘nuclear blackmail’

NRL Star Curtis Scott found guilty of assaulting and threatening his former girlfriend during their two year relationship.

Parents of children killed unite to recount moments of Thai massacre at crime scene.

The Essendon-Thorburn saga highlights that never before have Australians known so little about the foundational text of Australia’s biggest religion. And never before, it seems, had such strong opinions on it.

Des Hasler has a reputation as a hands-on coach, which is why it’s unlikely he will accept the conditions the Sea Eagles want to impose on him.