Higher than expected inflation numbers have prompted leading economists to revise their view on where interest rates are going.

WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said it appeared Cassius was an innocent victim of a violent attack. “He was simply spending time with his friends when he was assaulted.”

St Vincent's Hospital has successfully trialed simple genetic testing that could improve the process of prescribing anti-depressants.

A man said to have been wielding a baseball bat and demanding cash at a restaurant has been taken down by the owner and a customer in a citizen's arrest.

Hobby beekeeper Sue Bish will be forced to say goodbye to the hives in her backyard in Newcastle on Sunday.

A stood-down senior manager at Queensland's troubled forensics lab has begun giving evidence at the inquiry into its practices.

A compound found in the venom of an Australian octopus could significantly slow cancer growth, study finds.

When principal Manisha Gazula started at Marsden Road Public six years ago, the majority of students were finishing primary school reading two grades below the expected level.

The Country Fire Authority faces a landmark legal case in the Supreme Court over allegations its officers subjected a 17-year-old volunteer to appalling brutality, including duct-taping the girl to the bullbar of a fire truck.

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission assessed 5095 complaints in 2021-22, an increase of 31 per cent from the previous year.

Witnesses have told court they saw no signs of a dog acting aggressively before it was kicked by a man at a Melbourne protest.

There are still more than 50 flood warnings in place across Victoria, as emergency services warn holidaymakers to avoid flooded roads over the Melbourne Cup long weekend.

Two men have been jailed and two others handed community corrections orders following a “disgraceful” street assault on police in St Kilda.

A man has been rushed to hospital after he suffered facial injuries and was allegedly stabbed in the back in Sydney's west.

Isabela Carolina Camelo-Gomez faced a sentencing hearing for the murder of her mother Irene Jones.

An elderly man has been trapped in a car hanging off a cliff in Sydney’s south for more than 24 hours.

Melbourne Transport and Warehousing, if found guilty, could be fined up to $1.8 million after 20 tonnes of dead fish had to be hauled from the creek system following the spill in Melbourne’s west.

Both major parties have quashed union calls to allow some Victorian public servants to work a four-day week.

Security vision has revealed how an attempted armed robbery played out in Wonga Park moments before it turned fatal.

The federal government has vowed to get "wages moving" as it introduces new workplace relations laws to parliament.