Helen Haines has lost both legs in Monday's car attack but her, her husband has confirmed. Follow updates in our live blog.

Helen Haines's husband Phil says his wife's road to recovery will be "long and difficult" after days of surgery at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital following a Monday attack. 

Law enforcement agencies have told a parliamentary inquiry about an increasingly dangerous security environment where children and young adults are being targeted with increasing speed and intensity online. 

Shared Beginnings entered administration this week after its centres operated "at a loss", casting another shadow on a sector undergoing a wave of closures.

As markets put the chance of a rate hike in November at 42 per cent, Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser warns of a "central banker's nightmare".

Australia faces a mountain to climb on day four of the second Test in Gqeberha, already a wicket down and a long way behind South Africa's belligerent first innings total of 425. Follow live.

A former friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon has told a Supreme Court jury about their trip to a farm south of Sydney following the deaths of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

More than 300 university students and staff march on Parliament House to protest a controversial plan to merge three of Western Australia's four public universities.

Many Australian women with postpartum psychosis actively seek help despite not understanding what is wrong with them, research finds.

The final moments of a 24-year-old allegedly hacked to death in a pack attack in Melbourne's south-west are revealed in court as three boys and four men face charges almost two years after the ambush.

Joseph Paratore's friends describe him as a "larger-than-life character" who was adored by the cycling community, as police confirm they are still looking for the driver.

Actor Christina Applegate, known for hits such as Anchorman and Married With Children, says she is back at square one with the debilitating symptoms she suffers.

Australia trails the four-game Constellation Cup series 2-0 after a 62-50 loss to New Zealand in Christchurch, but will hope to turn things around on home soil.

A routine fishing expedition turns into an unlikely rescue off the coast of Port Lincoln.

Violence against foreigners in the occupied West Bank almost always garners greater attention than attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians. The recent events are more sorry examples of this phenomenon.

Thomas Keys allegedly violently assaulted a 60-year-old woman on the Sunshine Coast after she told him his dog was not permitted on the beach. 

A senior executive at Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group has been sacked following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and bullying at the iron ore miner.

Community opposition to one of Victoria's largest data centres has seen the value of shares in NextDC plummet.

Developers behind a proposed $23 million gas-powered power plant required for a data centre have told a court they want the project to be powered by the grid as soon as possible.

A new study suggests one in four people with severe, recurrent or persistent depression have a proposed subset called "circadian depression", where people often report waking up very tired and being a "night owl".

Police allege 19-year-old Harley Adams threatened a family at Morningside unit block in the early hours of Monday morning.

Authorities in Queensland say restraints are only ever used as a last resort on pregnant prisoners, while advocates call for bans on shackles.

A post on social media by Tasmania's premier decrying an apparent attempt to "remove references to Christmas" has spiralled into a culture war and left Jeremy Rockliff's 'nice guy' image in question.

After a two-week investigation, police allege Thomas Christie, 41, was assaulted in the early hours of October 7 and died at the scene in Maryborough West.

The Tasmanian brewery has been operating longer than the state has had electricity, but now, the state icon will be brewed elsewhere.