The former NRL footballer assaulted a 26-year-old woman in her Newcastle home in September 2018 while his taxi waited outside.

The 50-year-old pleaded guilty to about 30 outstanding offences on Thursday and was convicted, but not further punished.

A radiologist who administered a contrast dye that sparked a fatal reaction has told a coroner he could not do two things at once.

A number of restrictions have been imposed on Sydney, Wollongong, Central Coast and Blue Mountains areas.

Eastern suburbs residents braved blustery conditions to be tested for coronavirus on Thursday as more venues were added to the list of potential exposure sites.

More than 20 bus routes will be cut from Sydney’s eastern suburbs and another 23 “modified” as part of a major overhaul of the region’s transport system.

Victorian authorities say NSW will remain a green zone under the state’s traffic light travel permit system, noting sequencing of the virus in the new Sydney cases had narrowed the field of public health concern.

Christian Porter and the ABC are at loggerheads over the public release of the broadcaster’s written defence to his defamation claim.

The jury in the trial of footballers Jack de Belin and Callan Sinclair have signalled they may continue deliberating into next week in order to reach a unanimous verdict on the aggravated sexual assault charges against the men.

Five Australians have developed a rare blood clotting disorder associated with receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine since last week, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has confirmed.

On Wednesday, news broke that the 50-year-old spin bowler had been allegedly kidnapped from outside his home on Sydney’s lower north shore by four men including the brother of his partner.

While nations including Australia debate the details of a temporary waiver of vaccine patents, dangerous variants mutate in raging outbreaks around the world.

The man jailed for filming four dying police officers on the Eastern Freeway last year is accused of assaulting another driver and stealing his car keys.

Customers should be informed about new energy options and be empowered to adopt them, rather than restricting their choices by simply taking options away.

A 14-year-old boy is expected to be charged over the schoolyard stabbing of a 16-year-old student in western Sydney.

Police will allege in court the 40-year-old man, charged over the shooting that left the victim a quadriplegic, had been seeking “revenge” following a prison fight.

Growing a vegetable garden was a lockdown project for many, but researchers are warning as many as a third of homes could have unsafe lead levels in their garden soil.

Australia has always done everything possible to bring home citizens caught in a disaster overseas, until now.

Today on Please Explain, Nathanael Cooper joins crime reporter Fergus Hunter to find out more about a bizarre series of events.

Masks will remain mandatory on public transport and at events or venues with more than 1000 people, WA Premier Mark McGowan announced on Thursday.

A cyber-attack that crippled two Brisbane hospitals and several aged care facilities has been revealed to be initiated by the same group that targeted Apple and tried to extort millions.

Police allege the 50-year-old raped the young woman in an inner-Melbourne suburb soon after offering her a free ride home.

Since the moratorium on rental evictions wrapped up at the end of March, service providers have been inundated with calls for help every week.

The alleged assault occurred in a toilet block near a supermarket on Burgundy Street in Heidelberg last Friday afternoon.

It’s been 14 months since the ice inquiry and the Berejiklian government has done nothing. Meanwhile, vulnerable people’s lives are being destroyed.

A review will be conducted by Motorcycling Queensland into how a teenager died after a tragic crash at Mick Doohan Raceway in north Brisbane.

The woman, who was assaulted by the former NRL star in 2018, said in a victim impact statement that she is destroyed and damaged but she’s still standing.

There were more than 48,000 intervention order breaches in 2019-20, a report into family violence reform has found.

Anyone who arrives in Queensland from 1am on Friday who has visited a declared COVID-19 exposure site must immediately go into 14 days of hotel quarantine. 

The Chief Justice of the Federal Court, James Allsop, asked whether the challenge might be “moot” next week because the ban is set to lapse on May 15.

Insurer Pantaenius Australia took yacht owner Wilsons Ceramics to the Brisbane District Court in February and March.

Queensland solar groups want Energy Minister Mick de Brenni to oppose a federal move to charge solar users when they sell excess electricity back to the grid.

Ball Park Music’s self-titled album has won album of the year and Sycco won song of the year for Dribble at the Queensland Music Awards.

One of Queensland’s major health services has made changes after the death of a convicted murderer in prison, who was found to have died from aspiration pneumonia. 

Premier Daniel Andrews is doing well in his recovery and walking for longer distances. He is, according to James Merlino, ‘on track’ to return to work in June.

WA’s Chief Health Officer says the state was on alert after a community case of COVID-19 without links to travel or hotel quarantine surfaced in Sydney.

A Safety Bay teenager is warning others about the danger of date rape drugs after her drink was spiked at a house party in Doubleview.

By the time crews had arrived the fire had already consumed half of the warehouse and was threatening nearby properties including South Melbourne Primary school. 

Hotel magnate Jerry Schwartz wants to build an ice skating rink at home. And no, we’re not joking.

The NSW Treasurer and Transport Minister say the federal government must consider bigger tax breaks to incentivise the take-up of electric vehicles.

Manager and head of infection control at a Melbourne quarantine hotel both fired after reports of dozens of incidents were lodged in the first four weeks of its operation.

Sydney University and the University of Technology are looking to cut subjects and departments with low enrolments amid a challenging financial climate.

As fierce competition drives up rents across regional areas, scammers lurking in Facebook groups are advertising fraudulent rental properties and demanding money to secure a lease.

Women’s groups pointed to a video still on the government website, in which the woman pressures the man to watch a movie about clowns murdering children.

Pilot program finds year 1 and 2 students are less likely to display stereotypical attitudes towards gender if schools teach gender relations and examine their own policies, including how they treat women on staff.

Now that the Indian Premier League is suspended, will our PM suspend the ban on travel from India?

The Climate Council report on the natural gas industry has rejected notions it is a “transition” fuel by highlighting its claimed health effects even in household settings.

A Climate Council report says unflued gas heaters should be removed from schools and warns that for kids with asthma, gas cooking at home is akin to passive smoking.

Gas cooktops should be phased out in Victoria, a new report has recommended.

A group of Melbourne magistrates will impose jail sentences on streakers in an attempt to stamp out the fad.