State attorneys-general across the country agreed to support a proposal to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12.

The 13-year study of almost 21,000 young drivers found those with a 24 per cent lower risk of crashing had one thing in common.

Those waiting to enter the state are being told to both pack their bags and cool their jets as they must wait for the government to give the green light for travel.

Two people have escaped serious injury after their plane crashed into the water off the coast of City Beach. 

Victoria’s draft pandemic laws will go to Victoria’s upper house next week for voting. What’s in the bill?

During lockdown, my concerns for my 96-year-old dad became more acute. What could I do to alleviate his boredom? We began to spend afternoons reading together.

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While recent rain has given much of the southeast a lush appearance, it may not be enough to head off imminent water restrictions, as dam levels head towards 50 per cent capacity.

For the third weekend in a row, thousands of demonstrators flooded Melbourne’s CBD ahead of an ‘occupy’ style camp-out protest outside state parliament planned for next week.

Thirty-two years after moving here from the US, the president of the Richmond football club and incoming RMIT Chancellor has been named Melburnian of the Year.

Flood water is predicted to peak at 10.55 metres in the Central West town of Forbes early next week, with major flooding also expected at Cottons Weir and Nanami.

Investigators say a 52-year-old man from Sydney’s east scammed 14 retirees out of $2.8 million that he put into his personal bitcoin account.

The state funeral for Australian actor Bert Newton at St Patrick's Cathedral on November 12, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Bert Newtown died in his home on October 30, 2021, at age 83. Newton was an award-winning entertainer whose seven-decade career...

The front, which moved south through eastern Australia on Thursday and Friday, brought extensive flooding to parts of Victoria.

A state funeral for iconic Australian entertainer Bert Newtown takes place at St Patrick's Cathedral on November 12 in Melbourne, Australia. Newton died at his home on October 30, aged 83. Newton was an award-winning entertainer whose career in radio...

The vaccination rate continues to increase, with 90.8 per cent of the eligible population over 16 doubled vaccinated and 94.1 per cent of people having received their first dose.

Queensland recorded no new community cases on Saturday as the state’s vaccination push continues ahead of the planned reopening.

From Monday, the mandate will extend to residential aged care workers, who will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend work.

A man accused of trying to light his wife on fire faced court on Saturday, charged with attempted murder.

The owner of Airbnb’s best holiday home in Australia has been charged with using a carriage device to harass and menace a Melbourne-based software sales manager who left a negative review of the award-winning guesthouse on a travel website.

Craig Franklin and his partner spent the weekend in a motel in 2007 in an ill-fated attempt to mend their volatile relationship.

Not only does a protracted closure of the inner west light rail system pose an obvious problem for Sydney’s transport network and businesses, but also for the Perrottet government, which is now racing to find a solution before the next election.

The $33.2 million project has been 20 years in the making and joins 160 kilometres of track along the spine of the ranges, the first complete north-to-south track through the park.

Disadvantaged people are paying the price for the state’s law and order addiction. That won’t change unless both major parties agree that it must.

Was the WikiLeaks founder naive to hold the US to account for war crimes? Let his father answer that question.

So many condolences for the HSC year of 2021. Consider it a symptom of adults’ guilt over the good fortune they’ve squandered and the state of the planet they’re leaving for their children.

St Andrew’s Cathedral School head John Collier says parents have relinquished their authority and become chauffeurs and cheerleaders instead of guiding their children.

Rarely seen centuries-old maps charting exploration of the Pacific go on show at the State Library of NSW from Saturday. They reveal exploration in an era when sea travel was like sailing blind.

If these people do not return for their second shot, the state’s double-dose goal of 95 per cent may be slightly further off than initially thought.

The state’s war on crime has fuelled massive growth for Victoria Police, which now has 22,000 personnel and annual government funding worth $4 billion.

The state now has the largest police force in the country, with one observer saying major parties are locked in a law-and-order “arms race”.

Economic and military dominance doesn’t automatically give China the “pre-eminence” Paul Keating describes. It has to be earned through the hearts and minds.

Adventurers will soon be able to rock climb, camp and explore a new state conservation area on the western edge of the Blue Mountains. 

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NSW Parliament will today debate voluntary assisted dying legislation, Bert Newton’s state funeral is being held in Melbourne and international climate talks in Glasgow are drawing to a close.

Hackers worked undetected inside Sunwater for nine months.

New South Wales will allow fully vaccinated international students back on campus without needing to quarantine.

The weather bureau is warning of flash flooding in some areas after large parts of the state’s northeast were drenched and Melbourne shivered through its coldest November day since 2007.

Queensland has lifted its vaccination rate but is still last in the country on first doses, as authorities urged residents to get the vaccine ahead of border reopenings.

A man charged with culpable driving causing death over a crash in Melbourne’s south-east that killed a traffic controller has failed in a bid to have his name suppressed.

The shift comes as Brisbane’s emerging global city status continues to draw interstate interest, and will soon attract international migrants and overseas investment.

A Brisbane TV journalist who refused to answer questions to protect a source can now be dragged back before a CCC hearing.

Avalon Beach and its rock pool community hold special places in Sally Mayman's heart. Every dawn during the 2021 winter lockdown she photographed the oceans raw energy and power, as well as her serene beauty.

A Sydney lawyer who unsuccessfully challenged vaccine mandates has had his practising certificate suspended after social media posts were found to undermine confidence in the justice system.

Police said the 27-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg during an altercation at a Gold Coast unit.

The agency was on Friday ordered to pay more than $300,000 in damages to former employee Thomas Wood, who was sacked without notice after he helped police with their investigation into the murder of Nicole Cartwright.

Just weeks after his bid to topple Victoria’s lockdown measures failed, the man was in a drunken car crash that almost saw him locked down in prison.

Former Labor powerbroker is facing his final day in the witness stand in the anti-corruption commission inquiry into branch stacking and misuse of taxpayer money.

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Police allege Elijah Cage, 26, also sexually assaulted a woman in the back of the getaway car as it sped away.