A person has died after the electric scooter they were riding and a car collided at an intersection on the Princes Highway in Narre Warren.

The colour of pumice from the 2012 eruption of the Havre underwater volcano has revealed it must have erupted with huge force, possibly larger than the recent Tongan eruption.

The accusations came from former nightclub owner and businessman Tony Bellino.

Authorities have given their clearest indication of when two of the state’s remaining COVID management measures may be reconsidered, as the state moves past its Omicron peak.

Sergeant Julie Frost had to request a specialist team from Alice Springs, which is how Constable Zachary Rolfe came to be face to face with Kumanjayi Walker.

The new cases take the total number at the facility to eight after a resident and staff member tested positive for the virus on Wednesday.

Making the announcement at the end of Thursday’s program, Sales said it was time to hand the “baton to the next runner in the race” and take a break. 

The former employee complained a school work shed was used to display sex toys and pornographic magazines, and that he was routinely humiliated by a co-worker’s lewd comments.

Forensic officers could be seen scouring the scene for evidence on Thursday evening as police interviewed residents in neighbouring properties.

The men were accused of assaulting police at a Guildford service station in Sydney’s west last year, however the charges were dropped when a series of videos emerged.

The US Secretary of State said China lost more by trying to squeeze Australia economically than Australia had.

Melbourne’s footpaths are becoming increasingly crowded with the growing popularity of electric scooters leading to an increase in injuries.

Dyslexia support advocates have attacked the government’s plan to grade the literacy and numeracy standards of year 12 students in the General Achievement Test.

Five Liberals have crossed the floor to pass amendments to the government’s religious discrimination package, the National Australia Day Council has denied having ‘threatening’ conversations with Grace Tame and Australia and Japan will soon con...

Shadow Health spokeswoman Libby Mettam said Premier Mark McGowan needed to provide transparency and release the Omicron modelling on which he was justifying his decisions.

Sikh and Jewish bodies said transgender children should be protected in the religious discrimination debate, while the Australian National Imams Council urged the government to remember the bill’s core purpose.

Schools have dismissed the government’s religious discrimination bill as unnecessary, saying faith-based schools welcomed gay and transgender students and their focus was on wellbeing, not expulsion.

Amid increasing evidence seasonal workers are suffering exploitation on farms, a key recruiter says the issue of absconding labourers is “rife” and costing employers millions.

“When you treat a damaged child like an animal, they will behave like one,” President of the Children’s Court Hylton Quail said of a 15-year-old boy’s treatment in Banksia Hill Detention Centre.

A dispute over legal advice allegedly received by two witnesses that The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald intended to call in war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case has taken a fresh turn.

Grimes was the only federal minister to appoint an all female staff.

Health authorities pushed back the deadline for workers in vulnerable industries to receive a third COVID vaccine dose just days before the mandate was due to come into effect and after the state recorded 9391 new cases and 16 deaths.

Kaija Millar left her 14-month-old son in the car with the windows rolled up, then played bingo and the pokies for almost five hours as the temperature outside soared to 37.5 degrees.

Across Australia, the age of criminal responsibility is 10 years. That means that we can, and do, send 10-year-old children to prison. Perhaps more of us should spare a thought for these children.

There’s a point in Labor’s statement outlining its amendments to the Religious Discrimination Bill that captures why this whole episode has been such a mess.

One of the men has also been charged with 30 counts of perjury relating to the killing of Gold Coast father Omega Ruston.

Today on Please Explain, columnist Sean Kelly joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the calamity these bills have created.

The privatised port has overstated the amount it needs to operate by as much as $650 million over five years, and the watchdog says that could drive prices up.

Dennis More courted controversy when he excavated an existing canal without council permission. Now his caravan park will accept permanent residents.

Queensland authorities say the state is now officially on the tail end of the current virus wave, with eight more deaths recorded on Thursday.

Senior NSW Liberal figures are worried they could lose Bega for the first time in history.

Confronting body-worn video of the night of Kumanjayi Walker was shot dead by a white police officer captures the anxiety of the Yuendumu community and the chaotic attempt at arrest.

Australia hosts the Quad security dialogue on Friday, and it needs to confront the challenges presented by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.

WA’s Banksia Hill Detention Centre houses children from age 10. Judge Hylton Quail told a 17-year-old: ‘The conditions at Banksia at the moment are very bad and it is frankly a consideration in my deciding now to send you somewhere else because t...

Five Liberal MPs crossed the floor to help Labor and independents amend the government’s Religious Discrimination Bill early on Thursday morning. The principal lawyer with the Human Rights Law Alliance writes that it is a betrayal.

Police said a 39-year-old had gone to a work colleague’s home about an hour after the fire, where an ambulance was called.

What’s the saying? If you can’t beat them, hire them.

Australia’s premier trucking safety body accredited the firm whose vehicle hit and killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway in 2020, raising the ire of two representatives.

After serving three months behind bars in Perth, Melbourne restaurant owner Hayden Burbank has avoided another custodial sentence in the Northern Territory.

The best photos from the international wires at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games in China.

How can a religion based on “love they neighbour as thyself” can discriminate against anyone based on their sexuality or gender identity?

Readers discuss whether religious schools should be allowed to discriminate against trans students; Scott Morrison urging his party to do what’s right for the team; and Melbourne’s scooter laws.

Federal Cabinet is expected to consider a submission to reintroduce television licensing.

50 years ago, police and firemen discovered a small fortune while sifting through the site of a tragic house fire in Sydney’s Paddington.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

The new assessment will form part of a revamped General Achievement Test, significantly raising the stakes of a test that until now has mostly had little to no bearing on a student’s post-school life.

Never say never the twain.

After the alleged seizure of devices from Queensland’s lobbyist regulator last year, an internal risk assessment raised issues posed by questions about the office’s independence.

As the state’s debt soars, some transport department and police service staff will be amalgamated with Treasury to claw back unpaid traffic and other fines.

William “Billy” Stokes, who wrote extensively about the 1973 Whiskey Au Go Go attack, was grilled at a coronial inquest on Wednesday over whether he had evidence to back his claims.