It may lead to a sexy handsome fish.

A council in Melbourne’s north-east could have prevented the tragic death of a grandmother who was crushed by a falling tree and stung by a swarm of bees during a walk in the park, a coroner has found.

A furious Premier Dominic Perrottet tasked senior staff to urgently investigate the timeline of events that led to the Sydney train shutdown debacle.

The NT’s chief forensic pathologist told Constable Zachary Rolfe’s murder trial it was unlikely the scissors wielded by Kumanjayi Walker could have inflicted fatal wounds.

CSIRO researchers have developed a way to keep vaccines stable at room temperature, potentially revolutionising the distribution of vaccines around the world.

When I’m at my desk, I’m working bloody hard and when I finish for the day … I’m finished for the day.

NSW Transport Minister David Elliott says reduced train services returned across all lines from 5am on Tuesday, and 150 replacement buses will join the network.

Sydney train shutdown fallout continues as limited services run; Russia-Ukraine conflict intensifies; COVID-19 cases grow across the nation

The modelling suggested the Omicron variant was significantly less severe than the Delta variant but much more transmissible and would take a much different course through the state.

Written advice from Andrew Robertson to the Premier on Tuesday gave further justification for the relaxing of proof-of-vaccination requirements at bottle shops but fell short of recommending a winding back of the rule for other venues.

The lord mayor has also poured water on a plan to place the Olympic cauldron atop the Kangaroo Point bridge, which had a construction milestone on Tuesday.

With the Andrews government needing five crossbench votes, Opposition Leader Matthew Guy said he was hopeful the $800 million levy to fund social and affordable homes could be blocked.

The 36-year-old made an urgent application to the Supreme Court while hospital staff waited for her permission to turn his life support off.

The man formerly dubbed Australia’s most wanted will be extradited to Victoria in coming days following his arrest in far north Queensland after more than a decade on the run from Victorian police.

“She bled through her underwear and shorts, was not provided with a change of clothes and spent days in soiled clothing causing her trauma and humiliation.”

The mayors of Queensland’s two largest cities have called for a new referendum, while Brisbane’s lord mayor has even suggested a “try before you buy” daylight saving trial.

In court on Tuesday, Pusey questioned why police kept laying charges, told the magistrate to have “a great day” and asked for the case to run prominently in the media.

The Perth CBD has been a ghost town during the week as WA prepares for an increase in COVID-19 cases.

At Singapore airport Branagan’s rock-filled luggage greatly exceeded the weight limit.

A speed limit trial ordering drivers to slow down on the Mornington Peninsula could be made permanent.

If safety was at stake why didn’t Sydney Trains use the same mechanism as it did four years ago to stop the train strike?

Workers are being encouraged to return to city offices from Monday, but with many employees keen to hang onto the flexibility gained during the pandemic, some of the city’s biggest employers are handling the transition with care.

A last-minute date change means WA Premier Mark McGowan will no longer be forced into quarantine upon his return to Perth after flying east to give evidence in a defamation trial.

As we restore the economy, our planning framework must urgently address the worst of our housing problems.

A man has been charged with several offences after allegedly riding an e-scooter and injuring a police officer in Brisbane’s bayside. 

“There will be some ongoing restrictions for I expect some months to come,” the Premier said. “I’m pretty keen to avoid level 2 restrictions if we possibly can.”

Masks will no longer be required in most indoor settings, including schools, from March 4. But with borders open and winter looming, rules barring the unvaccinated from pubs and cafes will remain.

Keldoulis joined lobbying efforts to make seatbelts compulsory.

The woman, who cannot be named, is accused of assaulting a child who is not William. She will apply to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds.

Mining union expresses dismay that management team “that oversaw a mine blowing up should face no consequences”.

Indoor mask rules have been scrapped, however, primary school children in grades three to six will still need to wear them in class because the vaccination rate in this cohort is too low. So what are the new coronavirus rules for Victoria?

The mask rules will ease in Victoria on Saturday, it will no longer be recommended people work from home and changes are afoot to the rules for people who live with someone who has COVID-19.

The Sydney train network was shut down on Monday amid industrial action. The system was running at reduced capacity on Tuesday as negotiations between the government and the Rail, Tram and Bus Union continue.

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith discussed placing weapons on Afghan prisoners’ bodies to make it appear that they had been killed in combat, the Federal Court has heard.

Warren Mundine says being parachuted into the seat of Gilmore in 2019 as a captain’s pick by Scott Morrison was a “disaster”.

The man will be aged in his 90s before he’s considered for parole after ambushing and shooting dead his daughter and her husband at a home in Yarraville.

The trial already involves nearly 1000 documents in 84 lever arch files, but the magnate said he would be “denied natural justice” if he couldn’t delay for more.

For decades disposable sanitary products have dominated the supermarket shelves, but a Perth council is offering a financial incentive for women to ditch single use period products in favour of reusable ones.

Two new reports have shed more light on why women continue to be murdered by their male partners. We need a serious national plan to prevent future killings.

Fractured by the pandemic, the employment market is changing. What happens next, and how we manage it, will have profound economic consequences for Australia.

Labor officials will war game a series of dastardly scenarios at a campaign “dry run” at the party’s election nerve centre in Sydney.

Chief health officers and officials in Victoria and NSW are considering plans to allow asymptomatic household contacts of COVID-positive people to avoid isolation.

Managers across the 58,000-strong Victorian Public Service are working on plans for a return to the office, with the state government’s work-from-home recommendation expected to end on Friday.

Residents of a small town in regional NSW have grown weary of standing near a window, or in the paddock next to a house, trying to a get one bar of service to send a text message.

When Indigenous people have the freedom to make their own decisions, they have the power to secure better outcomes.

Isn’t it amazing to see tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes putting his substantial money behind his belief in green power and stronger emissions reduction targets?

The City of Sydney estimates it will be $650 million worse off by 2040 under the state government’s proposed changes.

A new domestic violence report examines the trajectory towards homicide in 200 cases in which men killed their intimate partners between 2007 and 2018.

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As a publicity stunt it was wildly successful, as a daredevil act it was breathtaking - but a parachute jump on to and from Sydney Tower still angered some people.