What’s in a Woof?

Named after a famous baseballer and with a swimming legend for a mother, teen Robinson Smith spent 2025 living in a tropical nation most Australians couldn’t point to on a map.

Thousands of stingers have been washing up on Victorian shores. Here’s what to do if you get stung.

Rabhi Sobhi took the bail surety from prisoners’ loved ones and altered financial records. His case involved the longest delay a judge described seeing in 30 years.

A monsoon trough could bring up to 600mm of rainfall and storms across large parts of Queensland.

SA politician Nick McBride has been charged with domestic violence against his wife after police were called to a home in the state's south-east.

Anaseini Waqavuki, 38, has been identified as one of the victims in what police are treating as a domestic violence incident.

A woman accused of driving at over three times the legal alcohol limit has allegedly crashed into a fire hydrant and a fence.

A man is fighting for his life after a stabbing near a popular nightclub in Melbourne’s trendy suburb of Prahran.

A father from Coffs Harbour has been charged after allegedly displaying Nazi tattoos at a Newcastle beach.

Australians could save hundreds by switching providers, the consumer watchdog said.

Russia attacked Kyiv a day before peace talks between the leaders of Ukraine and the United States.

That the NSW Police failed to upgrade security at Bondi Beach on December 14 casts doubt on the co-ordination of services meant to protect us.

Two people have died after an alleged domestic violence stabbing in Quakers Hill, in Sydney’s north-west.

Australia’s health system cannot survive another decade of pretending everything is fine.

Three sheds caught fire, blanketing the suburb in thick black smoke and prompting an emergency declaration. The PSPA has since been revoked.

Almost 100 e-scooters were also seized during the operation, which followed 14 e-mobility deaths in Queensland this year.

The premier has urged Sydneysiders “to step out and do what you would ordinarily do” over the New Year period as he considers asking the army for help.

A prominent member of WA’s political and mining communities is in hospital in a serious condition after an assault in Perth’s inner city in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Lawyers are reporting growing demand for advice about child support. Proving paternity is a key battleground.