As for politically correct dairying. Udderly ridiculous!

Buckingham’s fearless questioning even challenged the controversial Dr Edward Teller, so-called “father of the hydrogen bomb”.

Victoria’s Premier says he will ask national cabinet to support a proposal for states to give at least a day’s notice on border closures to help restore confidence in interstate travel.

A petition and hundreds of new testimonies about sexual assault have forced principals to address their school communities and commit to doing more.

The mining giant has taken activist Ben Pennings to the Supreme Court in Brisbane over his actions with protest group Galilee Basin.

Chanel Contos, who started a petition calling for better sex and consent education in schools, said she would be raising issues such as victim blaming and sexual coercion.

Where would you want to be on the worst day of your life? The question goes to the heart of royal commission recommendations to rebuild mental health crisis care in Victoria.

Alex Dion is on trial in the NSW Supreme Court accused of killing another man in May 2018. He denies killing him, but says he did dump the body.

Severe thunderstorms are forecast for south-east Queensland, with some areas already reporting 70mm in rainfall.

The Australian public should only be asked how much they are willing to pay for such a system after Morrison and his government have set out their design for it.

The Victorian government has committed itself to implementing all 65 of the Commission’s recommendations, which will transform the mental health system.

The Andrews government’s state of emergency bill is set to pass Parliament late on Tuesday after it agreed to a series of concessions in order to win the support of crossbench MPs.

People who have been subjected to compulsory treatment, seclusion and restraint have welcomed royal commission findings that such methods should be limited or scrapped.

The Disability Royal Commission is hearing that people with a disability are over-medicated because medical staff aren’t trained to communicate with them, or even recognise that they exist in some cases.

The $200 million Sikh Grammar School will seeks to build leaders of the future and help more Indian-Australians into parliament, the legal system and top sporting teams

The Premier faced intense questioning over whether he would recuse himself from cabinet decisions related to Lindsay Fox, who has dined with Mr Andrews.

A large group of people were photographed queueing outside the hotel in July 2020, but the venue says it believes it was COVID-compliant.

A small-group tutoring program is designed to help students who fell further behind than anticipated due to remote learning forced by COVID-19 last year.

Michael Gudinski did a great deal to change perceptions of what Australian musicians could do on the stage, in the recording studio and in the business.

Victoria’s COVID-19 vaccinations are being rolled out slower than most states, with less than a third of the supplied doses being administered in the first week.

Three men have been charged following an alleged shooting of a 16-year-old boy south of Brisbane in 2019.

Has the media’s focus on the vocal anti-vaccination movement distracted attention from some of the other reasons why people aren’t getting vaccinated?

A leader of a neo-Nazi group remains on the run after allegedly attacking a security guard at the Channel Nine building in Melbourne on Monday evening.

Forensic analysis of remains found on the NSW South Coast on Friday has determined they are human, but belong to a man.

A council’s ambitious plan to build a “New Heart of Ryde” fails to appreciate the suburb already had a heart - and a soul.

It was spruiked as a way of creating a seamless checkout experience, but was met with fierce opposition from some customers.

We need a real conversation about changing the way we raise our young men to treat the other half of the population.

Local councillors who put their own political and personal interests above ratepayers before this year’s elections could be potentially removed from office as part an expanded set of powers given to the watchdog.

One of the men allegedly assaulted the 25-year-old man by punching him several times to the face and head, before stabbing him in the head, neck, back and chest.

Nathanael Cooper and senior writer Jacqueline Maley explore reckoning on inappropriate behaviour that is happening in the halls of Parliament House.

The state government and Sydney Council are in a standoff over who will pay the $2 million to dismantle one of the last monorail stations.

A man has been rescued by emergency services after he was thrown five metres down an embankment in the accident.

Matso’s Brewery has listened to the market and tapped into its growing thirst for lower-alcohol products and ginger beer.

Mark Speakman says recent revelations about the treatment of women in politics had prompted cries for legal and cultural reform.

Australia’s blood banks are running critically low as hospitals plough through the backlog of procedures delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the La Nina has passed its peak, its effects on the Australian climate are likely to remain, with parts of NSW expected to experience cooler than average autumn days.

Bruce Meyers, who created the Meyers Manx buggy in California in 1964, has died aged 94.

The use of restraints and seclusion in mental healthcare would be eliminated within 10 years under reforms put forward by the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.

Victoria has recorded a fourth consecutive day of no new local cases of COVID-19.

Facebook has been newsworthy for controversial reasons of late but one of the strengths of Facebook is the rise in online neighbourhood groups.

The group have been held in the Kangaroo Point Central hotel for up to two years and were taken by bus to have temporary bridging visas processed in the past two days.

Two men clinging to a tree after their truck crashed were rescued as Tropical Cyclone Niran formed off the Queensland coast.

Perth downsizers have long been crying out for an example of a smaller home that’s not an apartment and offers plenty of wiggle room; this might be the answer.

It’s private land right by the freeway, ripe for residential zoning. But the sight of the huge, lush parcel of greenery slowly dying has shocked residents.

The Black Dog Institute has recalibrated a digital support service for GPs who are under the intense pressure of the impending mass COVID-19 vaccination program.

Scott Morrison continues to flounder in his response to shocking revelations and damning allegations concerning a culture of misogyny and sexual abuse in Canberra.

A prosecution of the minister accused of raping a woman more than 30 years ago is not impossible, although it is unlikely. Or the minister could stand aside while there is an independent investigation, thereby identifying himself.

There is almost no prospect of any criminal trial, let alone a fair one. Let’s not assume an inquiry will serve the national interest.

A new partnership between NSW Police and an American technology company will help police respond quicker to emergencies and investigate crimes.

A National Crime Authority officer who was about to give evidence in an organised crime case was killed when a parcel bomb exploded in the NCA headquarters in Adelaide.