A woman has been shot dead by police at a home in Firle in Adelaide's eastern suburbs.

The first week of Robert Crawford's murder trial has concluded with an emotional Triple Zero call and police body camera vision played in court.

A two-year fight has come to an end after the axing of plans to raze the playing fields used by the Liverpool Rangers.

Police have located a sex offender who escaped custody during a supervised visit to a PCYC in Queensland, sparking a major search.

Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau, 19, who died in hospital after being shot outside a Logan pub, is believed to have been an innocent bystander.

Bunnings, JB Hi-Fi and other major retailers have reported a sales slump as people rein in spending.

Halloween marks the start of peak season for Melbourne’s paid costumed entertainers, and business is only getting better.

What approach should you take to Halloween if you are new to your suburb?

We’ve waited for the Southwest Metro to open and change our lives, sometimes patiently, sometimes not so patiently.

A Port Melbourne dad has been injured fighting off a young man allegedly armed with a machete to protect his family.

Ashley Paul Griffith has been extradited to NSW, where he is expected to be charged with hundreds of child sex offences.

The level of government debt has been preoccupying the opposition as well as readers, who have some suggestions.

A band of hungry thieves have stolen $20,000 worth of beef after breaking into the coolroom of a Melbourne steakhouse.

No one has officially stuck up their hand to run for mayor of Redlands council yet, but potential candidates are already trading blows online.

While investigators were searching for Beau Lamarre-Condon over two missing men, the wanted police officer was picking up the phone to a fellow youth command officer.

A homeless man has been found guilty of murdering a fisherman on Frankston Pier in Melbourne.

Australia's tax boss has admitted he “jumped to conclusions” when implementing a credit card ban that has outraged small businesses.

Nineteen-year-old Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau, who was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting south of Brisbane, has succumbed to her injuries days later.

A 53-year-old man has been formally refused bail after being charged with the alleged domestic violence murder of a 48-year-old woman who was stabbed multiple times.

A tow truck fire closed a major motorway tunnel through Sydney’s south-west during the afternoon peak.