Record fines for labour hire firm

<p>Almost $500,000 worth of fines have been issued after a Victorian labour hire company failed to reveal its director's criminal past.</p>

Pandemic inspires quirky art exhibition

<p>A quirky exhibition at a Melbourne art gallery encourages visitors to feel free to physically interact with its contemporary artwork and designs.</...

Accused jihadist Prakash silent in court

<p>Melbourne-born Neil Prakash, who is accused of travelling to Syria to fight with Islamic State, has faced a Darwin court over terrorism charges.</p...

Tough punishment for Qld animal abusers

<p>Queenslanders who breach their duty of care to pets and livestock face fines of more than $250,000 or three years in jail under new animal welfare...

Spurned woman says death was an accident

<p>A Sydney woman accused of murdering her boyfriend by deliberately running him down said it was an accident, according to triple-zero call played to...

NSW premier defends $25,000 Teo donation

<p>An annual donation of $25,000 of NSW taxpayer funds to the Charlie Teo Foundation is a longstanding tradition, the premier says.</p>

Wife-killer Dawson likely to die in jail

<p>Former teacher Chris Dawson has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years after murdering his wife Lynette and disposing of her body four decades ago.<...

Santos loses appeal for huge NT gas works

<p class="">The full Federal Court has ruled a judge was correct in halting drilling at Santos' multibillion-dollar Barossa gas project off the Tiwi I...

Investment giant fined for greenwashing

<p>Vanguard Australia has been fined for describing investments in cigarette and tobacco sales in potentially misleading ways.</p>

Accused jihadi Prakash faces life sentence

<p>Neil Prakash, who is accused of travelling to Syria to fight with Islamic State, has faced court on terrorism charges that could see him imprisoned...

Teacher jailed for teen violinist abuse

<p>A Melbourne music teacher who had an ongoing sexual relationship with a teenage violinist has been jailed as a serious sexual offender.</p>

Manager raised Vic hotel safety concerns

<p>A manager of a security firm has told a Melbourne court it didn't make sense for guards to deal directly with quarantined travellers. </p>

Renmark flood measures near completion

<p>Authorities have almost completed levee work to protect the town of Renmark, the first SA community to feel the impact of floodwaters surging down...

Committee to probe Adelaide tree loses

<p>The South Australian parliament is to look into the loss of trees across metropolitan Adelaide.</p>

Accused jihadist Prakash in Darwin court

<p>Melbourne-born Neil Prakash, who is accused of travelling to Syria to fight with Islamic State, is set to appear in a Darwin court over terrorism c...

Tesla rolls out its first electric trucks

<p>Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has delivered the company's first electric semitrailers, saying they might look like elephants but move like cheeta...

NZ minister pleased with citizenship talk

<p>Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her New Zealand counterpart Nanaia Mahuta have met in Canberra and discussed the progression of voting rights and c...

Former V/Line CEO charged with corruption

<p>A former V/Line chief executive is among seven people charged over alleged corruption after an Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission i...

Offer to film in Sydney hospital 'wrong'

<p>An ad offering filming space to TV crews in a Sydney hospital has been pulled and criticised by Dominic Perrottet, despite support from the health...

NSW drink-driving rates rise as tests dive

<p>NSW needs to vastly increase alcohol breath tests during the Christmas holidays as more Australians get behind the wheel drunk, motoring group NRMA...