In this update: A man has died after being shot by police in Melbourne’s inner west; New South Wales police are appealing to the public to help identify a body found in a burnt out car in Sydney’s ...

A Victoria Police spokesperson says two officers opened fire after a man armed with a knife charged at them in Melbourne's ...

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The controversial law of sacrilege — which carries the same maximum penalty of life in jail as murder — still exists in South ...

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Three men have been rescued after a boat capsized on the Gold Coast, with the BOM warning of hazardous surf conditions in ...

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Rocked by a coal-fired controversy, the LNP has been sent into damage control for the first time since its Queensland ...

The oldest woman to sail solo around the world, Jeanne Socrates, still spends most of her days on the ocean with just birds and dolphins for company.

Dustin's mum says he is "just a normal bush kid", but the 12-year-old has been unable to enrol in school due to his autism.

Rangers are scouring Victoria's high country for a horse that escaped handlers during a re-enactment of Banjo Patterson's Man ...