
Qld to ban kids buying knives and replica guns as part of crackdown on crime
Selling knives and replica firearms to juveniles will be banned in Queensland, as part of a range of measures to tackle youth...

Dense bush slows searchers’ reaching site of Qld plane crash that killed two
Two people have been killed after their aircraft crashed into a mountainous region of Queensland’s Pioneer Valley, inland from Mackay. Police said...

Indigenous Voice campaigners lash ‘shameful’ referendum No vote
Indigenous Yes campaign leaders have broken their silence over the October 14 referendum, describing the rejection as so “appalling and mean-spirited as...

Friends and foes united in mourning Bill Hayden, Australia’s ‘great servant’
Former federal Labor leader and governor-general Bill Hayden is being remembered as a great Australian after his death aged 90. Mr Hayden...

Emergency fire warning for Sunshine Coast town of Beerwah
Residents threatened by a bushfire near Beerwah, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, have been urged to leave their homes. Those on Mawsons Road...

WA banishes loggers from old growth native forests
Western Australia has joined Victoria in banning commercial logging of native forests from next year. The WA forestry minister Jackie Jarvis says...

‘Sorry doesn’t cut it’: Indigenous ex-players sue AFL for turning a blind eye to racism and abuse
Seven former AFL players of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background have launched a class action lawsuit against the football code, alleging...

Dymocks warns customers hacked data could end up on their dark web
Bookstore chain Dymocks has warned customers of a possible data breach that could lead to their personal information being leaked on the dark...

Gangland figure slain in brazen hit at Melbourne coffee shop
Police in Melbourne are examining links to organised crime as they investigate a fatal shooting in the suburb of Keilor in the...

Alleged crime-scene ‘cleaner’ charged in drug dealer’s murder
NSW police have charged a Queensland man they believe was involved in the disposal of a murdered man’s body found in a...
