2 h. ago New park locations revealed as Melbourne Cup delays council meeting

The new public precincts were announced at the first council meeting in more than a month following Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner’s Dubai trip.

Politics

2 h. ago Council starts late on Cup Day, with parks and BOM on agenda

Two new public precincts were unveiled at the first council meeting since Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner returned from Dubai.

Politics

4 h. ago Court hears mother ‘laughed off’ daughter’s deteriorating condition

A court has heard Adelaide mother Crystal Hanley took drugs and laughed off her daughter's deteriorating condition until the child took her final breath.

Events

4 h. ago ‘Like a leaf blower’: Council security guards set to patrol just one suburb

Council-funded security officers will patrol the streets of Truganina from next week, in a contentious six-month trial in the City of Wyndham.

Politics

8 h. ago Chalmers and the RBA tamed the ‘inflation dragon’, can they ride the ‘inflation camel’?

Interest rates are now unlikely to change until well into next year – and the Reserve Bank revealed two key economic “humps” that have caught its eye.

Politics

9 h. ago ‘I felt my skin melt away’: Mandurah mum describes moment of firebomb attack

Penelope Travers, 38, was hospitalised for 17 days with burns to 25 per cent of her body after her home was targeted.

Events

11 h. ago Celebrity sitters and competing artists in TV series that lifts lid on portrait painting

Miranda Tapsell and Luke McGregor – and a group of celebrity sitters – reveal themselves in new ABC show Portrait Artist of the Year.

Culture

11 h. ago Diane Ladd, triple Oscar nominee and mother of Laura Dern, dies at 89

The actress starred in a number of films with her daughter, and both were nominated for Oscars for one of them, Rambling Rose.

Politics

12 h. ago ‘Do you want to die?’ Victim reveals what knifeman asked while stabbing him six times

Stephen Crean confronted a knife-wielding assailant on a British high-speed train with nothing but his fists.

Events

14 h. ago Brisbane news live: Teenager missing for a month; Story Bridge footpath to reopen this month; Criticism as croc relocated to Australia Zoo

For today’s news updates as they happen in Brisbane and beyond, follow us here.

Events

14 h. ago Brisbane news live: Criticism as croc relocated to Australia Zoo; Story Bridge footpath to reopen this month; Teenager missing for a month

For today’s news updates as they happen in Brisbane and beyond, follow us here.

Events

15 h. ago Brisbane news live: Teenager missing for a month; Story Bridge footpath to reopen this month; Man in skateboard crash in critical condition

For today’s news updates as they happen in Brisbane and beyond, follow us here.

Events

17 h. ago UK on edge over knife crime as suspect’s alleged link to earlier stabbings revealed

The man accused of 10 counts of attempted murder on a high-speed train has also been charged with an earlier attack in London and may also be connected to other incidents.

Events

18 h. ago ‘I was cooked’: Tupou emptied the tank in Twickenham and awaits Italy

Taniela Tupou was one of the Wallabies’ best on a difficult day at Twickenham, but the prop finds it hard to believe.

Events

18 h. ago Revealed: Why WA mum jailed for starving teenage daughter believes trial was unfair

The woman and her husband, who lived in the wealthy Perth suburb of Floreat, were found guilty of neglect after ballet teachers noticed the girl was emaciated and weak.

Events

27 h. ago Revealed: The final exam that blindsided 140 year 12 students

This masthead has obtained a copy of the exam paper and stimulus booklet that made headlines when it was revealed 140 students had less than 48 hours of preparation.

Politics

27 h. ago Pilot on phone when container ship crashed into Leeuwin at Fremantle Port, report reveals

A report into a major crash that left the beloved Leeuwin tall ship crumpled at Fremantle Port has revealed the pilot of a 333-metre container ship was on their phone at the time of the crash.

Events

28 h. ago My suburb’s name is a mystery, but it’s how you say our main drag that reveals if you’re a local

I’ve heard my outer Melbourne suburb referred to as “Tradie Town”, and while there are heaps of utes and Pete Murray covers played at the local pub, those who live here affectionately call it something else.

Politics

32 h. ago ‘Dark times at home’: The big break that saved star from hurricane disaster

An incoming Brisbane star barely had time to disembark the plane when the realities of Hurricane Melissa’s ferocity was revealed in back home in Jamaica. 

Politics

32 h. ago Perth mum who stabbed daughter’s secret boyfriend spared jail

The 49-year-old mum of two stabbed a teenage boy that her daughter had sneaked into the family’s Parkwood home.

Events