2 h. ago Man shot dead after charging at police with knife in Footscray

Police said that when officers arrived at the scene Footscray Plaza and told the man to drop his knife, he allegedly ran at two officers, prompting both to open fire.

Events

2 h. ago ‘In that moment, it was survival’: Multiple people injured in Florida university shooting

At least six people were being treated, including one person who was in critical condition and a suspect was taken into police custody.

Events

3 h. ago ‘We can continue to complain about staff shortages, or we can widen our hiring lens’

Social enterprise All Things Equal has released a blueprint it says can help fix hospitality’s staffing issue, while making workplaces more inclusive.

Politics

12 h. ago ‘Taking advantage’: Loophole uncovered in incentive scheme offering cash payments to Qld police recruits

A multimillion-dollar incentive designed to boost frontline police numbers was rolled out with a major loophole, enabling new recruits to accept cash payments and then leave within months.

Events

14 h. ago Killer jailed for young rapper's death over deluded $1m theft

A 21-year-old man will spend more than a decade behind bars after killing a young rapper during a botched home invasion.

Events

16 h. ago Here’s how first home buyer couples would fare under Labor and the Coalition

How would their housing policies affect a high-income couple in Sydney, a median-income couple in Melbourne, and a low-income couple in Brisbane?

Economics

16 h. ago Alleged fraudster who ‘left devastated people in his wake’ could be hiding in Brisbane

“Police will allege Connors has engaged in fraudulent activity across two countries and left devastated people in his wake.”

Politics

18 h. ago Mia Davies on her own in supporting Labor’s mining tax sweetener: Cash

When asked whether any federal WA Liberal MPs supported the Labor policy Cash said: “No.”

Economics

19 h. ago NSW government declined the chance to take back public services for Northern Beaches Hospital

A scathing audit released on Thursday puts pressure on the Minns government to strike a deal with Healthscope to return the hospital to public hands.

Politics

19 h. ago NSW government declined the chance to take back Northern Beaches Hospital

A scathing audit released on Thursday puts pressure on the Minns government to strike a deal with Healthscope to return the facility to public hands.

Politics

20 h. ago ‘Looks and smells like a tax’: Dutton’s gas plan flagged as unconstitutional

Dutton’s Australian gas scheme could spark a High Court battle with fossil fuel giants, as legal experts warn the policy appears discriminatory.

Economics

20 h. ago A ‘noble death’ seems inevitable for Postecoglou at Tottenham

It speaks to the dark, oppressive cloud of negativity that has settled over Spurs that most people seem to have totally discounted any possibility that they could still win a European trophy.

Events

21 h. ago Northern Beaches Hospital failing the community, audit finds

A scathing audit released on Thursday puts pressure on the Minns government to strike a deal with Healthscope to return the hospital to public hands.

Politics

23 h. ago Where Albanese and Dutton stand on the eight key issues in this election

New tax and housing policies are latecomers to the campaign agenda that will dominate debate. Medicare and a nuclear energy fight are also in the conversation.

Politics

24 h. ago Teen stabbed as group of masked boys allegedly storm inner west home

Six members of the group who allegedly broke into the victim’s home remain on the run, police say.

Events

26 h. ago The Hawks were ‘close to death’. These are the people who brought them back from the brink

Petty politics have been set side as the Hawks prepare to move to their new training base, the Kennedy Community Centre, at Dingley in Melbourne’s south-east.

Events

27 h. ago ‘Low morale, decreasing trust in leadership’: Top cop’s stark warning

Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski detailed his concerns about the force in text messages to the minister’s office, which inexplicably had his name saved as “Golschescsky”.

Events

36 h. ago Where the wild things are: The danger that can’t be tamed on K’gari

A young boy was mauled to death by dingoes in 2001. Strategies to manage the island’s native predators have shifted drastically in the years since, but millions of tourists are still at risk.

Politics

37 h. ago ‘He will never know his son’: Sobs as stranger who killed father could walk free in years

The man who killed a 40-year-old father who caught him trying to break into his car could be out of jail within five years.

Events

37 h. ago ‘He will never know his son’: Sobs as stranger who killed father could walk free in a few years

A man who killed a 40-year-old father who caught him trying to break into his car could be out of jail within five years.

Events