29 m. ago Nurse found guilty of Toyah Cordingley’s beach murder after second trial

Police believed Rajwinder Singh flew to India soon after Cordingley’s body was found, leaving his wife and children behind in the north Queensland town of Innisfail.

Events

37 m. ago The red flags childcare regulators may have missed in the Joshua Brown case

The rise of for-profit chains means the government now has to hunt “bad faith” providers through a complicated chain of company names, an inquiry has heard.

Events

59 m. ago Marles sounds alarm after Chinese fighter ‘locks on’ to Japanese jets

Experts say the statement of support for Japan is cautious but welcome after a month-long campaign of retaliation from Beijing for a remark by Japan’s PM.

Politics

75 m. ago The 13 defining moments that could have stopped our worst paedophile

The events and missed opportunities were outlined in a report by the Child Death Review Board and included instances former childcare worker and convicted paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith was observed kissing children.

Politics

87 m. ago ‘Scots boys are on fire’: Complaints of unsupervised drinking site as police investigate alleged assault

The Scots College principal has vowed “consequences will follow” after a 17-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted as part of an off-campus event on Saturday afternoon.

Events

2 h. ago ‘I will never forgive you’: Father delivers emotional message to daughter’s killer

Drew Douglas was killed by her partner of 14 years because she was about to leave him, a judge has heard. Now her family has faced her murderer in court.

Events

2 h. ago Logistics heir says he has just $2 in cash after birthday on private Fiji island

Melbourne businessman Gregory O’Shea has declared himself bankrupt as a conga line of creditors pursue his collapsed freight company.

Economics

2 h. ago Kerr’s Chelsea bound for Sydney, but World Cup could play havoc with men’s games

Organisers of the Sydney Super Cup will be quietly praying for the top nations to stumble at next year’s World Cup to ensure star players from Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur make the trip.

Sport

3 h. ago From Tim Tam to Four’N Twenty: Aussie icons enjoy government sweeteners

The federal government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is typically associated with funding cutting-edge local ventures, so why is it tipping money into biscuits and pies?

Politics

3 h. ago Expulsion threat as police investigate alleged assault at Scots College human tunnel ‘tradition’

The principal has vowed “consequences will follow” after a 17-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted as part of an off-campus event on Saturday afternoon.

Events

4 h. ago ‘Reminiscent of 19th century jails’: Coroner calls for ‘urgent’ closure of WA youth detention wing after inmate’s suicide

Coroner Philip Urquhart said the “harrowing” evidence he heard about Cleveland Dodd’s last days was some of the “saddest I have presided over”.

Events

5 h. ago Men accused of buck’s party gang rape have sentences, convictions overturned

Two men jailed for attacking three teenagers during a buck’s party weekend will face a retrial after winning appeals, while a third has been acquitted.

Politics

5 h. ago ‘Really upset’: Workers describe horror after man killed in medical centre crash

A male pedestrian has died in Melbourne’s north-west after a car lost control and crashed into a medical centre, badly injuring a woman inside.

Events

5 h. ago Workers describe horror after man killed in medical centre crash

A male pedestrian has died in Melbourne’s north-west after a car crashed into a medical centre and badly injured a woman inside.

Events

5 h. ago Museum faces heat over gas company sponsorship of education program

The materials teach students about extreme weather, threatened species and ocean acidification, but omit a focus on the role of fossil fuels in driving climate change.

Politics

5 h. ago ‘A little bit different, but it’s organic’: Bush beef the answer to a feral Queensland problem

Vince Harrigan grew up eating the stuff and says its organic, clean, tastes good and is the future of sustainable meat production.

Politics

5 h. ago Kalgoorlie man arrested after headbutting, punching through ambulance windscreen

Vision captured of the incident shows the man allegedly punching through the glass of the ambulance while covered in blood and slamming his head into the windshield.

Events

6 h. ago Firefighter was checking on colleagues’ safety when killed in bushfire zone

The national parks worker died after being struck by a tree in the Bulahdelah fire ground, north of Newcastle.

Events

6 h. ago Joyce makes switch to One Nation as Hanson travels to Tamworth for announcement

Joyce had been dangling the prospect of defecting to One Nation for weeks since this masthead reported in early October that he was in negotiations with Hanson.

Politics

6 h. ago Man killed and woman badly injured after car ploughs into Melbourne medical centre

A male pedestrian has died in Melbourne’s north-west after a car lost control and crashed into a medical centre, badly injuring a woman inside.

Events