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Oct 6, 2026

Murder trial told 12-week-old baby suffered catastrophic head injuries

A 12-week-old baby's catastrophic head and brain injuries were consistent with him being thrown forcibly to the floor, a murder trial has heard.

Oct 6, 2026

Childminder who left 27 children in her home alone and unsupervised pleads guilty to neglect

Amanda Mathewson, 55, pleaded guilty to wilfully neglecting and abandoning children in her care, at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court, where dozens of local parents attended.

Oct 6, 2026

Australia sells itself as ‘a reef, a rock and a harbour’. Melbourne wants to be its new face

Victoria boasts about being home to Australia’s sports and arts capital. We explore what it needs to do to retain this status and attract more international visitors.

Oct 6, 2026

‘The act of writing is, fundamentally, an act of seduction’: Author Susan Orlean on luring readers

The American journalist and bestselling author on the sexy – and unsexy – sides of her craft. Plus: the special superpower that helps someone become a writer.

Oct 6, 2026

Cohealth splurged on a recruiter. Then it chose an internal applicant

Four months after a $1.5 million bailout, the not-for-profit paid more than $65,000 to find an interim chief executive. Then it appointed someone already inside the organisation.

Oct 6, 2026

Private paramedic collapses in court after Perth crash footage played

Jack Dunn appeared in Joondalup Magistrates Court on Tuesday to face several charges over a head-on crash in Wanneroo on Sunday.

Oct 6, 2026

‘There has been consternation’: Rinehart gets naming rights at children’s hospital after $5m gift

A new centre for sick children at Westmead is being named after Australia’s richest person – and some medical staff are not happy.

Oct 6, 2026

Pesticides on your plate: The fruit and vegies violating standards

One punnet of strawberries contained a chemical at nearly 10 times the legal limit, according to supermarket testing conducted across Australia.

Oct 6, 2026

Trying to tame inflation with higher interest rates is dumb and unfair

Our use of interest rates to control inflation is yet another respect in which our economic system is biased against the young.

Oct 6, 2026

Drivers face being priced off the roads by new tolls that could spring up across the country under Labour, officials admit

Ministers are planning to hand sweeping powers to private firms who stump up the cash for road building and maintenance projects.