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Hay prices jumped dramatically in some parts of Australia this week with a supplier saying he had sold more this week than in any of the big droughts in the past 20 years.

Oliver arrived at Elaine's on the eve of his 7th birthday, with a black bin bag in tow. With no training to be a foster carer, she quit after three weeks.

Police have released CCTV images of those behind the Adass Israel synagogue arson attack in late 2024.

Fossil footprints found in Victoria by amateur palaeontologists have pushed back our understanding of when an early relative of most land-based creatures first evolved.

How working as a guide in the Arctic Circle led Australian adventurer Eric Philips to be invited to take part in an historic space expedition.

A Gold Coast company's orbital rocket could enter space from a north Queensland launch pad by the end of the week. Here's everything you need to know. 

The murder trial of Erin Patterson hears a mushroom expert spotted death cap mushrooms growing wild in a town near her home.

The Victorian government has promised to spend $727 million ramping up capacity in the state's prisons and youth justice centres, following tougher new bail laws introduced in March.

Victoria lost over 24,000 rentals last year — or 3.6 per cent of the state's entire rental stock — as an investor sell-off gained pace.

Victoria police are pleading with motorists to pay better attention on the road, with six people losing their lives on Monday alone.

Bunnings is super-profitable, but it's hard to picture its size. From its revenue to its growing home brand products. Bunnings' numbers continue to boom.

The Premier Jacinta Allan says reports its pushed back meeting education funding targets by three years are incorrect.

Victoria must build 80,000 new social housing homes over the next decade just to catch up to the national average, according to new data released by housing advocates.

Andrea James's powerful new play, The Black Woman of Gippsland, re-examines a problematic colonial legend and shows just how much work Australia still has to do to reckon with the past.

Despite global uncertainty, tariffs, Trump and trade wars, demand for Australian beef is breaking records.

Taxi and rideshare drivers will face tougher rules and recordings will become mandatory in vehicles under a suite of changes to make the industry safer. 

The TV show has adults talking or, shall we say, anxious. But what do young people think about it?

Police say groups of criminals have allegedly used fake profiles on dating platforms like Grindr to lure victims into being attacked and robbed. 

Dr Allen, who served as the member for Higgins until 2022, says she knows there are difficult days ahead, but is facing this with "clarity and determination".

NSW Police say the group drove through the night to Sydney after stealing a car from outside a gym in Victoria at about 3pm on Wednesday.