Daniel Oakes

A man who stabbed his wife to death at their home in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs after an argument over their child’s kindergarten has been handed a 24-year prison sentence.

Police say they are looking for two men who allegedly tricked a vulnerable passer-by into giving them his rent and pension money by pretending to tell his fortune.

Victoria’s 30th governor, Monash University vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner AC, says while she is a republican she does not believe her views will pose any obstacle to her when she takes up her role in August.

The special investigator appointed to build criminal cases against those involved in the Lawyer X scandal has attacked the director of public prosecutions for refusing to approve criminal charges against them.

Alastair Clarkson has returned to Arden Street after a self-imposed break from the game, but will not take charge of North Melbourne’s senior side until later in the season.

The woman who cooked a meal that is believed to have contained poisonous mushrooms and led to the deaths of three people gives a lengthy written statement to police detailing her account of what happened, and revealing she was hospitalised after the incident.

A senior lawyer at the heart of the disastrous and deadly Robodebt scheme resigns after questions are raised as to why she kept her Commonwealth job while contracted with another legal firm.

Entrenched opposition between electrical workers and NSW transmission owner Transgrid is taking a toll on a strained power market.

Cash-only stores, unmarked white vans, and a shipping container with falsified documents. Where does Australia's illegal cigarette trade begin?

When all the hype and the fury are stripped away, the decision to extend the life of the gigantic North West Shelf LNG plant boils down to one thing — enabling the Browse gas project off the Kimberley coast.