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Shirley Finn murder to remain unsolved as inquest closed and police warned

Coroner Barry King warns police of probable adverse findings against them for their incompetence during the initial investigation into the 1975 killing of Perth brothel madam Shirley Finn, as he closes an inquest into her murder which he says will likely remain unsolved.




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CFMEU Victoria branch threatens to cut financial support to ALP if John Setka is expelled

The Victorian branch of the CFMEU threatens to immediately cease all financial support for the ALP if Labor leader Anthony Albanese's push to expel union leader John Setka goes ahead.




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Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Chris O'Neill bashed at Toorak's Heyington train station

Police charge two brothers, aged 18 and 20, over an unprovoked attack on an off-duty senior Victorian police officer near a Melbourne train station.




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Questions the AFL must answer before the Behavioural Awareness Officers are unleashed again

The AFL's supporter crackdown is being felt by those in the stands, but without confirmation one way or another from the AFL, the supporters are filling the void with questions of their own.




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Billion-dollar Indigenous-led power station to revive struggling Queensland coal town

A proposed $2 billion Indigenous-led coal-fired power station in Collinsville in North Queensland developed by Brisbane-based Indigenous company Shine Energy and headed by traditional Biri man Ashley Dodd is set to revive one of the country's oldest coal towns.








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Adelaide River crocodile guide Harry Bowman says farewell after 30 years

Harry Bowman has been the face of the Top End's crocodile cruises for more than 30 years, but the time has come for him to say farewell to his toothless old mate Brutus the giant saltwater croc.




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Summernats fraudster stole more than $160,000 from car festival to fund drug, gambling habit

A former finance officer for the Summernats car festival, who stole thousands of dollars from the business to fuel a drug habit, avoids prison time.










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Crazy stunts, crazier storylines professional wrestling hits central Queensland

A Queensland primary school teacher has shocked his students and jumped into a wrestling ring to live out a lifelong dream.




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Canberra man Eden Waugh murdered in 'cold-blooded plan' to silence him over home invasion, court hears

The 2016 killing of a Canberra man is portrayed as a "cold-blooded plan", designed to silence him over an earlier machete attack, on the first day of an ACT Supreme Court trial.




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Sydney news: State Budget to spend big on education and infrastructure; woman found dead in Zetland

MORNING BRIEFING: Today's State Budget will include funding for extra teachers, health workers and police as well as a public transport boost, while the homicide squad is investigating the death of a woman who was found on a Sydney footpath.



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Man 'tortured, waterboarded and suffocated' over stolen car claims, court hears

The crown alleges Mark Jones waterboarded Bradley Breward with a hand towel, by placing it over his face and pouring water over it, and also put a plastic shopping bag over his head twice for 40 seconds each time.




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As the State of Origin show rolls into WA, one thing stands in the way of an NRL team in Perth

The biggest league match of the year rolling into Perth this week will inevitably trigger discussions about whether WA should have its own NRL side, but that decision depends on something far more important than crowd sizes, writes Tom Wildie.




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Fee-free overdue policy prompts library renaissance among young Tasmanians

Book-loving Tasmanians are bucking the trend and turning to libraries in their thousands, less than a year after the state became the first in Australia to abolish fines and processing fees for overdue books.




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Nearly 100 gene variants that put people at risk of cancer identified in new study

People undergoing genetic testing will have more certainty about whether the variants in their genes risk causing cancer or are completely harmless, after a new international study.




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Train and bus ticketing via phones and plastic to be tested in regional Queensland

It's the system they have in London and Chicago, it's being trialled in New York, and soon it will allow people in Cairns, Mackay and Townsville to pay for trains and buses with their credit cards and mobile phones.




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Apiarist calls for chemical Fipronil to be banned after millions of bees die in Southern NSW

A chemical used to control pests in agricultural crops and termites in buildings has been blamed for the death of up to 10 million bees in southern New South Wales.





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Boy kept 'completely naked' in Brisbane watch house for days

An Indigenous boy with an intellectual impairment was stripped naked inside Brisbane's adult maximum-security police watch house after being deemed a suicide risk, documents reveal.







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NSW Treasurer predicts blue skies ahead despite global and domestic economic doubts

The NSW Treasurer delivers a surplus of around half that expected this time last year, but is forecasting blue skies ahead. He's optimistic despite doubts circulating about the domestic and global economies, Ian Verrender says.




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Euthanasia comes to Victoria as Northern Territory's former leader urges 'democratic justice'

More than two decades since Philip Nitschke set fire to the "disgusting, pathetic" bill overturning voluntary euthanasia in the Northern Territory, the region remains in a stranglehold, banned from even debating the issue.




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Queensland's Environment Minister 'devastated' following Adani coal mine approval

Queensland Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch's comments at an Indigenous festival reveal Labor is divided on the Adani mine's recent approval, the State Opposition says.




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Transgender law reform to allow Victorians to change birth certificate gender without surgery

The Victorian Government prepares to reintroduce a bill which would make it easier for people to alter the sex recorded on their birth certificate to male, female or any other gender descriptor of their choice.




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By Jupiter! Stargazers can get up close and personal with planet

If you look up to the eastern sky tonight, you're likely to spot one of the biggest planets at its brightest. Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun and largest in our solar system, is visible to stargazers this month.




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Canberra Hospital ECR stroke service to become 24/7 by the end of the year

A life-saving surgery seen as a major breakthrough in stroke treatment is only available to Canberrans during business hours, but soon patients will not have to worry about whether the timing of their stroke will affect their care.




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SA Budget 2019: Winners and Losers

Funding flows for low-income earners to buy a home and a new Women's and Children's Hospital are on the cards in South Australia's 2019 budget. Find out how the budget will impact you.




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Queensland Environment Minister 'shed tears' over Adani approval process, video shows

A new video shows Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch telling a room full of people she has shed tears over the approval of Adani's Carmichael coal mine, while also saying current environmental legislation is flawed.




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Lawyer X royal commission hears Paul Dale asked to speak to Tony Mokbel and Carl Williams after arrest

Former drug squad detective Paul Dale wanted to speak to gangland bosses Tony Mokbel and Carl Williams nine days after he was arrested for the burglary of a drug house, the royal commission hears.




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Canberra cafe owner who boasted about lavish lifestyle on social media guilty of drug trafficking

A 27-year-old Canberra man is found guilty of running a major drug operation to fuel a flamboyant lifestyle complete with expensive cars and inspirational quotes played out on Facebook and Instagram.




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SANFL tribunal reduces Casey McElroy's six-week ban to four for playing in men's league

A female footballer who played in a men's South Australian country league has her suspension reduced to four weeks by an independent tribunal.




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Woman arrested after Sydney high-rise death at Zetland apartment complex

Police arrest a woman they had urged to come forward to authorities after a 23-year-old plunged to her death at a high-rise complex in Sydney's inner east.




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Queensland woman seeks access to dead husband's sperm to have second child

The Queensland Supreme Court will decide whether to allow a widow to use her dead husband's sperm to give her young son a sibling, as they were planning to do so before he died.





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Australian students receive heroes' welcome in Nepal as they help rebuild classrooms damaged in earthquake

Canberra Grammar students discover the unexpected benefits of rebuilding damaged classrooms in Nepal, as they form special bonds with school hosts in the heart of the Himalayas.




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Second woman told that Queensland police destroyed evidence in her rape case

Kelly says the way police handled the investigation into her alleged assault "has been the most devastating part of it" after she was told her rape kit was destroyed and then never existed at all.