9+ hour, 31+ min ago   (735+ words) Updated September 13, 2026 — 8:45pm,first published 6:22pm A 71-year-old man died after reportedly hitting a pothole on the Western Highway and crashing his motorcycle just outside the town of Beaufort on Sunday. Emergency services responded to the stretch of highway near Trawalla Road…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (842+ words) September 14, 2026 — 5:00am Tennis Australia’s erstwhile chief executive Craig Tiley may have moved on to bigger and better things when he left the Australian tennis body to run its US counterpart earlier this year. But if a fresh tax return filed by…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1072+ words) September 14, 2026 — 5:00am Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has pledged to overhaul the way the state government funds and accounts for major infrastructure projects as a step towards restoring integrity to Victoria’s finances if the Coalition is elected on November 28. Documents obtained under…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (571+ words) September 14, 2026 — 3:35am A man in his 60s, currently working as a teacher at a northern suburbs high school in Perth, has been found guilty of threatening to kill his neighbour’s dogs, in addition to trespassing on and damaging their property, following a…...

10+ hour, 47+ min ago   (292+ words) September 13, 2026 — 7:30pm Residents in Sydney’s crowded urban fringe suburbs with little space to play will be given access to new playgrounds and ovals connected to public schools being built in the area, in a stopgap measure to increase liveability in the…...

13+ hour, 54+ min ago   (504+ words) Updated September 13, 2026 — 4:22pm,first published 1:55pm A Melbourne man accused of possessing violent extremist propaganda for Islamic State is in custody after he was arrested while trying to fly to the Middle East. Mohammad Emad Ahmadzai, 30, of Roxburgh Park, was arrested at…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (988+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Almost half of Melbourne’s new housing approvals are concentrated in the city’s outer growth corridors, despite Labor’s push to prioritise building new homes in established suburbs and curb urban sprawl. There were 20,252 dwellings approved across Melbourne’s seven growth-area municipalities…...

16+ hour, 47+ min ago   (756+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm When Garry Ledger fell on a tram and hit his head last August, there were initially no signs of a major injury. The 78-year-old South Australian had just boarded the route 16 service towards the city. He was busy tapping…...

16+ hour, 47+ min ago   (783+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm During five years’ trading in Melbourne’s west, Phil Gaby’s business has had just as many homes. Nan’s Bakehouse began at the markets, then moved to Footscray Plaza before expanding into the business next door. A coffee van followed, then…...

18+ hour, 18+ min ago   (741+ words) September 13, 2026 — 11:59am Maurice “Moss” Moore was a bachelor farmer who raised cattle at Reamore in Ireland’s County Kerry. In 1958, his bashed and strangled body was found shoved under a ledge near a stream, just 18 metres from the home he had vanished…...