The plight of more than 1,000 refugees and asylum seekers in long-term detention took centre stage at the first Palm Sunday March to take place in Ballarat.

NSW Fire and Rescue crews dressed in hazmat suits were called to a Newcastle beach after a large metal object believed to contain hazardous materials washed ashore. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) attended the scene at Shortland Esplanade just after midday on Sunday after the container was spotted on the …

MULTI-MILLION dollar work at the Bathurst Showground will straddle the Royal Bathurst Show, which starts late next month. Patrons at the show – which wasn't able to be held last year due to COVID – will be able to see some of the upgrades already completed at the historic facility.

A grandfather-of-seven has been identified as the victim of a “horrific” hit-and-run crash in Melbourne’s southeast.

Refugee advocates have rallied across Australia to demand an end to the nation's long-running hotel and offshore detention policies. The advocacy groups claim more than 100 medevac refugees – transferred from offshore detention for medical treatment under …

"the respective burial grounds have been lately consecrated by the Principal Chaplain… in future all settlers and others resident in [the] townships shall… inter [their dead] in the consecrated grounds … and the constable … is hereby directed to …

Tahbilk Winery's latest sustainability initiative will launch on Wednesday, March 31, as it opens its Indigenous Native Flora Walking Trail. The 2 km trail is the brainchild of Hayley Purbrick — whose family has been at Tahbilk for five generations …

Grants of between $1000 and $5000 are available for eligible, non-for-profit community groups, to support the vital work of volunteers. Federal Member for Nicholls Damian Drum said he was liaising with community leaders and relevant committees to identify priority volunteer support for the local area.

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan says tough border restrictions with Queensland remain necessary, despite key details about the new case being revealed as false.

ECHUCA lawyers consider connectivity and variability of court infrastructure and technology as some of they challenges they face in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s what Law Institute of Victoria president Tania Wolff was told during a meeting with law association practitioners in the town recently.