A councillor's failed motion for an animal control officer to patrol Burnie Parkruns has been called an "overreaction".

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Victor Boniface has scored on his return to action as 10-man Bayer Leverkusen defeated lowly Hoffenheim 3-1 to move within ...

Darrell Tiemens was coming out of his local bakery when he was almost "wiped out" by a child ploughing down the street on an ...

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Extreme heat and disruptions from climate-fuelled floods and fires pose learning setbacks for students that may weigh ...

An extreme weather system fuelled by two tropical lows has turned deadly after a woman was killed in floodwaters amid ...

Neo-Nazi group Terrorgram, which shares content promoting racially motivated violence, has been sanctioned to make any ...

Millions of Victorians are in the grips of a three-day heatwave as tired crews try to tame raging fires following a night of ...

Strengthening penalties for hate speech and threats amid rising anti-Semitic violence as well as cost-of-living relief ...