A priest was attacked in his Melbourne church as he was about to give mass.

The father of the young boys whose mother allegedly tried to drown them, killing one, has revealed how the eldest boy survived.

The body of a five-year-old boy has been found after his mother was charged with attempted murder of his brother, aged nine.

A mother has been charged with the attempted murder of her young son as Australian police continue to search for a missing 5-year-old boy.

A NSW mother is accused of attempting to drown her two young sons in the Murray River on the NSW-Victoria border.

A mother is expected to be charged with the attempted murder of her sons after she allegedly tried to drown them, reports say.

Biscuiting outing on Murray River goes horribly wrong for Brendon Demmocks.

Karen Ristevski's mother-in-law has spoken out about her mysterious death, saying her son did not kill his wife.

Husband of NZ-born woman whose body was found in the bush remains chief suspect - as it is revealed his brother had links to the area where her body was found.

It is horrifying how few rapists get convicted, and myths around the crime, the victims and the perpetrators are a big part of the problem.

Less than a fortnight before he died in a fiery plane crash in Melbourne, a US tourist wrote about how he was scared of flying.

The pilot involved in the Melbourne air crash was under investigation for a previous incident that had been deferred three times due to "workload".

The relatives of Wellington-born Melbourne woman Karen Risteveski have vowed to find her killer as police search for answers in the case that has baffled them.

After bushfire tragedy, Marysville in rural Victoria is back in business.

Kiwi consumers could soon have their pick of a new super-sized superfood - a jumbo blueberry the size of a $2 coin.

As the hunt for Jonathan Dick goes on across three Australian states, his family are grappling with the fact he is wanted over the murder of his brother.

Guests at a wild party in an Airbnb rental were jumping fences and hiding in backyards to get away from a weapon-yielding gang that gatecrashed.

A long-running fight between a Victorian truck driver and his former workmates over a disputed $16.6 million group Powerball win has come to an end.

A man charged with murder after he allegedly ploughed his car through crowds of shoppers in central Melbourne has refused to appear in court.

Magistrates will now handle serious Victorian bail matters after the man accused of the Bourke St tragedy was bailed just five days before the attack.

Amelia Wade stays at a newly-opened, design-driven Melbourne hotel.

Families and friends of one of the Melbourne massacre victims have remembered her as a "strong, beautiful, determined" woman.

A teenager armed with a baseball bat who tried to stop the Melbourne car rampage says he's not a hero because he couldn't save the five people who died.

The mother and sister of a 10-year-old schoolgirl killed in Melbourne's CBD tragedy were last night fighting for their lives in hospital.

Friends of the youngest of four people killed when a man drove into a crowd in Melbourne have spoken out, saying "we all feel helpless and hopeless at times like this".

Veteran Aussie Brad Hodges has joined the chorus of disapproval calling Brendon McCullum's ban "a mockery".

Researchers call for ban on ban on alcohol sponsorship of sport

A young woman has shared horrific pictures of her eyes filled with blood after a dangerous stampede at Falls Festival in Victoria before New Year's Eve.

A father-of-two has died after he was mowed down by a car in a suspected domestic dispute in Melbourne.

Heavy storms have washed faecal matter into Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay, prompting experts to warn of a gastro risk.