Rachael Ward
Storm risks linger for eastern parts of country
Damaging conditions are due to ease after days of wild weather but the risk remains of major thunderstorms. Residents in Queensland’s Wide...
Former Lib leader quits after arrest, drug charges
Former South Australian Liberal Leader David Speirs is quitting politics after being charged with drug offences. Speirs said on Saturday he would...
Police shoot son, stepfather dies on front lawn
A man has been shot by police after a fatal family violence incident involving his stepfather and heavily pregnant sister. Police were...
‘Distressing scene’: Stepfather dead, police shoot son
A man has been shot by police after a fatal family violence incident involving his stepfather and heavily pregnant sister. Police were...
Lib leader admits misspeaking after gatecrashed rally
Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto admits he misspoke following a rally outside state parliament that was gatecrashed by men who performed a...
Latest search for Samantha Murphy’s body called off
The latest search for the body of missing Victorian mother Samantha Murphy has failed to turn up anything of interest and has...
Australia’s first women’s refuge, Elsie Refuge in Glebe, honoured
Mandy Sayer vividly remembers the night she, her mother and young brother fled their home in their pyjamas in the middle of...
Albanese meets with Quad leaders as summit begins
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is meeting with Quad leaders a day after attending a one-on-one with US President Joe Biden at his...
Deeming ‘distraught’ her children called her a Nazi
Expelled Liberal MP Moira Deeming lives in fear of political violence and is “distraught” her own children called her a Nazi, evidence...
Defamation ‘roadshow’ as secret recording emerges
Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has been accused of embarking on a defamation “roadshow” against expelled MP Moira Deeming, as an audio...