Dog owners in Australia will be held criminally responsible for the actions of their animal, including jail, as Queensland cracks down on dangerous breeds following a spate of attacks.
Plans for the Brisbane Olympics have been dismissed as "half-baked", with the Queensland premier also slammed for blindsiding a 2032 Games infrastructure review.
A French national who confronted a knife-wielding attacker during a rampage in Sydney is welcome to stay in Australia for as long as he wants, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
A woman has died and two people are in hospital as police investigate if they consumed a drink, reportedly containing mushrooms, at a country health retreat.
Australian police say the attacker who fatally stabbed six people at a busy shopping centre in Sydney may have targeted women, as the country mourns the victims and hundreds of people lay flowers near the scene.
Joel Cauchi was known to Queensland police for mental health issues but had never been arrested before carrying out one of Australia's worst mass killings.
Police have ruled out terror or ideology as a motive after a man killed six people in a random stabbing attack in one of Sydney's busiest shopping centres.