Collingwood premiership defender Nathan Murphy has announced his retirement at just 24 years old due to concussions | Collingwood FC AFL Nick Butler #AFL

Luke Beveridge says the under-pressure Bulldogs are still contenders this year, dismissing talk of discontent in the playing group | Western Bulldogs AFL #AFL

Builders are claiming a proposed tax by the Mornington Peninsula would further cripple the struggling industry. The three-point 3% levy would help pay for social housing but critics say it will discourage investment | Sam Mills

Today, Les Twentyman, a pioneering youth worker, was remembered as a voice for the battlers at a State Memorial Service. Les spent decades supporting young people in need and helped countless turn their lives around | Candice Wyatt

A woman has died and two others have been hospitalised following a suspected poisoning at a health retreat in Clunes, outside of Ballarat | Jessica Maggio

One woman has died and two others have been hospitalised after a suspected mushroom poisoning at am 'alternative and holistic health' retreat in Clunes, near Ballarat.

A 53-year-old Ringwood North woman died shortly after 12pm on Saturday after becoming ill, while two others…

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is addressing media in Perth following the Sydney stabbing attacks. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

#BREAKING : NSW Police have declared Monday night's priest stabbing in western Sydney a 'terrorist incident'.

The stabbing at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley led to police clashes with the public, resulting in several officers sustaining injuries.

More to come.

Collingwood star Nick Daicos believes the Magpies are ready to launch their premiership defence. After a sluggish start, the Pies have rediscovered their winning form, and are keen to send a message to top four fancy Port Adelaide FC this Saturday | Collingwood FC AFL Nick Butler #AFL

Hawthorn champion Jason Dunstall has been elevated to legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Not typically announced until June, the league decided Dunstall's stellar resume deserved a special early announcement | Hawthorn FC AFL Steph Baumgartel #AFL

The A-League Women 2023/2024 season has become the most attended women's sport season in Australia's history.

284,551 people have attended games this season, eclipsing the last AFLW regular season and finals series.

The figure comes as the Matildas continue to grow in…

Iconic landmarks across Melbourne are honouring the six victims of the tragic Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing attack.

The flags atop the Westgate Bridge will fly at half-mast, while landmarks such as the MCG, Flinders Street Station, and AAMI Park were lit up in white…

#BREAKING : Justice Michael Lee has ruled Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins at a ministerial suite in Parliament House.

#BREAKING : In delivering his verdict on the defamation case against Network 10, Justice Michael Lee has ruled, unequivocally, that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in a ministerial suite of Parliament House on March 23, 2019.

More to come.

#BREAKING : Justice Michael Lee has ruled Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins at a ministerial suite in Parliament House.

Six businesses in the regional town of Torquay on Victoria's Surf Coast were destroyed overnight by a blaze which is now under investigation.

The fire is believed to have started at Italo’s Wood Fired Pizza on Gilbert Street in the town’s centre around 11.30pm, before spreading…

Several arrests have been made after pro-Palestine protesters staged several actions across Melbourne this morning.

Fourteen people have been arrested, with 12 of those removed from a Port Melbourne intersection at Lorimer Street around 8.30am, which has since reopened.

Two…