Victoria

Jurors sitting in Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial will have a four-day break before they hear the judge's final directions and begin deciding on a verdict.

Lawyers acting for alleged mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson have suggested her decision to leave hospital after five minutes has ‘only one reasonable explanation’.

A dramatic police chase took a terrifying turn when a stolen Land Cruiser drove through a packed Melbourne shopping centre.

A council in a major city has overcharged drivers a whopping $12m in parking fines, spanning more than a decade.

Erin Patterson's barrister says despite 20 hours of ‘surgical’ questioning his client did not unravel as her triple-murder trial reaches the final stages before the jury decides her fate.

Jurors in the triple-murder trial of Erin Patterson have been urged to reject the proposition she dumped a dehydrator as part of a ‘wild panic’.

Prosecutors in the trial of alleged mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson have pointed to the moment they say she knew her plan had been exposed.

Almost two years after four of her husband’s family members fell deathly ill after a lunch she hosted, alleged poisoner Erin Patterson has broken her silence. 

Erin Patterson faced a final round of fierce questioning in the witness box as prosecutors accused her of deadly intent in the mushroom lunch that killed three, but she didn’t back down.

Detectives are chasing an anonymous tipster in the hope of arresting the men who killed an innocent woman in a firebombing.

Troy Pannell is set to answer claims he allegedly ripped off his former employer days after he underwent life-saving surgery.

Alleged triple-murderer Erin Patterson has denied lying about stopping during a long drive for a ‘bush poo’ a day after the deadly lunch, her trial has heard.

Alleged triple-killer Erin Patterson has told a court that she ate 1kg of fresh button mushrooms over five days before the fatal lunch.

The morning commute has turned into a nightmare for fed-up drivers after a truck rollover and multi-vehicle crash on a major highway.

A man is in critical condition after falling from a roof and becoming impaled on a timber post at a construction site in a major city.