Australia

Victoria’s top cop says anyone who helped Dezi Freeman disappear and hide in regional Victoria for the last seven months ‘will be held to account’ as details of the cop killer’s death are revealed.

Fugitive gunman Dezi Freeman has been shot dead after a three-hour standoff with police, seven months after he gunned down two police officers and seriously injured a third.

Buyer confidence disappeared on the weekend as slow bidding at auctions suggests house prices are on the nose.

Exposure to pesticides and other environmental factors could be behind far higher rates of motor-neurone disease in regional areas, experts warn.

Commuters are experiencing delays of up to an hour as urgent signal works disrupt networks around Sydney.

Authorities allege a specially modified vessel with hidden compartments was designed to deliver tonnes of cocaine into Australia.

Australians are being warned that terrorists are posing as charity organisations online to dupe them out of their money.

A mother whose daughter and son were killed in a horrific crash has vowed to fight on after the killer driver was handed a sentence she described as a ‘joke’.

‘Mixed messages’ on shortages and working from home cloud Australia’s fuel concerns, as unions push for less office time to keep essential vehicles fuelled up.

Business groups have urged the government to cut the road-user charge for trucks, but not the fuel excise for all motorists.

‘You don’t even own the inside of your head.’

Australians will say goodbye to those long, light-filled evenings soon.

A barrister dedicated to supporting women and children affected by family violence was brutally murdered by her partner.

A fresh development has emerged in the fallout from Lachie and Jules Neale’s split, as attention again turns to Tess Crosley.