A six-year-old girl whose body was recovered from a river over the weekend may have been deliberately thrown in the water by her father, who also died.
A shark encounter that left a woman critically injured has sparked calls for culls, yet experts warn it is not an evidence-based way of managing community risk.
According to local media reports, an officer has since been arrested and charged with allegedly killing the girl and seriously injuring her father and brother.
State and territory ministers have hit out at looming reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, but the minister in charge says they're posturing.
As the Ukraine conflict supercharges drone warfare, there are calls for Australia to overhaul its sluggish and risk-averse defence procurement process.