Hectorville killer detained for life

A judge has questioned how a mentally ill man accessed the gun he used to shoot four members of a family.

WA surplus to hit low point in 2013

WA has projected a plunge in its surplus for 2012/13 as spending on infrastructure outstrips revenue growth.

SA judge resigns over conduct

A South Australian judge has resigned over conduct 'inconsistent' with his role in the judiciary.

Govt opens up petroleum acreages

The Federal Government has opene up huge tracts of the ocean to oil exploration.

PM expects need for skilled workers

Julia Gillard says a mining and development boom in SA will have the state crying out for skilled workers.

MP questions methadone treatment

Tree branch death preventable coroner

SA needs an image boost Weatherill

SA hospital to be reviewed

Rain helps fight SA bushfire

SA facing big hit to revenues Snelling

Libs say nothing in the budget for SA

Boy charged over taking gun to school

Electronics giant to have new role

Health staff implicated in receiving gifts

Brisbane protest evictions

More than 1600 people have signed a petition to allow Aboriginal protesters to return to a Brisbane park.

Qld fails on school attendance targets

A report on truancy has found Queensland has failed in its mission to improve school attendance.

Qld gas report draws mixed response

A report into the impact of CSG on Surat Basin aquifers has drawn mixed responses from stakeholders.

Hidden girls family won't give up

The family of four sisters in an international custody dispute are concealing their whereabouts.

Brisbane protest harks back to old rifts

An Aboriginal rights protest at a Brisbane park harks back to Queensland's days of deep division.

Man falls four floors at construction site

Police arrest 31 in Aboriginal protest

Class action over hepatitis C scandal

Panel to review Brisbane rail project

Police move in on Aboriginal protestors

Sisters ignore court order to board plane

Mother to face court to keep girls in Qld

Ashby drops taxi voucher issue

Local councils want their elections back

Katter's daughter guilty of assault

Man charged after running over police

Sisters hiding to escape father

New political chapter in QLD, Newman

Corrupt former minister faces more jail

Abbott welcomed to Qld as next PM

Aboriginal embassy not backing down

Farmers allowed to kill flying foxes

Former ABC Learning boss pleads not guilty

Jobs figures out for regional Victoria

Figures show unemployment in regional Victoria in April fell from a yearly high to settle at 5.16 per cent.

Caution urged after five falls

Paramedics have urged caution after five men suffered serious falls in Melbourne.

Hoddle St murderer's parole hopes dashed

Mass murderer Julian Knight has had an application to have his security classification downgraded rejected.

Armed men steal rare car

A rare convertible has been stolen at knife point in Melbourne's south.

Vic starts on unfunded freeway

Work has begun on a key transportation project despite being cut off from funding in the federal budget.

Class action over hepatitis C scandal

Black Saturday victims win $32 million

Prison builder goes into liquidation

Vic driver three times over limit

'Fat tax' for food giants

Royal Exhibition hall gets $20m boost

Serial robbers strike Melbourne stores

Vic prison project in trouble

Man charged over ecstasy drug bust

Melbourne rallies for same-sex marriage

Vic police chases on the rise, but to stay

Emergency sirens to warn communities

Woman sexually assaulted in St Kilda

'Dead' car crash victim leaves hospital

Laid-off Vic workers win federal reprieve

Unions to rally over TAFE cuts

Girl assaulted in park

Vic 'short-changed' in budget Baillieu

Utilities, agencies in focus in WA budget

Utilities and the public sector to face brunt of State Budget focus when Christian Porter brings it down.

Head-on crash followed brief chase

A Perth driver has had a lucky escape after a head-on collision with another car that was chased by police.

Cops search for body in Mack case

WA police are searching for the remains of a 56-year-old woman who disappeared almost four years ago.

Asbestos fear in Perth warehouse fire

Firefighters have contained a blaze at a warehouse in West Perth with a roof believed to contain asbestos.

Prescribed WA burns to be scrutinised

Plans for prescribed burning in Western Australia will be scrutinised by an independent body before ignition

Cost of police sent to gas protest $1m

Appeal lodged by Puddy murderer

WA oppn calls for energy minister to go

Mum 'impulsively' murdered her baby boy

Howard Sattler suffers series of strokes

WA pedophile's family 'victims too'

Race fire impacted Tourism WA

Budget strips $1.1b in funding from WA

Leighton named preferred contractor

Hewson says economy still vulnerable

Elite hockey player dies on pitch

WA MP sides with coalition

Woman's body found in parked car in WA

Tributes to hockey star who died on pitch

Boy winched to safety after cliff fall

Woodside seals $2bn Browse LNG deal

Butt out of gas hub, Labor tells Barnett

Marathon burn victims' lives 'destroyed'