Maximum sentences for murder and manslaughter will change from 10 years to a mandatory life sentence under the new laws.

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Coalition Senate leader Simon Birmingham has announced his retirement from politics, hinting at his next steps as colleagues ...

Declining beer consumption worldwide is hurting German hops growers, who face lower prices and possible farm closures amid a ...

A ban on the consumption of alcohol in Warrnambool's CBD is likely to be extended under a plan to curb anti-social behaviour.

Conservative US political commentator Candace Owens has been refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement ...

Residents in a series of coastal communities have been told it's too late to leave their properties and they should find ...

A woman who allegedly killed and dismembered her husband using kitchen knives and a drop-saw might have done so to escape ...

Australia has notched up a record year for renewable energy investment but more is needed, and quickly, the nation has been ...

Laws to give schools greater powers to manage violent and abusive parents have been introduced in a state parliament.

Police officers who left a young Indigenous man in a face-down restraint should have been aware of the risks the position ...

The head of Germany's foreign intelligence service (BND) has warned of increasing hybrid attacks by Russia on Germany and ...