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The Australian Energy Market Operator has announced a proposal for "emergency backstop" measures to turn down, or switch off, rooftop solar to stabilise the energy grid. This is what it means for households.

Police are hunting for two masked men accused of setting the blaze at a Melbourne synagogue as leaders condemn the anti-Semitic attack. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unequivocally condemned the shocking incident in Melbourne where a synagogue was set on fire.   

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has condemned the "hateful, violent attack" on a Jewish synagogue in Melbourne.

Thunderstorms are likely to hit Australia's south-east over the weekend as "very humid" weather normally felt in the Far North takes hold, the Bureau of Meteorology warns.

According to data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, patients are waiting longer in public emergency departments to see a doctor. 

Police are searching for suspects after men in white vans attempted to lure children with the offer of a lift in a string of incidents at Victorian schools.

Nearly half a century after two women were stabbed to death in a share house on Easey Street in Collingwood, a man has faced court charged with their murders. 

Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt urges Woolworths and the United Workers Union to reach an agreement to bring an end to industrial action which has led to stock shortages on supermarket and liquor store shelves.

Data shows people living in regional Victoria are almost twice as likely to experience family violence as those living in metropolitan areas — a shocking gap that is growing year-on-year.

Perry Kouroumblis, the prime suspect in the brutal murder in Melbourne in 1977 is being extradited from Italy.

Students at the South Australia School for Vision Impaired are being given 3D models to help them gain more understanding of descriptions of objects. 

While shoppers at some Woolworths stores are still encountering empty shelves, the supermarket giant has filed an urgent application with the Fair Work Commission.

The acclaimed author of Monkey Grip and The Children's Bach is back: this time she turns her razor-sharp writer's eye to her 16-year-old grandson's footy team.

Analysis by the Victorian government shows the Matildas were the subject of one in five sports news stories published across the state during the tournament, but there's still a long way to go to achieve gender balance.

Driving in later life can bring its own challenges, and while rules around older road users vary widely across the country, options for navigating those challenges include licence assessments and conversations around so-called "driving retirement". 

Researchers from the University of Sydney undertook the task in the wake of the Black Summer bushfires, when they found there was a lack of data to be able to quantify the loss to the koala population.

The 87-year-old actor reveals he has left his role as Harold Bishop on Neighbours after being diagnosed with a "very aggressive" form of cancer.

Another heatwave is predicted across Australia this week, as the weather bureau confirms the nation just sizzled through its hottest spring on record.

Australia's surveillance of bird flu has been described as a possible "model" to follow globally with the spread of the H5N1 strain of the virus causing concerns for international health authorities.