The Age - National

The daughter of a couple stabbed in a home invasion at Torrington say the family is 'deeply traumatised' and have a 'long road ahead'.

On a mild Saturday morning, five of Melbourne’s ecological groups convened a kind of emergency cabinet meeting. One item was at the top of their agenda: swans.

The watchdog is investigating whether Michael Still and others from the University of Wollongong improperly or dishonestly exercised official functions.

A magistrate has ordered the accused Avalon Airport hijacker to have his case heard in a higher court because of the extreme risk his alleged conduct posed.

Video from the scene shows a bald man with a forearm tattoo being detained by police on the pavement.