Yesterday afternoon a 28-year-old Lakes Entrance man was arrested in Bairnsdale and questioned by police.

Two people have died in separate house fires in the city's outer south east - in a bungalow blaze at Langwarrin, and a unit in Frankston.

The head of one of Melbourne's largest intensive care units has told the mushroom murder trial doctors tried everything they could to save the gravely ill lunch guests.

Thousands of Taree residents cut off by floodwaters now have access across the Manning River.

The family of a woman who died in floodwaters has disputed the account given by police about her death.

The Coalition is on the verge of being renewed after the Liberal Party agreed in principle to the Nationals' policy demands.

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Oceana Lithium, after it capital raising to fill its coffers, ahead of base metals testing in WA’s Gascoyne region.