Two primary school aged children and a man were airlifted to hospital after a serious crash last night. Read more.

A senate inquiry which promises to out Ballarat businesses for worker exploitation and bullying behaviour will sit in Ballarat on Tuesday. Read more.

Customers and sub-subcontractors remain in limbo after the collapse of Watersun Homes with the failed builder now owing up to $20 million. Read more.

Arson detectives will investigate the cause of a fire that destroyed a house in Scarsdale overnight. Read more.

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►ILAWARRA: A Balgownie woman has confessed to stealing almost $320,000 from the dental surgery where she worked for nearly a decade.

Daniette Paulissen, 34, was ordered to front court in May 2016 after she was charged with stealing property as a clerk stemming from her time working for the owners of Corrimal dental surgery Contemporary Smiles, owned by dentists Barry Phelan and Kurt Dean. Read more

►NSW: A Wagga man who tried to carjack a tradie’s ute in Sydney ended up being trapped inside the car by the quick-thinking driver.

The bizarre scenario began when a plumber was driving along Pitt Street in Haymarket and came to an intersection. Read on

►QLD: It can be hard to motivate teenagers to get out of bed early on a Sunday, but Spinifex State College found a way this weekend by getting them out on the water.

Almost 50 students from across the the grades turned up at Lake Moondarra for a canoeing session under the watchful eye of Kristen Curd, head of Physical Education at the senior campus. Read on

►TAS: Northern Tasmania is on the edge of a real estate boom, as investors and interstate buyers move to snap up a piece of the city.

The latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of Tasmania show that, in 2016, Launceston had its best year for transactions since 2009. Read on

►VIC: Wangaratta hospital management has been lobbying the Victorian government to commit to $15 million for a major upgrade project. 

If the redevelop campaign is successful, it would see the hospital undergo a two-stage, $21 million upgrade.

The hospital experienced a 7.56 per cent increase in patients to its wards and 4.15 per cent increase in people coming through its emergency department in 2015-16. Read more

►TAMWORTH: After 39-years in the job, Rosemary Clifton will bid farewell to Tamworth Public School later this month, but she’ll have plenty of fond memories to take away with her.

The dedicated educator has made her mark on the school community. Most recently she taught the school’s gifted and talented class; then there’s her contribution to hockey and her willingness to embrace technology and change. Read more

► Three things that worry nine-year-old Arielle Cochrane are wars, poverty - and bees.

"I get scared when I think about people being poor and hungry," she said.

A new study has revealed Australian kids are worried about terrorism. Read more 

►They were promised a sparkling night on the sands of Sydney's most iconic beach spent drinking and dining at an eight-course feast catered by celebrity chef Luke Mangan.

Instead, punters at A Moveable Feast on Bondi Beach were left hungry and parched, spending up to two hours waiting in drinks queues, with some even missing out on dinner despite having paid up to $500 a ticket for the event. Read more

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►BALI: Seven gruelling months after the brutally bashed body of a police officer was found on Bali's Kuta beach, a panel of judges will today deliver a verdict in a murder trial that has consumed Australians.

Will they accept the defence team's portrayal of Sara Connor as a loving mother and pillar of the Byron Bay community who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time? Read more

►NEW ZEALAND: Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball has died. He was aged 78.

He had been suffering from Alzheimer's and had been nursed at his Gisborne home for some time. He is survived by his wife Pam, and children, and grandchildren.

Long-time friend Norman Maclean was at Ball's bedside when he passed away. Read more

When one seven-year-old sought comfort from her father after a bad dream, reality became far worse than the nightmare.

Hayley Blease suffered sexual abuse at the hands of her parent for most of her Canberra childhood.

"I burst into tears. Telling her was the biggest relief. My mum got called into school and it fully spiralled from there."

Now 35 and living in Sydney, she and other cyclists will ride 500 kilometres from Sydney to Parliament House to support the one in five Australian children who will be sexually abused before they turn 18.

She has also registered a child sex victim charity called Be Brave which will benefit from the funds raised through her bike ride on March 27. She had raised $1700 of her $10000 goal.