Police

Emergency services were called to Harbour Beach in Mackay shortly after 1pm following reports of a body being found in a car.

Police say the car was unattended when it rolled downhill through a house south of Adelaide, before exiting out the other side, off the balcony, and landing in the front yard.

Police allege the 80-year-old woman was one of three who was assaulted on January 4, she was left in a critical condition and died in hospital on Friday.

Police body cam played in court, showing the final moments Mr George was seen alive as he was led to a watch house cell. More than an hour later police checked on him and found his body.

Authorities say the chances of Abdul Ezedi surviving after disappearing on London's Chelsea Bridge are "extremely remote".

Nanette Ellis's family have been searching for answers for 40 years after she was murdered in her Victorian home.

The "unsatisfactory" investigation into the 2021 home invasion contributed to the suspect being found not guilty, according to the judge's decision handed down last year. 

Dozens of police, SES and townspeople have scoured this park near Ballarat over the past week. Here is what's known about where the missing 51-year-old is thought to have gone running.

Police are investigating after a man was shot near a busy Melbourne train station by police responding to an unrelated incident nearby that left four people in hospital.

The Elizabeth Magistrates Court hears Ethan Ross allegedly administered over-the-counter drug naloxone and methamphetamine to Amy Bowden to try and reverse the effects of a heroin overdose.

The 27-year-old man is alleged to have approached the young girl who had wandered from her house in Derby before taking her to an undisclosed location.

Police say two female officers were bitten by a woman, while another officer was attacked by a dog, as a home was engulfed in flames in South Hedland.

Police have charged a 52-year-old man for gross indecency against a child under 10 years following the investigation of an alleged sexual assault that occurred in Tennant Creek on Wednesday.

Stacey Klimovitch's family and friends sob in court as Canberra man Jason Paul Hawkins, who shot the veteran swimming instructor dead at her Newcastle unit, receives a lengthy prison term.

The girl was reported missing on Wednesday night. Police and emergency services searched a nearby park and bushland for her.

A man will face court charged with a drug offence over the death of a woman who was found unconscious in Adelaide's north-east where emergency services were called after reports of an overdose.

Officers seek to reassure frightened residents in Bendigo that police have enough resources to deal with a rise in home and car break-ins, warning that while it is a person's right to defend themselves in a home invasion, they cannot use "unreasonable" force.

Police are mystified about the missing Ballarat woman's movements "from the moment she left home" as they make another appeal for public help and missing persons unit detectives take charge.

NSW Premier Chris Minns says the 'OCT7TH' number plates spotted on a white ute are "disgusting" and were issued in error.

A 29-year-old Hillside man has today been charged with the murder of an infant in Melbourne's south-west last month.

Husband Mick Murphy and daughter Jess Murphy appeal for information on missing woman Samantha Murphy.

Child abuse investigators are scouring the home of former bishop Christopher Saunders for the second time in a month, as part of a long-running inquiry into sexual assault allegations made by young men.

Victoria police hold a press conference updating on the search for missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy.

An 11-year-old boy is charged after allegedly assaulting a 69-year-old man who police say was repeatedly punched and kicked by a group of males and left lying injured in the street outside his Bentley home.

Police charge a 25-year-old man who was taken to hospital under police guard for treatment after the body of a woman, believed aged in her 60s, was found at an address in Tweed Heads on Wednesday.