Sport: Rugby league is Tremayne Chatfield's sanctuary, but it wasn't always that way. There was a time when the thought of the game he loved hurt him so much he needed alcohol to numb the pain.
Public service: The public service under the Coalition government spent $20.8 billion on a massive "ghost" workforce of almost 54,000 contractors and external providers, an audit has found.
Budget: Workers will begin making ground on soaring cost-of-living pressures from early next year as wages accelerate and inflation comes down more quickly than anticipated, budget forecasts show.
Education: Parents say extra pupil-free days in the ACT public school teachers' pay deal will be difficult to manage while teachers in Catholic and independent schools can expect a significant boost to their salaries.
Transport: European-style intersections that slow down motorists and provide better protections for cyclists and pedestrians will become standard in Canberra under a new government plan.
Court: A "cynical and self-serving" rapist who laughed while assaulting a co-worker he believed was asleep will spend time behind bars after a judge said the man didn't demonstrate "any real remorse".
Tim the Yowie Man: Prior to old Adaminaby being flooded to create Lake Eucumbene, many of the town's buildings were loaded onto trucks and relocated - including the two-storey bank building.
Crime: The parents of deceased fraudster Melissa Caddick have made an offer to resolve a dispute with duped investors regarding who gets what from the sale of a multi-million dollar property in Sydney's east.
Energy: ACTU president Michele O'Neil has claimed the establishment of a National Net Zero Authority as a "big victory" for unions which will give workers confidence as Australia decarbonises.
Opinion: We need lifetime bans preventing ex-ministers, officials and military officers from working against our defence interests, writes Jack Waterford.
Court: A mother who stabbed, strangled and suffocated her three children before burning their bodies in a house fire will spend at least 25 years behind bars.
Budget: Community groups are urging the Albanese government to roll out a funding package to retrofit low-income homes with a suite of energy-efficiency measures in Tuesday's federal budget.
Royals: The King and his wife Camilla will be crowned at London's Westminster Abbey in a glittering but solemn religious ceremony with traditions dating back 1000 years.
