Anthony Albanese has sounded the alarm of the state of the nation’s early childhood, disability, veterans and aged care systems, signalling fixing them will be a major focus of his prime ministership. 

Ex-NRL coach Daniel Anderson has no recollection of the shocking bodysurfing accident that almost killed him and has left him a quadriplegic. 

Queensland children aged four and under will be given state-funded swimming lessons just weeks after the government finalised its audit into swim education in schools. 

Four teenage school friends have died in a horrific road accident on a lonely country Victorian road. 

An Adelaide mother has told of the horrific abuse her 10-year-old daughter suffered at the hands of primary school students who beat her up and threatened to “rape” her if she did not provide them explicit photos of herself.