The Victorian parliament could examine the Commonwealth Games cancellation fiasco, as the Andrews government dug in for a third straight day refusing to explain the event’s multi-billion dollar blowout. 

More than 85 per cent of Queensland’s most serious young criminals are reoffending within 12 months with soft juvenile justice and “opt in” rehab programs failing to turn around the state’s youth crime crisis. 

A convicted conman who siphoned $25.6m by pretending to be the guitarist for rock legends Bon Jovi defrauded more than $500,000 just three years after his release from jail 

The price of a humble gin and tonic or rum and coke is expected to spike within days amid a hefty tax hike.