A mother has been arrested after she abandoned her newborn baby with his umbilical cord still attached.

A firefighter raped a nine-year-old girl after she was rescued from her burning house, then threatened to kill her mother if she told anyone.

A 70-year-old man with an intellectual disability is terrified of returning to his Melbourne home after he was brutally bashed and robbed.

A Melbourne mother has been charged with murdering three of her children and attempting to murder the fourth by driving the family car into a lake.

Tempers are likely fraying today after inmates awoke to their first day of a total smoking ban at prisons across NSW.

A couple who posted inflammatory comments about a neighbour on a community Facebook page are facing a hefty legal bill after being sued for defamation.

They were left in great danger when a hunter killed their father, but Cecil the Lion’s cubs are thriving after being adopted into a new pride.

A six-year-old girl has been taken to hospital after she was found hanging unconscious from play equipment in Sydney's west.

Police say it's the youngest arrest they have made for such a crime

The shocking details were revealed in a court case this week.