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Two men are in custody this afternoon after fatal assaults in two states.
Homicide detectives have arrested a 51-year-old man after a food delivery rider was fatally stabbed near Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne's city centre on Friday night, allegedly after he and a companion noticed someone tampering with their bikes.
The other assault has taken place in the New South Wales southern tablelands.
Police allege a 39-year-old man fatally injured a 56-year-old during an altercation at a hotel room in Goulburn.
The Coalition has responded to newspaper reports that Gina Rinehart is secretly guiding the strategy of the One Nation party.
The Age has published the allegations based on covert recordings that feature former national campaign director Sean Black, who was jailed for rape in 2018 and later rehired by One Nation.
The claims about Ms Rinehart's influence follow previous reports about Pauline Hanson's use of a plane provided by the mining magnate, and the party's expansion in Brisbane at a new Gina Rinehart-owned office it says it will pay market rent for.
The opposition's Tim Wilson says the allegations and the party's response to them are troubling.
"Senator Hanson needs to answer to these recordings, and more importantly to clarify for her supporters - and more importantly for her donors - why she has continued to involve a convicted rapist in her party's affairs when she has said she wouldn't. This goes straight to the heart of trust and integrity in her party."
South Australia has released the terms of reference for an inquiry into workers compensation claims in the state.
The review will investigate the effectiveness of the Return to Work scheme, which has previously been criticised over concerns that workers with psychological claims faced much higher hurdles than those with physical injuries.
The independent review will be conducted over the next 12 months and will report to the Minister for Industrial Relations by the end of November 2027.
Work and safety consulting group Safetysure says there has been a 161 percent increase in mental health claims over the past 10 years, representing 12 percent of all serious claims across Australia in the 2024 financial year.
To New Zealand now, and polls are closing in the national election that will decide if the country's prime minister Christopher Luxon will keep his job.
Mr Luxon has struggled to win over Kiwis since winning office in 2023, facing two leadership challenges in recent months.
The alternative for prime minister, Labour leader Chris Hipkins, held the top job for nine months in 2023 following Jacinda Ardern's resignation.
This voter in Auckland has told SBS News the result could go either way - and that whoever wins will have some tough challenges ahead.
"Unemployment is at the highest rate we've had in years. The health care system is falling apart... and some of the decisions that the current government have made in my opinion have not really considered the social aspect. The country being run like a business is not really conducive to that... So just trying to find that balance. And whoever finds that balance, good luck to them."
The European Union is investigating the possible misuse of EU funds earmarked for the renovation of a Spanish railway line where a train crash killed 69 people last week.
The EU funds had reportedly been allocated to the renovation and upgrading of safety, signalling and communications systems on the Madrid-Seville high-speed line.
A similar investigation into the same stretch of track had already been opened after another accident claimed 46 lives in the southern province of Andalusia in January.
NASA has marked 30 years since the launch of its Mars Global Surveyor.
The spacecraft spent almost a decade circling the red planet which has long been a source of fascination for those on earth, using cameras and special scientific instruments to map its surface and study its atmosphere.
NASA's Office of Space Science administrator Dr Ed Weiler says the discovery of channels and gullies on Mars that looked as though they had been carved by flowing water were significant, because water is one of the essential ingredients for life as we know it.
"They certainly have not found the hot tub with the Martians swimming in it either. But what they have found is some very intriguing possible evidence for water that has flowed on Mars in the geologically recent past."
To sport, and in tennis, Rinky Hijikata has been eliminated from the Paris Masters after a dream week that saw him defeat Novak Djokovic in the second round.
The Australian battler has been beaten by 22-year-old Paris-based Luca Van Assche, who came from 2-0 down in the final set to prevail 6-4, 6-7, 7-5.
Rinky would have become the first qualifier to reach the last-four at the Paris Masters in nine years.
