Dr Clare Looker will replace Sutton, who began the role in 2019 and led the state through the entire COVID-19 pandemic.

Victoria Police allege the young people broke into homes and stole cars and petrol in the Cheltenham, Parkdale, and Rosebud.

Emergency services went to River Street in Maclean, about an hour south of Ballina, after the single car crash about 2.40pm on Friday.

About 1600 patients from the Heritage Medical Clinic in Richmond have been notified of the breach.

"You can have everything from fires to explosions and it's a very, very dangerous situation."

Long Paddock Cheese is conducting the recall of its Driftwood Cheese in 180g and 1kg quantities.

The mum said she would pay off her house so she could focus on getting her children set up and "giving them opportunities".

Roads in two northern Sydney suburbs are about to have their speed limits lowered due to "high pedestrian activity"

Georgia Lyall, 32, was found dead by officers inside her home on Sabina Road in South Guildford

Witnesses told police the 73-year-old was skiing when he struck a pole on the edge of a ski run about 12.30pm at Thredbo alpine resort.

The young father-of-two was sentenced to a year behind bars.

Two thirds of readers surveyed think it is time for employees to return to the office or in person work, according to an exclusive poll taken.

Two childcare workers have escaped jail time after leaving a toddler on a bus for more than five hours in the Central Queensland heat.

Western Australia Police allege the men became involved in an altercation outside the McDonald's on Beaufort Street about 1am.

Australian and New Zealand travellers may no longer need a passport if security talks between the country's prime minsters are successful.

There are homes no individual will ever own being developed across Sydney, which could be one fix to the city's housing crisis.

CCTV shows the man walking along the footpath, then pushing a boy and his bike over on the Gold Coast Highway at Burleigh Heads.

The ship is believed to be sitting off Queensland's coast to watch the exercises.

Cannon-Brookes co-founded Atlassian and has a fortune of about $19 billion according to the AFR's rich list.

Emergency services were called to a unit in Forbes Street in Newtown after reports of an assault about 7pm last night.

The 62-year-old has experienced lingering fatigue, headaches and brain fog after her first case of COVID-19 over a year ago.

The federal government is rolling out a 'more comprehensive' way of measuring Australia's progress, looking beyond just economic factors.

Police went to the home on Freemans Drive in Morisset after concerns for their welfare about 11.30am today.

More than 100 hectares are among the prescribed burns in Sydney's north west

The only living survivor of HMAS Canberra that sank off the Soloman Islands in 1942 has told of the "luck" he encountered.

The two and a half month-year-old arrived at Logan Hospital serious injuries on June 18.

The 34-year-old was extradited from Victoria yesterday after police searched a property and found the body of John Simpson.

Commuters are being warned to allow an extra 15 minutes onto their trip due to urgent track work in Sydney's CBD.

The department is fighting to get the land back to rehabilitate the foreshore.

The Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line and South Coast trains are running late due to the repairs being undertaken at Martin Place.

Vicki Roycroft fell from her horse during a showjumping competition in the main arena in April.

The woman who called police told 9News she saw an axe, a knife and a hammer during the incident.

Peter Gaspar, 86, was a young boy when he was sent to the Terezin concentration camp in his home country.

Xavier Doerr, 22, left Port Lincoln earlier this week on board a prawn trawler to try and locate his boat.

Residents from rural Queensland to Melbourne posted on social media with different theories of what they saw but many weren't quite right.

The buses have been pre-emptively cancelled in a new timetable due to a lack of drivers.

The car chase ended with a 21-year-old man being Tasered on the Great Western Highway.

A vegan protestor has been charged by police after she allegedly became involved in a fight with a Perth restaurant owner who banned her from dining at his restaurant.

Here is a list of the government school term dates for each Australian state and territory.

See a full list of holiday dates for each state and territory's government schools here.

Police are advising of extensive delays as Blaxland Road and First Avenue in Eastwood remain closed after the crash about 1.30pm.

Australians had $40.3 billion on credit cards in May, with almost half of the debt accruing interest.

The 31-year-old man is in a stable condition after being dropped at Westmead Hospital about 3.15am.

Shoppers have been evacuated from a Westfield after a possible electrical fire broke out in a shop in Sydney's west.

Designs for a new First Nations-led park in the heart of Sydney have been revealed after a word-wide design competition was held.

The onion is designed to be less likely to make you cry when you cut it.

A historic 200-year-old pub has been demolished for the light rail development in Sydney's west but the site is no longer going to be used for the project.