Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is being urged to intervene after the state's Magistrates Court decided to axe a crucial men's behaviour program in the region, leaving family service providers "in disbelief".

Point Cook woman Samantha Heberlein has been found alive and well in North Melbourne, six days after her car broke down in far East Gippsland.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the number of jobs created since Labor was elected is a record for a first-term government. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check takes a look.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says the number of dog bites requiring hospital admission was 20 per 100,000 nationally, while in Broome it's 142, signalling a significant and preventable public health issue.

Are major renewable energy projects being unfairly targeted by federal environment laws as some groups claim? We take a look at the numbers.

The veteran ABC investigative journalist says writing Pheasants Nest was a kind of therapy for the secondary trauma she has experienced on the job.