Years after they were first announced, and months after they were significantly reworked, the stage 3 tax cuts are finally about to come into effect.Unlike other tax cuts though, these ones won't hit your bank account in one lump sum after you've done your tax return. Instead, you'll start benefitting from the moment you get your first pay slip in...

A man has been charged with murder after another man was fatally injured in Melbourne's north-east.Police were called to reports of two men fighting on Alamein Road in Heidelberg West about 11.45am yesterday.A 49-year-old Heidelberg West man was found with life-threatening injuries.READ MORE: Hunt for knife-wielding teens after series of supermarket...

A Queensland man has been rushed to hospital in a critical but stable condition after an alleged stabbing.Police were called to a home on East Street in Rockhampton yesterday and found a 52-year-old with two puncture wounds in his back and chest.READ MORE: Eight-year-old child among at least nine shot at US recreation centre, police sayThe man was...

A search and rescue operation is under way after a boat capsized near an island off the Southern Great Barrier Reef in Queensland.The yacht was about four nautical miles south of Lady Elliot Island, near Gladstone, when it sent out a distress signal at 5am today.Police believe the vessel was travelling from Yeppoon to Brisbane, with three passengers...

A suspect in the shooting that injured at least eight people at a recreation area in Rochester Hills in the US state of Michigan was found dead at a nearby home, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said at a news conference.The suspect had been contained at a home surrounded by officers near the crime scene, police said.The victims were injured...

Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday, the Israel Defence Forces says, in one of the deadliest single incidents involving its troops since October 7.The IDF said the incident was still under review but preliminary findings suggested an armored vehicle carrying soldiers as part of a convoy had been hit by an explosion at around...