Health authorities are urging people to get vaccinated as the number of confirmed flu cases start to climb.

The mother of a three-week-old baby boy who died after he was violently shaken by his own father has told her ex she will never forgive him.

Peter Dutton has announced he would dramatically boost defence spending if elected, while the prime minister slammed the coalition’s nuclear policy.

The family of a man stabbed to death in an elevator has tearfully pleaded for an end to Victoria's knife crime.