Shorten’s Good Friday with the Salvos

Bill Shorten handed out hot cross buns and food to people doing it tough at a Salvation Army cafe on Good Friday as he took a slight break from campaigning.

Two die on Vic roads on Good Friday

A young man is dead after falling off the back of a ute on Good Friday, the second death on Victorias' roads this Easter.

Teen charged after Sydney street stabbing

A teenager has been charged for allegedly stabbing a 21-year-old man in a Sydney eastern suburb street.

PM goes to Maronite church for Good Friday

Tony Abbott has joined Prime Minister Scott Morrison for the first time during the election campaign as leaders of the major parties call a truce for Good Friday.

Morrison and Shorten down tools for Easter

The Good Friday agreement not to campaign was tested and stretched, as Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten still appeared in front of the cameras.

Teen charged with Brisbane doctor’s murder

A teenager has been charged with the murder of a Brisbane doctor, who was gunned down at his home.

Dad snatches toddler son from dingo’s jaws

A toddler is in hospital with a fractured skull and cuts to his head and neck after a dingo dragged him from his bed on Queensland's Fraser Island.

Suspected typhoid on Manus ‘appalling’

A suspected outbreak of potentially fatal typhoid fever is affecting asylum seekers and refugees being held on Manus Island.

Total fire bans declared for parts of SA

Total fire bans have been declared in six districts along the South Australian coast.

Victorian driver caught doing 197km/h

A car raced off at 197km/h when police tried to stop it in regional Victoria overnight.