Three thugs have been arrested after a brazen daylight carjacking in Melbourne's southeast before police found the vehicle less than an hour later.

A man has been stabbed at a unit block in Sydney's west, with police hunting his alleged attacker.

A Perth man who admitted being obsessed with serial killers before he murdered his three children, wife and mother-in-law has spent his first night behind bars knowing he will never be free again.

A man suspected of torching an animation studio and killing 33 people in Japan's worst mass killing in 18 years had been convicted of robbery and carried out the attack because he believed his novel had been plagiarised, media reports say.

Propping up farmers and pushing out terrorists are top of the Morrison government's agenda for the first full sitting week of the new parliament.

An Aussie mum who's been teaching her son about money says the five-year-old was left scratching his head when he found a 25-cent coin in the new Little Shop toy range by Coles.

South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett still can't believe he was able to lure Ethan Lowe away from North Queensland.

To some, she's the "Forever First Lady" but across the world, Michelle Obama is the "most admired.

North Queensland premiership-winning prop Matt Scott will retire at the end of the 2019 NRL season.

Moving some Gold Coast NRL home matches to Brisbane is okay with the city's mayor so long as the Titans don't go changing their name.