An extra 50 ambulance officers will be recruited in South Australia as part of state government efforts to resolve an ongoing industrial dispute.

North Melbourne stalwart Robbie Tarrant will miss half of the AFL season after having kidney surgery.

Melbourne's Anzac Day march will go ahead after the Victorian Government confirmed 5500 people can attend.

Power company AGL will build South Australia's fifth grid-scale battery with the 250-megawatt system to come online at Torrens Island in Adelaide within two years.

Liberal Senator Eric Abetz has been accused of slut-shaming Brittany Higgins and saying she was "so disgustingly drunk" she "would sleep with anybody".

Geelong superstar Patrick Dangerfield has explained he felt like he was on "trial for murder" in the lead-up to his AFL tribunal hearing for a bump gone wrong on Adelaide's Jake Kelly.

Rainfall is easing across coastal NSW as 15,000 people ready themselves for evacuation and weather authorities warn flood risks are unlikely to abate for several days.

Scott Morrison has made a fresh pledge to clean up politics and improve the lives of women after more damaging revelations underscored weeks of intensifying pressure.

A gunman has opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people, including the first police officer to arrive on the scene, before the bloodied suspect was arrested in the second deadly US mass shooting in a week.

Corey Norman admits he is in the midst of one of the most important years of his career as he faces an uncertain future for the first time since his NRL debut in 2010.