CONSTRUCTION of a mental health centre at Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital is on schedule with a full service expected to be operating from the new building in July.

AFTER 20 minutes in blistering heat at a juvenile detention centre, one of the youngest detainees has stopped co-operating. But by the time the 22-month-old labrador puppy finishes her stint at the centre after 16 months, she will have mastered the skills needed to become an assistance dog for someone..read more

COMMUTERS have fallen victim to a slick international ring of female pickpockets operating on Melbourne's trams, police say.

UNREGISTERED migration agents selling black-market paperwork to international students are "con men and con women" operating undetected in Melbourne, according to the Migration Institute of Australia.

ENVIRONMENTAL safeguards for a new accelerated dredging plan for Port Phillip Bay have been questioned after the announcement that a third dredger will be operating in the bay soon.