A woman died after being struck by a car on the Hume Highway at Epping, north-east of Melbourne....

A man has been beaten with a hammer, and another man has been stabbed, in two separate violent attacks in Melbourne....

A garbage truck has overturned at a busy intersection in Melbourne's CBD causing major delays for cars and trams....

A semi-trailer carrying rubbish lies on its side after tipping over at the corner of Flinders and Spencer Streets in Melbourne's CBD on February 24, 2010. The accident caused traffic chaos in the morning peak hour period....

A man in Kinglake, north-east of Melbourne, has been accidentally shot by his friend, with the bullet striking him twice....

A man has died and a woman has been seriously injured in a car collision on Kuringa Drive in the north Canberra suburb of Spence....

A 22-month-old girl has suffered serious injuries after a taxi driver reversed over her in front of the family's Coodanup home, south of Perth....

Fishermen affected by one of Australia's worst oil spills say they are still waiting for compensation....

A year after the Moreton Bay oil spill Premier Anna Bligh has admitted the clean-up response could have been improved....

A year on from the Moreton Bay oil spill, off the coast of Brisbane, Premier Anna Bligh has admitted the clean-up response could have been improved....