Now Tory leaders of town hall forced to consider 160 per cent council tax hike vow to challenge 40 per cent funding cut imposed by Labour ministers

A woman who stood by as a vulnerable girl was starved, isolated and locked inside a bedroom for years has been sentenced to eight years in prison

Daveigh Chase's former manager has joined her parents' increasingly bitter battle over control of the late actress's estate, estimated to be worth around $400,000.

Four people were killed when a small plane crashed into shallow waters next to a remote coastal town in Alaska on Wednesday.

Perth residents say they have been campaigning for change for the past two years.

The two riders were travelling along Nursery Road at Holland Park in Brisbane's south-east.

For Miley, the timing of her godmother's death is particularly poignant because August 25 has held a spooky significance throughout her own life and career.

Chalmers prefers the headline figure that can't be manipulated with handouts, allowing him to issue a triumphant media release with the callow observation that the outcome was 'promising'.

Detectives also allege the man dealt with property suspected of being proceeds of crime.