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Residents are wondering how no one saw or heard anything in the lead-up to the murder of a McDonald's worker on her way to work south of Brisbane.

Treasurer Wayne Swan has promised to help workers at Ford who may lose their jobs.

A former senior bureaucrat says there's actually been a steady decline in public sector numbers as a proportion of the total workforce.

Police across Australia want to get illegal weapons off the streets and are asking the public to help.

Two men have been wounded in separate shootings in Sydney with four men in custody, including one of the victims.

Victoria Police's latest weapon against hoon drivers involves teams targeting speeding, illegal drag racing and overloaded vehicles.

The federal government must develop a "Sydney first" agenda as the NSW capital's importance to the national economy increases, a lobby group says.

Amnesty International's latest report card on global human rights takes aim at Australia's treatment of asylum seekers.

Police hope a $500,000 reward and renewed appeal for the killer of a Victorian man 30 years ago will help solve the crime.

Police have stopped a Victorian woman from boarding a plane to Africa to meet the online love scammer who swindled her of $75,000.