National news

The service of a former member of Australia's elite SAS is formally recognised following an eight-year legal battle with Defence.

For many Australians, times are tough. So our ABC audience sent through their best tips on getting innovative to save cash.

Peter Handscomb and Shaun Marsh put on a defensive masterclass on day five to grind out a draw in the third Test against India.

Four batches of life-saving anti-allergy device EpiPens are recalled because they may fail to activate or require increased force — with potentially deadly consequences.

Australian Capital Territory

The alleged victim in an indecent assault case dating back to the 1980s rejects suggestions he may have been wrong about who attacked him.

An elderly man is assaulted during a violent home invasion at Wanniassa in Canberra's south.

New South Wales

Staff at one of Australia's busiest airports have been setting up camp and sleeping at work, which they say is because they cannot afford to go home between shifts.

NSW hospital patients whose private medical records were found in a public carpark and on a footpath were not informed of the privacy breach, documents reveal.

Airline REX says six of its planes will remain grounded, pending the outcome of an investigation into a plane that lost a propeller.

Northern Territory

A woman is seriously assaulted then forced into a car, sparking a police chase on Darwin's outskirts.

Queensland

A training midwife was "shocked" at the condition of a newborn baby who died of head injuries suffered during his birth at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, an inquest hears.

Gold Coast, St George Illawarra and Newcastle face fines totalling $350,000 after being issued with breach notices for failing to follow the NRL's concussion rules during round three.

South Australia

Adelaide Oval management is not ruling out the need for extra electricity generation at the stadium, as it proceeds with an $8 million upgrade of its light and sound equipment.

New windfarms in South Australia will face tougher technical standards, amid concern the state's heavy reliance on intermittent renewable generators has left the electricity grid prone to collapse.

Zoos SA is building a people cage inside their lion enclosure at Monarto to allow people to get close with predators.

Tasmania

Victoria

The board of a popular Victorian alpine resort faces the sack for spending $85,000 of taxpayers' money on family trips overseas, entertaining friends, bonuses and extravagant staff prizes.

Severe storms are on the way for Melbourne and parts of Victoria, as humidity in the city soars to levels more familiar to residents of Brisbane or Sydney.

Amber Dawson lives in the heart of Melbourne's heroin trade and believes a safe injecting room will help put a stop to the daily ritual of people shooting up in front of her family home.

Western Australia

The Christian Youth Camps organisation is fined $13,000 after accidentally leaving a young boy alone on a bus for half an hour on a hot day in Perth.

Recordings of conversations between police and forensic experts investigating the murder of Lloyd Rayney's wife Corryn are played to a court hearing the Perth barrister's defamation case.