Cait Kelly

Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane remain the strongest capital city property markets, with prices up 20.58%, 14.91% and 12.51% over the past year

New South Wales police are investigating whether engine failure led to a police car's air conditioning failing and the subsequent death of two police dogs inside a special “dog pod”.

Investigation under way into whether mechanical failure resulted in deaths of German shepherds Xtra and Soldier in Sydney

Live feed What we learned, Friday 1 November And with that, we are going to put the blog to bed. Before we go, let's recap the big stories:

Australia is gripped by a cost-of-living crisis but inside Saint Haven you wouldn’t know it. Owner Tim Gurner speaks about his passion project, his fear of dying and his infamous avocado comments

All the day’s news as it unfolded

Guardian Australia was given access to a sealed-off section of St Vincent’s to find out why other hospitals are copying what it does

Some of the east coast and the north will bake in a furnace of potentially life-threatening heat, the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts

It's a Tuesday afternoon in the emergency department at one of Melbourne's busiest public hospitals, St Vincent's.

Some of the east coast and the north will bake in a furnace of potentially life-threatening heat, the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts