Cyclone strengthens as it nears WA coast
Tropical Cyclone Mitchell has strengthened to a category three storm as it nears the Western Australia coast, bringing with it damaging wind gusts of up to 185kmh.
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Three dead after light plane crash off SA coast
Three dead after light plane crash off SA coast
Three men, two of them teenagers, are dead after their light plane crashed into the ocean in front of onlookers at a popular South Australian fishing spot.
Family member a suspect in boy's disappearance
Family member declared suspect in boy's disappearance
The grandparents of a missing four-year-old boy say they are "absolutely devastated" after a family member was declared a suspect in his likely death.
Crime 'entitled' Bunnings to snag shoppers' facial data
Crime 'entitled' Bunnings to snag shoppers' facial data
Bunnings is within its rights to use facial recognition software on customers in Australia to curb theft and violence against staff, with a tribunal laying the foundation for a broader rollout.
Neo-Nazi re-sentenced to jail after losing appeal
Neo-Nazi re-sentenced to jail after losing appeal
An Australian Far-right extremist has been jailed for one month after losing an appeal against his Nazi salute conviction.
Aussie farmers sue mining giant
Aussie farmers sue mining giant over alleged 'toxic trifecta'
A rural community group is taking a mining giant to court, alleging dust from Australia's biggest gold and copper operation has poisoned neighbouring farmland and waterways.
Family arrives to farewell teen who died near dingoes
Family arrives to farewell teen who died near dingoes
The heartbroken parents of a teenager who was found dead surrounded by dingoes have arrived in Australia to visit the lonely beach where their daughter lost her life.
Parents, teen boys found dead in Perth home
'Tragic and devastating': Parents, teen boys found dead in Perth home
A man and a woman and their teenage children are dead in what police are treating as a double murder-suicide at an affluent suburban Perth home.
Records tumble as extreme heat grips Australia
Records tumble as extreme heat grips Australia
More all-time temperature records have been smashed across Australia's interior as a climate change-fuelled heatwave grips the continent.
Search for wanted man has NSW towns on edge
Search for alleged triple killer has NSW towns on edge
Suspicion and tensions are high in a widespread regional area as the search for an alleged triple killer enters a second week.
Hundreds of homes lost as Aussie bushfires take toll
Hundreds of homes lost as Aussie bushfires take toll
Hundreds of Australian families have lost their homes to bushfires across recent months, and authorities are warning the danger period still has months to run.
Singing national anthem mandated in NT schools
Singing national anthem mandated in NT schools
Public school students in Australia's Northern Territory must sing the national anthem at all assemblies and special events to help restore pride in the country, a new ruling says.
Two dead as plane crash sparks bushfire on Gold Coast
Two dead as plane crash sparks bushfire on Gold Coast
Two men have been killed in a fiery light plane crash near a regional Queensland airfield, sparking a bushfire.
Mercury rising at Melbourne Park
Mercury rising at Melbourne Park
Australian Open officials have taken drastic measures ahead of potentially some of the hottest recorded temperatures in Melbourne's history.
'Unheard of' heat: Aussie towns among hottest places on earth
'Unheard of' heat: Aussie towns among hottest places on earth
A string of Australian towns have become some of the hottest places on earth as a brutal heatwave pushes inland temperatures towards 50C.
Half a million for Bradman's 'Baggy Green'
Half a million for Bradman's 'Baggy Green'
A "Baggy Green" worn by Sir Don Bradman during a series against India has fetched the highest price for a cap sported by the great Australian batsman.
Australia Day marked by rallies, anti-immigration protests
Australia Day marked by rallies, anti-immigration protests
Thousands have marked Australia's national day by attending "Invasion Day" rallies in support of Indigenous Australians and calling for unity.
Temps near 50C as extreme heat scorches southeast Australia
Temps near 50C as extreme heat scorches southeast Australia
Record-breaking heat is set to scorch Australia's southeast, prompting urgent heatwave warnings for Australia Day.
12-year-old dies after Sydney shark attack
12-year-old dies after Sydney shark attack
An Australian boy had died in hospital a week after being bitten by a shark in Sydney, in a series of attacks along the country's east coast.
Hunt on for gunman after three shot dead in New South Wales
Hunt on for gunman after three shot dead in New South Wales
Police are scouring a "large search area" for a shooter who killed three people and injured a fourth in a small town in New South Wales.