The 36-year-old man has been charged over the abduction of four-year-old Cleo Smith during a family camping trip.

Cleo Smith is beaming as she emerges from a Carnarvon home in the arms of her mother, Ellie, with the little girl clutching a pink balloon.

Police release an emotional audio recording of the moment they burst into a house in the WA coastal town of Carnarvon and found missing four-year-old Cleo Smith.

Some parents at Cleo Smith's school had to figure out how to tell their kids about Cleo Smith's disappearance and rescue, while others had the good news broken to them by their children. 

It's on T-shirts. People yell it at political rallies. Politicians wear masks with the slogan. So what does US politics latest phrase, 'Let's Go Brandon', actually mean?

Queensland residents in some of the state's lowest vaccination areas will receive a text message urging them to get vaccinated. Follow live.

South Australia has set what is believed to be a world record: generating more electricity from solar than they consumed on five occasions in the past five weeks.

The trial in the cold case killing of Adelaide woman Suzanne Poll has heard a takeaway coffee cup proved crucial in the investigation.

The couple, who wish to remain anonymous, told the manager of the store that they had vowed to perform such an act of kindness after struggling to pay the bills during their younger years.

Leaked documents reveal departmental staff in NSW have flagged concerns over the "legitimacy and sustainability" of its kangaroo program.

A Pentagon report indicates China is expanding its nuclear arsenal much faster than anticipated, saying Beijing could have 700 warheads by 2027 and possibly 1,000 by 2030.  

Some South Australians are being urged to change their driver's licence number after hackers using stolen passwords gained access to some users' accounts on SA's digital licence platform, mySA GOV.

Since the fall of Kabul, more than 100,000 Afghans have applied for humanitarian visas. While thousands were evacuated in August, many more remain stuck in Afghanistan.

Lawyers representing the woman who loaded Alec Baldwin's gun claim an act of sabotage by disgruntled crew may have caused the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins last month.

Former professional cricketer Aaron Summers pleads guilty to possessing and sending child abuse material and grooming young boys using Snapchat and Instagram.

The drones hit speeds in excess of 100 kilometres per hour during the contest.

As another hot summer looms, a former intelligence chief warns bushfires will claim more lives if politicians fail to introduce Australia-wide bunker installation standards.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety has  been convicted and fined $100,000, for failing to provide a safe workplace at its youth justice facilities

The Chinese tennis star accuses a former senior official of forcing her into sex in a social media post that was later deleted. 

Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones reveals he has been dumped from his prime time program on Sky News. Jones was offered an alternative weekly slot on a streaming platform, which he declined.

A West Australian man accused of stealing a detection tag from a white pointer he caught off the state's south coast has denied the charge.

A mother and grandmother avoid jail after a Perth court is told they planned the genital mutilation of a two-week-old baby because, in their culture, the procedure was seen as 'a gift to God'. 

Paramedic John Edward Larter launches a case against Health Minister Brad Hazzard in the NSW Supreme Court, seeking an order that part of the state's COVID-19 public health orders be declared invalid.

Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy is standing by his public demand that embattled Kew MP Tim Smith not contest next year's state election.

Queensland records three new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in Goondiwindi as the mayor of the southern border town says he is concerned about gatherings in northern New South Wales.