The deaths of 10-year-old Hamid Turgem, six-year old Esin Turgem, three-year-old Nadir Turgem and one-year-old Elaine Turgem are mourned as relatives share how surviving sibling, Ibrahim, alerted his parents to the fire in their home on Sun...

Two Liberal senators, who few in the party expected to be elected, have found themselves holding the Prime Minister's legislative agenda just months out from an election, potentially making Scott Morrison's job even harder, writes politica...

New Zealand will end a three-and-a-half-month lockdown in Auckland next week as it adopts a new coronavirus control strategy, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. It comes as Air New Zealand cancels 1,000 flights to Australia.

Police say five people have died and more than 40 are being treated for injuries after an SUV was driven into a group of young dancers during a Christmas parade in Wisconsin.

Waukesha, in the midwestern state of Wisconsin, was celebrating its 58th annual holiday parade when an SUV ploughed through dozens of performers, killing at least five people.

More cases are expected yet in Katherine and the Binjari and Rockhole communities, while lockdown restrictions will ease in the community of Robinson River.

Concerns continue to grow for Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's safety after her sexual assault allegation against a former senior Communist Party official.

Fully vaccinated international students and eligible visa holders from around the world, as well as tourists from Japan and South Korea will be welcomed back to Australia from next week. 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed he had told the opposition he was headed to Hawaii during the catastrophic bushfires in 2019 — only to be made to clarify his comments twice just hours later.

Austria powers down public life on Monday as its fourth national COVID-19 lockdown begins, making it the first western European country to reimpose the drastic and unpopular measure this autumn in the face of surging coronavirus infections....

The final go-ahead to build the biggest oil and gas development in Australia in a decade has been given by Woodside and BHP, after reaching a final investment decision on the $16.5 billion Scarborough project off north-west Western Austr...

The manager of Melbourne's St Basil's aged care home is accused of failing to pass on clinical notes, keys and computer passwords to the staff who came in to run the facility as a deadly COVID-19 outbreak took hold.

Police say this year's crop of school leavers are "actually the best", with bad behaviour of all kinds down on previous years and "toolies" making up the majority of the weekend's arrests.

Just 26, and still processing years of trauma, Grace Tame was thrust into the limelight when she became Australian of the Year. She looks back over a turbulent 10 months.

More than 800 people have been kidnapped for ransom since the start of 2021 in Haiti, with the United States and Canada warning citizens to leave the country over fears they could be targeted.

A lawyer for the family of Melbourne mother-of-two Peta Hickey says they intend to launch civil action after the Victorian coroner finds doctors' poor judgement, inadequate training and lax industry standards contributed to the death. ...

Adam Gilchrist says Pat Cummins deserves the chance to captain the Australian men's Test XI in the Ashes after Tim Paine's resignation over a sexting scandal. 

A court finds missing Sydney businesswoman Melissa Caddick broke the law by operating without the required financial services licence, ordering her company be wound up and permanent receivers appointed.

Regional Victorian children are in critical need of specialist mental health care services. More care has been promised, but desperate parents fear it will be too little, too late.

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says officers will leave "nothing unturned" in the search for missing boy William Tyrrell's remains, but admits it could take weeks to find any answers.

Queensland doctors say threats against staff are on the rise amid fear among some people about the impacts vaccine mandates will have on their lives.

To get public servants to agree to a four-year pay freeze, NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner is offering a $10,000 "bonus" which would be funded using the salaries of staff recently sacked for refusing to get vaccinated.

Electric vehicles are coming, and they don't need liquid fuel. That spells trouble for service stations.

Princess Charlene's long-awaited return to Monaco under a cloud ahead of major celebrations in the wealthy nation. Here's what we know about it.

Evander Wilson, 21, pleaded guilty before the Supreme Court over his actions at his Mildura home in April 2020 that led to the death of his baby son, Jakobi.