An east coast low is causing significant rainfall over Greater Sydney and its surrounds, as Manly Dam spills, sparking an evacuation warning for 2,000 people on the northern beaches. Follow live.

A warning that an unused dam in Sydney's northern beaches could overflow has left residents on high alert. Here's what happened. 

Ukraine officials say humanitarian corridors out of the cities of Sumy and Irpin are open, but some remain sceptical that civilians will be able to leave safely. Follow live.

A former head of British spy agency MI6 says Russia cannot maintain its war with Ukraine due to the size of the country and the will of the Ukrainian people.

In 2014, Australia's former foreign minister came face-to-face with the Russian President after the downing of flight MH17 with a Russian-made missile. What did she learn from the encounter and how does she see the Ukraine conflict playing...

The man, from northern Victoria, died on February 28th and the autopsy revealed the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) was the cause of death, the state's department of health says.

Danielle Wilson says she had only recently turned 18 when she was sexually assaulted while on a training exercise with the Royal Australian Navy.

The BOM says a wind change looks set to bring atmospheric instability and more storms before easing by early on Thursday, as the heatwave continues in the state's north.

Helen Koker never thought she would be asking for help like this. After floodwaters destroyed her home in Lismore, she's one of dozens of flood victims now attempting to raise money to help rebuild.

It's going to take something remarkable from Australia or Pakistan to force a result on the fifth and final day of the first Test in Rawalpindi. Follow the action in our live blog.

An Indigenous man is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot by police during an incident south of Darwin this morning.

A man involved in a fiery crash on Sydney's Harbour Bridge on Monday wears a distinctive tattoo on his left hand and arm, which police hope will lead to a positive identification.

People from Europe, the US and other parts of the world arrive in Ukraine to join the front line against Russia's invasion, answering a call from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to "fight side-by-side" with Ukrainians. 

Australia's largest medical research foundation says it is suspending the University of Melbourne from its multi-million-dollar fellowship program because the university has only awarded honorary doctorates to men over the past three years...

The price of petrol is set to surge to a record high of an average $2.09 per litre tomorrow in WA, with consumer authorities urging motorists to fill up now.

Hundreds of farmers descend on Parliament House to demand the Victorian government reject AusNet's plan to build a giant transmission corridor that they say will destroy prime agricultural land.

A Supreme Court judge says Rocky James Cowan murdered Crystal Ratcliffe out of "pure selfishness" in an act that "wreaked havoc" on their two children.

An elite soldier giving evidence in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial denies fuelling a "rumour mill" within the SAS about the death of an Afghan man with a prosthetic leg.

Police believe the two bodies pulled from Western Sydney storm waters are likely a mother and son, who have been missing since Sunday afternoon.

Fluid-only crash diets like that undertaken by Shane Warne can put strain on the heart, with the danger not ending after normal eating is resumed, experts say.

A coronial inquest into the death of Queensland woman Doreen Langham hears that a police officer who attended her property before it was set on fire could have checked the history of the man believed to be responsible for her death.

Motorists who ended up with water in their tanks are likely to face thousands in repair costs, but experts say fuel contamination is exceedingly rare.

With native fauna being hunted to extinction by cats, the Invasive Species Council chief says the federal government's response to its own feral cat inquiry "doesn't go far enough".

For more than 10 years, Tallywalker Creek in far west New South Wales has been dry. Now floodwaters have given locals cause to celebrate. 

For International Women's Day 2022, we asked Australian families what would happen if women went on strike from unpaid childcare and domestic chores.