A gunman has been shot dead by police in a suburban street in Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane.

Business owners in Gympie are cleaning up again as the floodwaters recede for the second time this year, a process the mayor says will take years and cost millions of dollars.

First home buyers will be able take up to $50,000 out of their super to put towards a deposit, if the Morrison government is re-elected.

A 70-year-old Greensborough man is about to spend a third cold night missing in Victoria's Alpine region.

A tunnel under the Blue Mountains, from Blackheath to Little Hartley, could soon be a reality.

Andrew Symonds, 46, was killed when his ute flipped on a country road, an accident that's left the cricket world stunned.

Ten people have been killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.

The prime minister wants those building or buying their first home to be able to invest “a responsible portion of their own superannuation into their own home”.

The leaders of the two major parties have vowed to improve Queensland in their final bids to win votes in the heavily Coalition-dominated state.

Police said the 27-year-old threatened officers before he was fatally shot south-west of Brisbane.

“It’s like writing a tweet, counting all your characters but doing it backwards and in the mirror.” Participants of a Melbourne Knowledge Week event taught the “brain-challenging” art of braille in their bid to increase the number of access...

Labor candidate Carina Garland has phone banks cold-calling voters. Incumbent Gladys Liu has similar. This is the “ground game” in Chisholm.

Gaku the Juggling Drummer earned 20 per cent more after going digital with his busking tips.

A 70-year-old man has gone missing in Victoria’s High Country after he went looking for emus on Friday afternoon.

The source was closer to Cape Canaveral than outer space, scientists say.

With hospitalisations nearing 300, AMA president Omar Khorshid said many in the medical profession believe the state moved too early in removing indoor mask mandates.

In 1968, 400 students staged a two-hour sit-in beside the Monash University administration building to protest proposed changes to the university’s disciplinary statutes.

Just before 7.30am, a member of the public found the man alive in bushland in the Royal National Park.

Prime Minister to unveil major housing policy to target down sizers at set-piece event.

The request came after rain affected a treatment plant in the south-east, while in Gympie, floodwaters were expected to recede after the Mary River peaked at 15.56 metres.