Australia news LIVE: Sydney flood risks grow as rain continues to fall across the east coast; RBA hikes interest rates to 1.35 per cent

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet are set to visit flood-ravaged areas across NSW today as some residents face their fourth clean-up in just two years.

A warning this afternoon on trusting online reviews, with fake endorsements popping up on Melbourne business sites

Kevin Bugmy, who died in custody of severe coronary artery disease most likely caused by his use of inhalants. had given up all hope of being released from prison

COVID-19 case numbers have surged in South Australia, only 24 hours after the state was warned of a new wave of the virus.

Fourth doses of a COVID-19 vaccine could soon be rolled out to more people in Queensland as the state records more cases of the virus.

Twelve people have faced court after the death of an eight-year-old girl in the Queensland city of Toowoomba.

Nurses at the Northern Hospital have had a surprise arrival, with a baby born in the front seat of his parents' car, right out the front.

Former Silverchair singer Daniel Johns has been sentenced after he was charged with drink driving.

The trial of accused child killer Brendan Pallant has begun in Melbourne's Supreme Court.

Some western Sydney suburbs have been warned to conserve water after this week’s freak weather event.

A Melbourne building inspector is taking on shoddy operators, posting videos of defects in their work on social media.

Australian tennis star, Nick Kyrgios has been charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend ahead of his Wimbledon quarter-final.

Twenty-four days after Stacie Saggers began a relationship with Brendan Pallant, her young son Jaidyn was found dead in his bedroom.

Australians could be asked to roll-up their sleeves again as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declares a fourth COVID-19 jab 'inevitable'.

An SES officer's body camera shows a flood-affected area in Sydney's south-west.

Telstra's scam text filter has stopped a whopping 185 million scam texts from reaching its customers phones since it was launched in April.

A million dollar reward has been offered to help solve the suspicious death of Melbourne 27-year-old man, Trevor Tascas, who went missing in 2005.

Nick Kyrgios is due to face court next month in relation to one charge of common assault, believed to be related to a former girlfriend.

A kangaroo swam through a flooded vineyard in the NSW Hunter.