‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: a spectator captured video of lightning striking close to a Lara football oval.

An elderly grandfather has died in a house fire in Adelaide.

Six babies in Australia are stillborn every day. A helping hand for couples who've experienced that trauma is being trialled.

Free public transport is being offered for all healthcare workers, in one of the Coalition's biggest policy announcements yet.

A family has been left homeless after a driver lost control and crashed into their house.

A homicide investigation is under way in North Queensland after a woman's body was found in bushland.

Two women have been killed as they sat in a car at Revesby in Sydney's south-west.

More than 60,000 runners, joggers and walkers hit the streets of Sydney today for the return of the famous City2Surf.

People ran for their lives as several shots were fired inside Canberra Airport sending the terminal into an immediate lockdown.

Mayors and suburban communities are arguing for new approaches to break the morning and afternoon peak hour rushes in and out of the Brisbane CBD.

Fixing the teacher shortage cannot just be a numbers game or an issue of financial rewards and incentives.

Witnesses describe 'terrifying' moments gunshots rang out at Canberra Airport.

A new documentary screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival called Pub: The Movie looks back affectionately at the life and art of the man dubbed the unofficial mayor of St Kilda.

Transport Minister David Elliott launched an extraordinary attack on NSW Treasurer Matt Kean, blaming him for the prolonged industrial action dogging Sydney’s rail network.

Canberra Airport was evacuated after gunshots were heard on the check-in concourse.

Australian households in capital cities now spend an average of $412 a week on transport costs, including fuel, car loan repayments, tolls, insurance, and servicing, as well as public transport.

A train is no longer a vessel for a commute; it’s a container of human condition at its utter worst.

The termites of the sea are tearing through what is believed to be the wreckage of the explorer’s ship at the murky bottom of Newport Harbour in the United States.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

A person has been arrested after shots were reportedly fired at Canberra Airport.