Where evacuation orders have been issued across New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania as floodwaters rise.

The bombing of the Kerch Strait bridge that links Russia-annexed Crimea with the Russian mainland caused traffic chaos as Russia makes eight arrests.

Russia's latest attacks on Ukraine come as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Kazakhstan in an apparent attempt to drum up regional support for his ongoing offensive.

Australian families and friends of Bali bombing victims speak of their outrage after graphic footage of the Sari Club blast is shown at a memorial service to mark 20 years since the attacks. 

The former president labels the US legal system a "broken disgrace" after a judge rejects a request to delay testimony in a defamation lawsuit brought by a writer who says Mr Trump assaulted her in the mid-1990s.

Gregory Roser denies killing his partner's ex Bruce Saunders but detailed to a jury how he helped his acquaintance Peter Koenig shred his body.

A jury has heard John Bowie, who is accused of killing his wife Roxlyn 40 years ago, admitted to having affairs with other women.

A major outage of online fast inter-bank transfer system Osko leaves payments in limbo, with the Reserve Bank admitting fault.

Almost a quarter of all nursing roles and half of all mental health-related positions are unfilled in Central Australia, an inquest has been told, while it is "almost impossible" to recruit workers to the remote community where Kumanjayi Wa...

Commuters were treated to an unusual sight when a small female echidna decided to take a trip to Adelaide Railway Station.

A Perth man who set his partner on fire, leaving her with severe burns to 22 per cent of her body, is sentenced. 

Darwin shooter Benjamin Hoffmann has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for a shooting rampage that killed four people in June 2019.

The island's mayor told local broadcasters he believed the fire in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Rapa Nui National Park was "not an accident". 

Parts of Forbes, including the central business district, are being told to leave as the Lachlan River continues to rise. Meanwhile, in the state's west, police are searching for a 63-year-old who went missing earlier this week.

Several people have been rescued in Tasmania's north while residents from Latrobe to Liena and Meander to Hadspen are being urged to evacuate as the Mersey and Meander rivers rise amid increasing rainfall.

Communities downstream from one of Victoria's largest dams are monitoring conditions, with warnings rainfall in coming days could see it spill for the first time since 1996.

A church service at St Mary's Cathedral in Perth was one of several held across Australia to demand a greater commitment to climate change from the Australian government.

The World Wildlife Fund Living Planet Index highlights "devastating" losses in more than 5,000 species globally in a study across 48 years. 

A coronial inquest is examining the death of a 27-year-old Gamilaroi man, who died after a struggle with police. 

Alex Jones has been ordered to pay nearly $US1 billion in damages to families of the Sandy Hook victims, after falsely claiming the tragedy was a hoax. The Infowars host says he won't pay, so what happens now?

Authorities in Western Australia are investigating the second fatality in the state's mines within 72 hours following the death of a man at the Karlawinda Gold Mine in the Pilbara today.

Richard Marles says he wants to significantly expand defence cooperation across the Pacific, starting with an "ambitious" bid to expand military ties and sign a security treaty with Papua New Guinea.

Monty Python's Eric Idle wrote a play about a man getting pancreatic cancer. Little did he know he'd eventually end up with a diagnosis himself.

In the wake of the club's disappointing 11th-place finish in the 2022 NRL season, the Sea Eagles part ways with the two-time premiership coach.

An man and a woman from Adelaide receive suspended sentences after an explosion led police to discover an "unsophisticated and clearly dangerous" operation to extract cannabis oil from marijuana plants.