Victorian emergency services have warned Halls Gap residents to leave immediately and holiday-makers to stay away, as an expanding bushfire is expected to burn for weeks.

A man says his truck displaying the Palestinian flag was burned outside his inner-Melbourne home,  as also investigate a separate incident involving an anti-Semitic sign that was displayed outside state parliament.

The new legislation extends government funding until March 14, provides $US100 billion for disaster-hit states and $US10 billion for farmers.

Bus company Greyhound Australia says it is 'heartbroken' by the death of a 32-year-old bus driver in a collision on the Hume Highway this morning that also injured several passengers.

While most Australians will enjoy settled Christmas Day weather, conditions leading up to December 25 and from Boxing Day onwards are looking extreme.

At least two people are dead after a car was driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday.

You may have noticed, even as the 2024 political year trudges to an unedifying close, that people are still referring to the possibility of an "early election".

The trial that focused on the horrific sexual assault of Gisèle Pelicot saw 51 men convicted, but she wasn't the only victim. WARNING: This story contains details of sexual abuse

Australian humanitarian supplies arrive in the quake-hit Pacific nation of Vanuatu, as RAAF flights take more stranded Australians home. 

The extremist terror organisation said it had "targeted a military target of the Israeli enemy" using a ballistic missile.

The Boxing Day tsunami interrupted a civil war, triggered the worst rail accident in history and shattered the lives of millions. Twenty years on, those who escaped certain death share their stories.

Australia's newest Test debutant speaks for the first time after being dropped from the national side after just three games against India.

Australia is awarded a 65-run victory via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in the second one-day international against New Zealand as rain ends the game in Wellington early.

While many Australians await the arrival of Santa Claus, kids in outback Australia are celebrating with their own unique Christmas icon.

A "big spike of sugar" discharged from a chocolate factory hit a sewage treatment plant. Here's why that is bad news for swimmers in Hobart.

The ACCC's supermarket inquiry has shone a spotlight on Coles and Woolworths' high prices. But 76 per cent of shoppers still head to either store for their primary grocery shop.

Over 10 years, the notorious "bicycle bandit" terrorised innocent bank tellers at gunpoint. His identity remained a mystery for almost two decades until police used a game changing forensic technique to unmask the culprit.  

An 18-year-old has died after a brawl in Kurunjang in Melbourne's west, while a 60-year-old man has died of a gunshot wound in unrelated incident in Campbellfield.

Hundreds of cases of flesh-eating Buruli ulcer have been reported in Victoria this year, a new study has named a NSW tourist town as the next potential hotspot and has warned of possible spread along NSW coastline

Queensland's Domestic and Family Violence Minister says the review will investigate how DVConnect spends its funds, whether it is adequately resourced, and if the service meets expectations.

Aller had previously been found guilty of manslaughter for fatally stabbing his girlfriend.

F. W. Murnau’s vampire classic has cast a long shadow over horror for the past 100 years. Now, The Lighthouse director Rober Eggers has put his own dark spin on the terrifying tale.

Indonesia's new President Prabowo Subianto wants to make the country one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. But data shows the country's middle class is shrinking.

Christmas is still a few sleeps away but the festivities have already kicked off on the Australian calendar with many around the country celebrating what's become known as "Gravy Day".

Although police were confident they had caught the Ether Man, no charges were ever laid.