A clothing brand giveaway has descended into chaos with people run over by trail bikes and the riot squad pepper-spraying crowds at a Newcastle skate park.

The father of a nine-year-old girl from Perth who was shot dead by a police officer in Pakistan is calling for justice as the officer accused of killing her faces court.

The stepson of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon has been found guilty of two counts of rape and charges of domestic abuse.

A Queensland angler is petitioning the government to relax restrictions on the fishing of bull sharks.

Four teenagers have been charged after allegedly breaking into 11 south-east Queensland properties armed with machetes.

We’re celebrating Sydney’s suburbs and local writers have been penning pieces about the neighbourhoods they know best. Read all their stories here.

It can be revealed George Alex was granted bail just months after being imprisoned for nearly a decade. He is appealing over “jury misconduct”.

Donald Trump has confirmed the US and Iran have reached a peace deal.

As she rides high in the polls, this week promises to be the most important of Pauline Hanson's political career.

Teacher Leah Stewart, 35 was critically injured in a shark attack at Coogee in Sydney on Saturday.

The Guardian Australia has appointed David Munk, a British journalist who had been a deputy chief here before going on to be managing editor in the UK, as its new boss.

The family of Leah Stewart, 35, say they have been “shocked and devastated” by the attack on the young mother and ocean lover.

A teenager planned to use homemade explosives targeting Liberal Party members and a public event in response to Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy, a court has been told.

The decision means Victoria will be able to carry on with plans for selling a BBL licence.

The Australian sharemarket rallied after Donald Trump announced a peace deal that includes an immediate ceasefire “on all fronts” of the war in the Middle East.

Coroner Ros Fogliani delivered her findings on the Josh Warneke case after a nine-day hearing at the Broome courthouse last year.

Pears and dates are a classic flavour combination that works exceptionally well in another classic, the tarte tatin.

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Tim Bentley was a vice-president at Abnormal AI when he assaulted two musicians at a Sydney bar in February.

Ashley Klein, the State of Origin referee who had a $400,000 gambling problem known to the NRL, has been undertaking professional development at Racing NSW.