An Australian teen is facing charges over hoax calls made to retail firms and educational institutions in the United States in a joint FBI and AFP investigation.
Fifty years after eight-year-old girl Eloise Worledge went missing from her Melbourne bedroom, police have announced a $1 million reward for information regarding her suspicious disappearance.
Easing weather conditions are helping firefighters tackle blazes that have razed homes and taken at least one life as wary authorities begin recovery efforts.
Her cancellation from the Adelaide Festival has created a stir, but Randa Abdel-Fattah has previously campaigned to prevent two other authors from touring Australia.
An anti-Semitic hate preacher has continued posting videos online railing against Jews. Councils will be given more power to cut electricity and water and levy tougher fines against rogue NSW prayer centres.