Australia

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.

Flights have been delayed after passengers were evacuated from a major Australian airport this morning.

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.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the date for a National Day of Mourning after the horrific Bondi Beach terror attack.

The wet season is off to a torrid start in the country's far north, with stock losses mounting and some communities looking at months of isolation.

Easing weather conditions are helping firefighters tackle blazes that have razed homes and taken at least one life as wary authorities begin recovery efforts.

A man has been arrested in a neighbouring Aussie state following a grim update in the search for a missing Brisbane woman not seen in days.

The scene unfolded just days before the one-month anniversary of the Bondi terror attack.

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.

AARON PATRICK: Facing a legal ban, the extremist Islamist group inadvertently revealed why it is a threat to social cohesion.

The Aussie founder of global muesli empire has spoken about the horrifying experience that left her minutes from death.

The ‘very sad’ moment was captured by a local resident.

‘You’re going to feel absolutely dreadful. And those who are vulnerable can end up in hospital or worse.’

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.

A man aged in his 60s is dead and hundreds of homes have been razed as out-of-control bushfires continue to rip through Victoria.