Australia

AARON PATRICK: The Labor politicians were unfairly attacked for playing a risqué game about their Liberal counterparts which they thought was private.

A fine has been issued over an unlawful prayer hall linked to a notorious Islamic preacher for allegedly breaching a shutdown order.

As January 26 approaches, major Aussie retailers and venues have made clear how they plan to approach Australia Day, as the tide appears to shift on changing the date.

A police officer will fight three sexual assault charges at a contested hearing in May after facing court for the first time charged with off-duty offending.

The MP is stepping back from his duties while he and his family grieve.

A woman was hospitalised and her pet dog has died after a walk on an inner-city street turned deadly.

A city's sewage system will be revamped in a bid to avoid a repeat of thousands of marble-like balls of debris littering beaches.

A 35-year-old Australian man living in England has been hit and killed by a police vehicle while crossing a London street.

A freak deluge triggered flash flooding that swept cars into the sea and forced hundreds to flee campgrounds in a major Aussie holiday hotspot, with communities waking to begin recovery efforts.

A local mayor says a decision on the future of the footbridge where the Bondi shooting took place will not be rushed, as three heroes are given Keys to the City.

The young banker was just two days into his trip when his life was changed in an instant.

Her two young daughters were killed and her son was left injured in the fire.

‘He just pulled a bit of sand out and emptied his bucket, and that’s when he saw the human head.’

Big pay rises for brazen public sector unions are intensifying a debt crisis in Australia’s states.

AARON PATRICK: Even South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas wasn’t powerful enough to shut down anti-Israel academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, who has been reinvited to speak at the Adelaide Writers’ Festival.