Australia

Victoria Cross awardee Ben Roberts-Smith will remain behind bars with his legal team yet to apply for bail as it’s revealed he’d offered to hand himself into police before his dramatic public arrest.

Two huge cyclones are wreaking havoc in the Pacific region with the Bureau of Meteorology upgrading one to category 5 as it moves toward Australia. 

Police are investigating whether the incident should be classified under the new hate speech laws introduced last year after the Bondi terror attack.

Decorated former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith faces life in prison after being charged with five war crimes.

A trial date can now be revealed for ex-federal ministerial staffer Bruce Lehrmann who has been charged with raping a woman he met at a regional nightclub.

Tourists are advised to check how flights and travel plans will be impacted.

A mother gave her son a lethal smoothie following disputes over money and the family’s intolerable living situation, a jury has been told.

The Aussie radio star and comedian threatened to call the police over the ‘un-Australian’ move.

The 34-year-old was a mother to two children.

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has been charged by Australian Federal Police over alleged war crimes.

Anthony Albanese has brought forward his trip to Singapore, Australia’s biggest supplier of fuel, amid fears of rationing. The uncertainly has accelerated demand for electric cars.

Australian Olympian Rohan Dennis has spoken out for the first time after receiving a suspended sentence over the death of his wife.

An Australian Army reservist has been charged after allegedly serving as a drone operator in Ukraine, in a rare use of laws prohibiting joining foreign armies.

A gentle, needle-less way to protect kids from the flu will be rolled out to hundreds of thousands of children for free in a bid to boost community immunity.

The BOM has updated its description of Tropical Cyclone Maila as the monster weather front moves toward the Australian coast.