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Ex-NRL star learns fate over drunken crash

The former Melbourne Storm and Canberra Raiders centre drove while over the legal limit when he crashed his ute into trees.

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A body believed to be that of a missing five-year-old has been found in Central Australia, with the girl’s mum issuing a heartbreaking message to her daughter.

Mum’s heartbreaking message after 5yo daughter’s body found

A body believed to be that of a missing five-year-old has been found in Central Australia, with the girl's mum issuing a heartbreaking message to her daughter.

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Keith Lees has been committed to stand trial for the murder of his partner in 1997.

Man who staged own suicide finally on trial for 1997 murder

A 73-year-old man accused of running from police and staging his own suicide has been ordered to stand trial for murder almost three decades after the discovery of a body.

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CCTV catches disgraceful act unfold inside busy Aussie cafe

A string of brazen incidents has left an Aussie cafe stunned, with CCTV revealing customers allegedly pulling off the same audacious trick and getting away with it.

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NSW Police warned of Bondi attack

Jewish group warned attack ‘likely’ days before massacre

A Jewish security organisation urged the police to provide armed officers to protect the Chanukah by the Sea event. A senior police officer said no ‘static resources’ were necessary.

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Coleen Lamarre is accused of trying to influence a witness in her son's double-murder case.

Accused killer cop's mum to remain behind bars for days

The mother of an alleged double murderer will remain behind bars while facing accusations she attempted to influence a witness.

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Rebel Wilson arrives at the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney for another day's testimony. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Rebel denies leaking young star's nude photo in hack

A-lister Rebel Wilson has rejected accusations she directed a cyber attack on her co-star's social media account which led to a nude photo being leaked.

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Police have revealed a missing five-year-old is non-verbal, which may complicate search efforts.

'Quite concerning': Fears grow for missing 5yo girl's safety

As search enters its fifth day, concerns for missing 5yo Sharon ‘becoming quite concerning’, complicated by her being non-verbal.

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Volunteers are joining police and defence force members in the search for missing five-year-old Sharon.

‘Baby’: Missing 5yo’s family speak as disturbing items found

More than 100 hours since Sharon’s disappearance, distraught family members have begged for their ‘little baby’s’ safe return.

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The Treasurer concedes the latest inflation figures are ‘confronting’.

Jim Chalmers insists Iran war to blame for inflation surge

The Treasurer concedes the latest inflation figures are ‘confronting’ and has used a string of media interviews to again pin the increase to soaring fuel and oil costs caused by the war in the Middle East.

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River Williams Higgins and Myla Summer-Lea Hughes were killed in a devastating house fire.

Two children killed in devastating house fire identified

The two children who perished in a devastating house fire near the Blue Mountains have been named as the family and community reel from their deaths.

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Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has revealed she has a personal relationship with missing five-year-old Sharon.

Jacinta Price drops bombshell as search for 5yo continues

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has made a heartbreaking revelation as the search for missing 5yo Sharon enters day five.

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A 19-year-old cafe worker who had a plate smashed into her face, chipping her teeth and leaving her bloody and covered in food, has spoken of the ordeal.

‘Your fault b****’: Cafe worker’s shock claim

A 19-year-old cafe worker who had a plate smashed into her face, chipping her teeth and leaving her bloody and covered in food, has spoken of the ordeal.

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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing.

China’s response to Penny Wong’s request for more fuel

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says countries need to work together ‘to keep fuel and goods ​flowing’ during a visit to China.

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