Australia

An aged care home where 45 residents died of COVID during the pandemic has been convicted and fined $150,000 years after one of the deadliest outbreaks.

Nationwide NAPLAN testing for more than one million students has resumed after a technical outage forced the exams to stop.

Police have provided an update on their search for evidence surrounding the disappearance of the four-year-old.

Two more members of the Iranian women’s soccer team were granted asylum after the whole group were a major move inside an airport terminal.

Petrol companies engaging in ‘cartel behaviour’ will face fines of up to $100m as the government targets price gouging.

Thousands of people could be isolated for days in a sodden community after rising floodwaters triggered emergency alerts and memories of a 2010 disaster.

Australia’s support of the US-Israeli war effort in the Middle East could make us more of a target.

Four teachers have been charged with assaulting three young students at a NSW school.

Police have concluded the operation Campbelltown TAFE following reports of ‘suspicious’ individuals.

Sydney and Melbourne house prices are now forecast to fall should the Reserve Bank raise interest rates two or three more times this year as financial markets are predicting, potentially wiping off $140,000.

The family of a 22-year-old good Samaritan killed during a Melbourne machete attack have spoken out about their ‘unimaginable loss’.

A fourth person in the car has been flown to hospital in a critical condition.

A diabetic who suffered a severe medical episode while driving, killing five people, has revealed he hadn't had formal diabetes education for decades.

A former national manager at Shell is predicting average unleaded petrol prices could hit $2.65 within a week, as Energy Minister Chris Bowen convenes an emergency roundtable to deal with fuel panic buying.

The Sussexes have been warned they might not get the warm welcome they were hoping for when they head Down Under in April.