Australia

A man has been shot dead at a western Sydney unit block in the early hours of Saturday morning.

As bushfires rage in Victoria, other parts of Australia's southeast are sweltering amid extreme heat ahead of an expected cooler change.

Victoria remains in the grip of a ‘catastrophic’ bushfire crisis with dozens of uncontrolled blazes, prompting state of disaster declarations in 19 areas.

Some 130 homes have already been lost in Victoria as the state’s deadly bushfires rage on and a state of disaster is declared.

Family members performed CPR, but he sadly couldn’t be saved.

Australia’s internet watchdog has revealed it received nearly 100 complaints about harmful online content relating to the Bondi Beach massacre.

‘That was the most dramatic scene I’ve ever seen.’

A teenager is behind bars after allegedly stabbing an older boy multiple times, leaving him trailing blood and fighting for his life after a brawl at a party.

Australia’s population data has been released, showing a reduction in net overseas migration into the country, but still fuelling higher-than-expected population growth.

The December 14 terrorist attack may be the most officially scrutinised individual act of violence in Australian history. One lawyer believes that is a problem.

A child and two adults are missing as severe bushfires continue to rip through Victoria.

The grandmother went to have an abscess removed when tragedy occurred.

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: For weeks, Jewish Australians have been trying to explain a fear that didn’t arrive overnight and didn’t come from nowhere.

A stampede of writers have withdrawn from an Adelaide festival after an anti-Israel academic, Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, had her appearance cancelled in the wake of the Bondi massacre.