Australia

A 25-year-old man who died after a gas leak at a Sydney restaurant, which left others including police officers in hospital, has been identified.

Cats and dogs are about to take to the skies, with a major Aussie airline now welcoming four-legged companions to travel in the cabin.

Never-before-seen photos reveal how alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman learned to disappear — and why police fear he could survive in the bush indefinitely as the manhunt continues.

Long-standing, complicated planning processes will be swept aside in an effort to build more homes faster in a state that's fighting to keep young families.

The second major bank has broken the 5 per cent barrier on fixed rates just weeks before the RBA’s next interest-rate move.

Tasmania’s AFL dream is in crisis after a damning report found the proposed $1.8bn stadium would harm the state’s economy but Jeremy Rockliff has other ideas.

The ‘rattled’ AFL great was left ‘shaking’ and forced an ultimatum on the show’s producers.

The club faces a giant hurdle to enter the AFL after the Tasmania Planning Commission released its findings into the viability of the Macquarie Point Stadium.

Detectives allegedly uncovered 40kg of cocaine hidden in a car returning from NSW, with police calling the bust a major hit to organised crime.

A five-month-old girl was killed and her five-year-old brother injured when they were hit by a reversing car at a Sydney shopping centre.

Images of Xi Jinping’s envoy meeting with Papua New Guinea’s PM have raised fresh questions about Anthony Albanese’s failure to secure the signing of a defence treaty with Port Moresby.

Commuters crawl as a single-vehicle crash has brought a major highway to a crawl, with queues stretching 16km and travel times blowing out to 90 minutes.

An elderly man from the Northern Beaches to face court after being charged with the sexual assault of two teenage girls nearly half a century ago.

A man was stabbed to death while walking along a NSW highway, sparking a homicide investigation and a major police presence as officers search for those responsible.

Police say a verbal clash inside a George Street restaurant turned into a brutal late-night brawl, leaving a woman scratched and bloodied.