Australia

Missing fraudster Melissa Louise Caddick had zero talent for financial wizardry but exhibited psychology’s ‘dark triad’ of personality traits, according to a white collar crime expert. 

Australian actor Alea O’Shea, 25, has shared a devastating health update, revealing she has been diagnosed with brain cancer. 

Tributes pour in for respected aerobatic pilot Eddie Seve, killed in weekend mid-air plane crash near Sydney’s Napperfield Airfield.

A slowdown in the bellwether housing markets of Sydney and Melbourne suggests that sentiment is starting to sour as hopes of more interest rate cuts dissipate.

Police have appealed for public help after a seven-month-old was reported missing.

Four men have been charged after an investigation into an international satanic child sex abuse material ring in an Australian city.

Commuters are facing major delays after a horror collision between a car and truck in Sydney’s North West left a man dead and a woman trapped.

Airports across Australia have been plunged into delays after a nationwide passport system outage forced border officers to manually process all international travellers.

A pilot has died after two light planes collided mid-air near Wedderburn, with one aircraft crashing into bushland as investigators secure the scene.

A man has died after a shocking incident in a Bunnings car park, with police investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal collision.

A huge fireball has torn through a waste facility, sending concrete blocks flying as 200 firefighters battle one of western Sydney’s biggest blazes in years.

A 60-year-old woman has survived a terrifying night trapped 8m underground in a remote WA cave system, rescued at dawn after crews worked through the darkness to reach her.

A huge blaze at the site of a chemicals factory is being tackled by about 200 firefighters, with flames being sent as high as 15 metres into the air.

Thousands of climate activists launched kayaks and small boats into a major Australian harbour on Saturday as a flotilla protest entered its second day.

Four boys have been taken to the hospital after a jumping castle was torn loose by a sudden gust of wind and blown over a fence.