Australia

An emotional Aussie retiree, with a family who has gone through a ‘rough trot’, has had his life changed, taking home $80m in the Powerball, but he almost missed out on learning the incredible news.

One Lotto player has just secured an incredibly handsome windfall.

Shocking footage has emerged of a bull shark lurking in shallow water near the site of a decomposing dolphin carcass.

New gun laws have triggered a shocking stampede that nobody saw coming.

The agent was captured abusing and threatening a young mother over a leaf blower.

An accelerating crash in tech stocks was disguised by record highs for ANZ Bank, alongside miners BHP and Rio Tinto on Thursday.

A man whose duct-taped camouflage vest prompted a triple-zero call during a terror vigil has escaped conviction after charges against him were dropped.

Police have used cutting-edge DNA technology to arrest an alleged rapist in what is being hailed as a NSW first.

Officers searching for a suspect over alleged domestic violence incidents made a chilling discovery after locating him concealed inside a suburban home.

Australia has deployed a senior diplomat to Laos as families seek answers over the methanol poisoning deaths of two teenagers.

A man has admitted making a hate-filled racist remark as he mimicked the actions of gunmen who massacred 15 people celebrating a beachside religious festival.

The 32-year-old was allegedly caught on cameras installed by animal rights activists sexually assaulting a pig, later named Olivia.

After months of silence, SAPOL declared Gus’ disappearance a major crime and narrowed its suspect to someone known to him. Experts explain the strategy, the pressure and the agony of the little boy’s mother.