Australia

A Sydney barrister has been charged with child abuse material offences after officers made ‘very disturbing’ discoveries on his phone, a court has heard.

A local fisherman has warned that multiple shark attacks in recent days is ‘not a wrong place, wrong time thing’, after he pulled a whopping 200kg bull shark from a popular Sydney swimming spot.

Naomi Tekea Craig has copped three new charges, including indecent dealings with a child under 13. SEE THE DETAILS.

AARON PATRICK: Jewish leaders had hoped the now-abandoned law would have been used to jail the extremist Islamic preacher, who remains defiant.

A father-of-four is facing 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to his wife's murder after she was found stabbed to death in their back yard.

A prominent barrister has been charged after Australian Federal Police allegedly uncovered child abuse material on his phone at Sydney Airport.

Family and friends of Nico Antic have opened up on his grim prognosis.

An Australian hospital has been forced to shut down a ward after maggots were discovered in a patient’s room.

A WA teacher accused of sexually assaulting her former male student has given birth to a baby allegedly fathered by her young victim.

A controversial pan-Islamist group in the crosshairs of new hate speech laws have undergone a huge change only hours after new hate speech laws were passed.

Former Carlton Football Club president Luke Sayers is facing legal action over the nude photo scandal that saw him step down. 

As more details come to light, the father of a backpacker found surrounded by dingoes on a Queensland tourist island says his family’s ‘hearts are shattered’ after losing his ‘precious little baby girl’.

Laws that prevented punters from getting a drink after 3.30am have been scrapped, in what advocates say should breathe more life into a $110 billion sector.

Swimmers are being warned to be shark smart and wait for water conditions to clear before they return to the ocean after four shark attacks in two days.

Australia is expressing hope of a ‘negotiated settlement’ between the US and Denmark, with the Assistant Defence Minister revealing a Netflix drama has helped him understand Trump’s threats against Greenland.