Australia

Millions of Aussies will swelter through blistering temperatures as high as 42C on Wednesday - with forecasters warning the worst of the heat is yet to come.

Residents in multiple states are preparing for oppressive heatwave conditions not seen since the disastrous Black Summer bushfires begin to take hold.

A WA woman got the shock of her life after opening a box of Favourites to find several wrappers hiding something very unexpected.

The Prime Minister has expressed ‘full confidence’ in the AFP after revelations that a surveillance team used in counter-terrorism operations was disbanded over budget concerns weeks before the Bondi attack. 

A ban on public protests and rallies in NSW has been extended for a further 14 days, with Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon declaring these were ‘extraordinary times’. 

Police have outlined the last known movements of a mother of two who vanished in a remote location, shortly after her car collided with a kangaroo.

Police have again returned to a remote station where a four-year-old boy vanished in September, saying they ‘won't rest’ in their search for answers.

The original judges, Matt Preston, George Calombaris, and Gary Mehigan are reportedly in talks to join the cast of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

‘He had no shoes, no water, no food.’

A 52-year-old man has died in hospital after police used pepper spray on him during an arrest in Sydney’s inner west on Monday morning.

A woman jailed for decades after luring a 16-year-old to his death over a pair of headphones is back in court after allegedly assaulting a prison officer.

Former Nationals senator Ron Boswell has died at 85, remembered as a ‘fierce’ advocate for rural Australians and a giant of the party he served for decades.

A man has been arrested over the firebombing of a prominent Melbourne rabbi’s car on Christmas Day. 

His erratic driving prompted several scared passengers to buckle their seatbelts and at one point he told them ‘if you liked that corner, you’re going to like this one’.

A finding Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House was infected by a judge doing his own research, the nation's highest court has been told.