Australia

A childcare worker accused of abusing youngsters will face a directions hearing in a county court after pleading not guilty to more than 150 offences.

South Australia Police say one of four-year-old Gus Lamont’s grandparents ‘remains a suspect’ in his disappearance as officers complete another intensive search of the family’s remote outback sheep station.

The median age of Australian property investors has risen during the past 25 years, with the Reserve Bank revealing new data as Treasurer Jim Chalmers introduced a capital gains tax and negative gearing bill.

A man who is serving nearly 25 years for assaulting a woman and dousing her in petrol has been denied parole for the violent nature of his offences.

Australian passengers who recently returned home from the deadly hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship have been told they will be forced to remain in quarantine for another three weeks.

The Government-owned business has blamed the price rise on ‘record operating costs’.

A woman who allegedly faked a brain cancer diagnosis and scammed family members out of more than $140,200 to travel to Australia has reportedly been on the run for more than a decade.

Shocking footage has emerged of a man appearing to be snoozing in the driver’s seat while travelling on a major Aussie motorway. 

Australian Federal Police have charged another ISIS-linked Australian woman who returned from Syria with terrorism offences. 

SA Police announced a new search for Gus Lamont on Tuesday. Now an update is being provided.

ABC executives were lambasted in Parliament on Thursday with accusations of biased reporting, boycotting a Jewish musician, hiring a politically-aligned influencer and activism journalism. 

The 51-year-old has outlined the grounds of her appeal.

One of the victims was a 78-year-old man walking his dog, who was allegedly beaten to death with a metal pole.

Australia is set to play a pivotal role in the future of space exploration, according to the nation’s first ever qualified astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg.

There has still been no enforcement action from Australia’s under-16s social media ban despite one app allowing young people to retry their age verification 24 times in a day.