Australia

Residents across northern and western Queensland are being urged to prepare for the worst as the region braces for heavy rainfall and life-threatening flash-flooding.

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: A royal commission will not heal all wounds. But if we want an Australia where soldiers are not needed to escort children to school, then we must be willing to examine how we lost our way.

A state MP accused of assaulting a woman and breaching an intervention order will remain behind bars awaiting a home detention report, a court has ruled.

A tourist has revealed the horrifying moment she realised she’d been left stranded after losing $10k to a fake accommodation booking.

The family of a 78-year-old grandfather killed at Bondi has slammed the Albanese government’s claims that a royal commission would give a platform to the worst voices of anti-Semitism.

Jewish stalwart and philanthropist Stanley Roth died over the weekend, adding to the burden of an Australian-wide community still grieving in the aftermath of the Bondi terrorist attack. 

Retired gold-medalist Emily Seebohm came under fire for one small detail after posting a picture of her son with Santa.

Advanced robotics and never-before-used technology give fresh hope to families of the 239 people lost in 2014.

Australian safety authorities are investigating after a beleaguered Australian cruise ship ran aground on a coral reef, months after a passenger on the same vessel died under tragic circumstances.

Women being spat on and graves being desecrated are just a few examples of the chilling hatred targeting one group of Aussies.

The first woman to lead one of Australia's top universities is being remembered as a reformer who was dedicated to her students.

Ahmed al-Ahmed, the man who courageously tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen, has spoken about his heroic act in his first televised interview since the terror attack.

NSW Premier Chris Minns says police will be given “extraordinary powers” as he urged the public to turn out in force for Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks in a show of defiance against terrorists.

A man has been charged with murder after two people died following an alleged brutal stabbing at a Sydney home early on Sunday morning.

Former AFP chief Mick Keelty has criticised the current police commissioner for suggesting religion played no part in the Bondi terror attack. He has also joined calls for a royal commission.