Australia

A fresh Optus outage has severed triple-zero access for thousands, sparking urgent safety warnings.

Footage has emerged of an alleged coordinated attack with a delivery rider being tackled off his bike and robbed in Sydney.

Thousands of people are facing the most severe bushfire danger conditions since 2023 as high temperatures and howling winds spark fears of major blazes.

Police are probing a suspected firebombing after a family fled their burning home in the early hours of the morning.

One group of Australians will soon have access for the first time to a digital birth certificate on their mobile phone.

Police have charged a second teen with murder following the alleged fatal stabbing of a boy in Sydney’s North West on Monday.

The products do not include a label declaring the presence of certain allergens.

The aircraft only made it a short distance before circling back to the airport.

Questions about gender and sexuality will be included in the 2026 Census to provide deeper insights about Australian society and the experiences of LGBTIQ+ people.

Bevan Shields, the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, has announced he is stepping down after four years in the role, with his replacement already named. 

A former Sea World Helicopters employee has broken down after giving evidence at an inquest into the fatal mid-air collision that killed four people in 2023.

The 37-year-old suffered a severe brain injury, skull fractures and several broken bones.

The woman accused of a random knife attack in Melbourne’s CBD has told a court she hopes to ‘clean up my life and stay off drugs’.