Australia

Helicopter pilots at a theme park doubled flights for the peak holiday season but could not radio each other before a fatal collision, a coroner has heard.

Linda Reynolds’ former chief-of-staff will face off against the Federal Government over claims it failed to protect her following Brittany Higgins’ explosive allegations she was raped in Parliament House. 

South Australian police have announced they will act as vital new information has come to hand in the effort to locate missing boy Gus Lamont.

Lockdowns across a number of Sydney schools have been lifted after police revealed reports of a person with a firearm turned out to be something very different.

There has been a devastating update in the search for a missing swimmer off the NSW Central Coast.

The rising cost of living has been laid bare as millions of Australians are priced out of a home.

Environment Minister Murray Watt has urged the Bureau of Meteorology to ‘take taxpayers money seriously’ after their ‘disappointing $96 million website bungle. 

Celebrated Australian chef Skye Gyngell has died in London, prompting tributes from some of the world’s best-known cooks.

Billionaire former casino tycoon James Packer has delivered an extraordinary lashing of controversial ex-Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, saying the Labor leader almost ‘ruined’ his life. 

Women working in the transport sector are deliberately dehydrating rather than use ‘disgusting’ bathroom facilities, a report has found.

A man is in hospital after being shot during an alleged home invasion in Sydney’s West.

Police are examining whether an e-scooter battery may have sparked a house fire that killed a 13-year-old girl and left four others fighting for life.

Taxpayers have been slammed with the enormous cost for the controversial redesign of the Bureau of Meteorology website, which went way over budget.

Tropical cyclone Fina has done its worst in the Top End but could still spin off damaging gales and flash flooding as it barrels towards the Kimberley Coast in WA.