Australia

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’.

The man who snatched a four-year-old girl from her family’s tent in the dead of night and held her captive for weeks is a ‘damaged human’ with slim prospects of rehabilitation, according to a leading expert.

The Staffy and magpie from the Gold Coast struck up a friendship that won over the nation.

The families of those killed in the Westfield Bondi Junction attack want killer Joel Cauchi’s psychiatrist investigated, an inquest has been told.

Police are investigating the horrific killing and are appealing to the public for help in identifying the culprit.

A high-profile Melbourne man is fighting allegations he pretended to be another man while raping a woman at a house party.

The girlfriend of a 17-year-old Sydney teen, who died in a park after allegedly being stabbed to death, has posted a heartbreaking tribute on social media, as new details about the fatal incident emerge.

Thousands of people remain without power after massive storms hammered the east coast, with more states bracing for another bout of severe weather activity.

The worst suburbs for dog attacks on delivery drivers have been revealed.

Police are heading back to Oak Park sheep station and a search area dotted with unused mine shafts as they try to locate Gus Lamont.

The family’s ‘alarming’ living situation came to light when they were hospitalised after eating wild mushrooms.