Missing trio found safe in Victorian bushfire crisis
Three people missing in Victoria's bushfires are safe and well, although dozens of properties have been destroyed at multiple fire scenes.
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As bushfires rage in Victoria, other parts of Australia's southeast are sweltering amid extreme heat ahead of an expected cooler change.
A 25-year-old Hughes man, who was on parole, has been charged after allegedly kicking, biting and strangling his partner.
The ACT has recorded its first road fatality for the year following a two-vehicle collision on the Monaro Highway on Friday morning.
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Police swoop books 140 impaired drivers in December
More than 140 drivers were charged with drink or drug driving during a targeted impaired driving operation conducted across the ACT last month.
Politics
One Nation hits historic high in bombshell opinion poll
Polling shows the coalition and One Nation are neck and neck in the popularity stakes in the first public nationwide survey since the Bondi massacre.
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Relief coming but millions still sweating in heatwave
The southeast of Australia is enduring some of its hottest temperatures in nearly a decade as a brutal mix of heat and wind prompts alarm from authorities.
Residents of the saturated far north are preparing for another round of severe weather as a dangerous system approaches the Queensland coast.
A 45-year-old man is facing court after allegedly stalking his former partner and repeatedly breaching a family violence order.
Greens Leader Shane Rattenbury says failing to address the health impacts of climate change will leave more Canberrans exposed to harm from extreme weather and place further strain on public services.
Josh Frydenberg says the Jewish community will support Bondi attacks royal commission chair Virginia Bell as the anti-Semitism probe "needed to be successful".
A 30-year-old man has been charged with reckless sexual intercourse without consent after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman known to him at a party last year.
A total fire ban has been declared for the ACT on Saturday, the first since 2020.
Australian researchers have been barking up the right tree with a revolutionary discovery of resident microbes that guzzle climate-active gases.
As temperatures soar above 45C across Australia, simply staying alive is the number one priority for heat-stressed humans and animals.
Venom from a spider found on K'gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, has been used to develop a drug that prevents damage during heart attacks and strokes.
The events leading up to Australia's worst mass shooting in decades will go under the microscope in a royal commission tasked with investigating anti-Semitism and failures in the nation's intelligence agencies.
A Manuka woman has won the $200,000 first prize in Wednesday's Lucky Lotteries draw.
Bragging rights for Australia's best mullet and a $50,000 burnout prize are up for grabs as car enthusiasts gather for a premier petrol-fuelled festival.
