A man with a “serious fear” of spiders prompted an emergency call by Western Australia police on New Years’ Day. According to police, a passerby raised...
Australia’s most wanted jihadist, Neil Prakash, has been stripped of his Australian citizenship. Announcing the move, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton described Prakash as “a very...
As many as 3,000 people have been evacuated after residents of a newly completed tower block in Australia reported hearing “cracking noises”. Police confirmed they had...
Drone “hot spots” in Australia are getting sensors to automatically identify the aircraft and their pilots. Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (Casa) said it would install...
A woman in Australia was forced to give birth alone in a locked prison cell in a “degrading and high risk” incident, a report has found....
An Australian woman accused of hiding sewing needles inside strawberries in a high-profile sabotage case was motivated by spite, a court has heard. My Ut Trinh,...
A man who set a car on fire and stabbed three people – one fatally – in the Australian city of Melbourne has died in hospital...
A man accused of mowing down pedestrians in Melbourne’s Bourke Street has been found fit to stand trial. James Gargasoulas, 27, is charged with murdering six...
Two Australian police officers have described the moment they jumped into the sea to rescue a drowning kangaroo. Sergeants Christopher Russo and Kirby Tonkin dragged the...
People are voting in a by-election in a suburban constituency in Sydney, which could wipe out the government’s one-seat parliamentary majority. PM Scott Morrison’s ruling Liberal...
The Australian government has issued a national apology to women affected by a vaginal mesh scandal, acknowledging decades of “agony and pain”. Mesh implants are at...