Leesa Jacobs had only been dating her partner for 18 months when he poured petrol over her chest and used his lighter to set her alight. She's speaking out in the hope she can inspire other women to leave abusive relationships.
Treasurer Scott Morrison confirms wealthy Australians will pay more tax on their superannuation, as he frames his first budget in the shadow of an election.
The woman injured when a man was fatally shot at a Bankstown shooting centre on Friday is not believed to be linked to those involved in the shooting, police have confirmed.
Science Minister Christopher Pyne says a virulent strain of herpes will be released into the Murray-Darling river system in a bid to wipe out the European carp pest.
US President Barack Obama takes aim at Donald Trump in his final address at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, before declaring "Obama out" and literally dropping the microphone.
Manuel Valls will make a surprise visit to Australia tomorrow for talks with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, after a French shipbuilder won a $50 billion submarine contract.
A 61-year-old doctor is remanded in custody in Hobart after being charged with the murder of his elderly mother who died in March after being administered medication.
Archaeologists and traditional owners are calling for an Indigenous area in WA's north to become the first cultural site in Australia to be nominated for UNESCO World Heritage status.
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The Federal Government promises to pump an extra $1.2 billion into the nation's schools, as part of a wider package of reforms, partially reversing the cuts made in the 2014 budget.
The 27-year-old uncle of international student Mengmei Leng, 25, whose naked body was recovered from inside a blowhole on the NSW Central Coast last Sunday, is refused bail.
Eleven giant pyres of tusks are set on fire as Kenya torches its vast ivory stockpile in a grand gesture aimed at shocking the world into stopping the slaughter of elephants.
Hundreds of supporters of Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr storm Baghdad's Green Zone and enter the parliament building after lawmakers fail to convene for a vote on overhauling the Government.
Victorian woman Caitlyn Fischer, 19, dies after falling off a horse during an international equestrian event in Sydney's south-west, in what is described as a "tragic accident".
Eighty-four migrants are still missing after an inflatable craft sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors cited by the International Organisation for Migration.
German riot police arrest around 400 protesters trying to block access to the congress of the right-wing political party Alternative for Germany, who are expected to adopt an anti-Islamic manifesto.
At least 17 people are killed in a six-storey building collapse in the Kenyan capital amid torrential rain, as rescue teams shift rubble in a desperate search for survivors.
The Russian Defence Ministry says it sent a fighter plane to intercept a US aircraft approaching its border over the Baltic Sea because the plane had turned off its transponder.
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