Five adults and a baby are missing after being caught in flooding in central Australia. Several rainfall records have been set over the past two days, but the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park has now re-opened to visitors
A broken hydraulic ram has forced pre-race favourite Wild Oats XI to retire from the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. The supermaxi was on course for a line honours record, a feat its leading rival Perpetual LOYAL now looks likely to claim
A fifth man has died in a horror spate of drownings in New South Wales over the Christmas period. The 25-year-old's body was found in the Nepean River after he disappeared while swimming with friends on Boxing Day
A tourist remains trapped and two others are rescued after their car washes off a causeway at Hugh Creek near Alice Springs, NT Police say, while a baby is among six people missing since Christmas Day.
Grieving fans mourning the death of George Michael lay floral tributes at his homes in north London and in Goring, England, as charities reveal how the singer secretly donated his time and millions of dollars to their causes.
Supermaxi Perpetual LOYAL is on track to win the 72nd Sydney to Hobart in record time after the shock retirement of previous race leader Wild Oats XI with equipment failure for a second year running.
A Queensland man, 77, dies in hospital nearly a week after being bitten between the toes by a coastal taipan, one of the world's deadliest snakes, as he tried to hit it with a shovel.
A 25-year-old's body is found in the Nepean River making him the fifth man to drown in NSW over the Christmas period, while a toddler found unconscious with her twin in a Sydney pool also dies.
Heavy traffic brings thousands of cars to a halt on the Bruce Highway, north of Brisbane, delaying the start of summer holidays for those stuck on the frequently congested motorway.
Friends, family and locals help a Victorian woman who received an anonymous letter criticising the state of her front yard and telling her to "shape up or ship out" of the neighbourhood.
A midwifery expert says evolution is not the primary reason for an increase in C-sections, after a study linked the procedure to the growing size of the human brain.
The misadventure of a spaniel named Grace has resulted in a full-scale police rescue operation atop a ledge overlooking the blowhole at Mersey Bluff in northern Tasmania.
Barack Obama has defended his legacy as President of the United States, saying he thinks he could have defeated Donald Trump had he been able to run for a third term.
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