A family is saved from the roof of their home on the northern Gold Coast minutes before it is swept away in floodwaters, in a rescue an SES worker describes as "the scariest thing I've ever done".
The central Queensland city of Rockhampton prepares for its most severe flooding in more than six decades, with floodwaters expected to rise rapidly throughout the day and the Fitzroy River to hit a level of 8.5 metres.
One of Australia's leading criminal barristers believes the Human Services Minister or one of his staff may have broken the law by supplying a journalist with a Centrelink client's personal information and it could lead to a prison sentence.
Suddenly everyone is in furious agreement about the state of the Australian housing market: it's a bubble. The problem is, it has all come a little too late and the regulators now appear to be at panic stations, writes Ian Verrender.
A grim search for the missing resumes in southern Colombia after surging rivers sent an avalanche of floodwaters, mud and debris through a city, killing at least 200 people and leaving many more injured and homeless.
Chongyi Feng's detention in China was designed to intimidate Chinese Australians who are critical of the Chinese Government's interference in Australian domestic affairs.
The Federal Government re-commits to tax cuts for Australia's biggest businesses and a range of stalled welfare savings, as it finalises this year's federal budget.
An Andy Warhol portrait of Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong is auctioned and sold in a Chinese territory for the first time, selling for $16.5 million in Hong Kong.
A teenager is dead after the car he was in smashed into an airport shuttle bus, believed to have occurred after a police pursuit through Perth overnight.
Port Adelaide annihilate Fremantle by 89 points after Geelong beats North Melbourne by a single point in a Docklands thriller and Melbourne accounts for Carlton. Look back at all of Sunday's crucial stats and scores.
The New York Post's news app is hacked on April Fools' Day, sending out a series of unusual push alerts including Nirvana lyrics and a message reading "Heil President Donald Trump".
Kieran Foran is back in the NRL and already he's promising to be the steadying influence the Warriors have been yearning for after a try-scoring debut in a 28-22 win over the Titans.
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