Days ago, Alexandra locals were forced to flee their homes as catastrophic fire conditions fanned flames into their town.

A man accused of attacking an Islamic religious leader in a road rage incident has tried to jump out of the dock after being ...

Having spent months trying to position themselves as a mainstream political force, the country's most vocal neo-Nazi ...

A leading writers' festival has collapsed under the weight of backlash over the dumping of a Palestinian-Australian ...

It's been half a century since raging torrents of floodwater battered the tiny town of Clermont in the Queensland outback ...

Two-time grand slam winner Barbora Krejcikova has suffered a round-one defeat at the Hobart International and was ...

A father-of-five who died after a blood clot and Q fever went undetected at a small rural hospital should have been ...

A fresh survey of Australian consumer sentiment doesn't make for encouraging reading as the central bank weighs ...

An alleged plot to murder a man with a firearm and petrol has been foiled after a tip-off to police led to an accused ...

Occupants of a hired people-mover van made a lucky escape after the vehicle became stuck in a sinkhole.

Senior figures in the attorney-general's department have been quizzed on whether proposed hate speech laws would outlaw ...

The charred and tangled frame of a historic warehouse is a symbol of all that is lost in a disaster.