Prosecutors have called on a judge to deliberately impose a disproportionately long jail term in order to keep a dangerous sexual predator locked up well into his 70s over his convictions for two historic rapes.
A man and a woman have been found dead inside a house in Tamworth in northern NSW, police say.
The fans want it, so do the pundits, and probably the player himself. Will Australian coach Michael Cheika ever give Israel Folau a taste of life in the Wallabies mid field?
One man has died and two others have been taken to hospital after a traumatic multiple stabbing at an accountancy firm in Moe.
At least four Liberal MPs thrown out by voters at the election have picked up plum jobs as taxpayer-funded advisers to their former colleagues.
Kimberley police claim a Mitsubishi driver had an alcohol reading of three times the legal limit when they caught him swerving onto the wrong side of the road on Saturday.
The "Crusaders" knew they wanted to kill Muslims - and, with luck, to use the "bloodbath" to ignite a religious war - but for months they couldn't settle on a plan.
A sign warning cables had snapped on the rickety suspension bridge was erected four days before it collapsed on Sunday night.
Earnings are set to turn positive and level the playing field for unloved value stocks, Credit Suisse says.
It all started when two carloads of men passed each other on a speed hump in a western Sydney car park.
Brisbane can expect strong winds, thunder, lightning and rain by early evening.
The surge in the coal and iron ore prices could add as much as $44 billion to Australia's export revenues if maintained over a full year, keeping the Australian dollar strong and ruling out prospects for further rate cuts, HSBC argues
As the M&A; season heats up, Perpetual warns investors to look for red flags before rewarding acquiring companies.
It's been closed since July, and now the new-look Duxton in O'Connor is nearly ready to reopen its doors.
Typhoon Sarika made landfall in eastern Philippines on Sunday after leaving at least two people dead a day earlier, thousands of villagers displaced and hundreds of planes grounded.
A Port Melbourne man has faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court over allegations he punched a woman in the mouth at a New Years Eve party in Prahran.
A wild brawl at a McDonald's outlet in Melbourne's west between two packs of teenage youths was organised beforehand on Facebook, police believe.
Four people have been found dead at a house in Sydney's north on Monday morning, police say.
The girls preparing to study at Canberra Grammar School got their first taste of school on the Red Hill Campus
Falls on the ASX accelerate as investors smash casino operators following weekend raids on Crown offices in China.
Testy officials from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet dismissed security experts' concerns about the use of WhatsApp.
Shares in Thai gold mine owner Kingsgate Consolidated collapsed Monday when trading resumed after a five month suspension following a government decision to force it to close its mine by the end of the year.
Giant puppets will re-emerge at the Woodford Festival adding to the star power provided by artists like singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, Kev Carmody, Gang of Youths and hip-hop pioneer Urthboy who will all headline the 2016-17 end-of-year festival.
A jury has been discharged in the trial of a former technology company director who is accused of defrauding his company of $9 million and then transferring substantial sums to high profile bookmaker Tom Waterhouse.
Billionaire rag trader Solomon Lew's Just Group has lost its bid to stop its recently departed chief financial officer taking up a new job at rival Cotton On.
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has once again taken in more political donations than any other candidate running for control of Town Hall for the next four years.
The 3240 yen ($41) of cash framed on Hideto Fujino's desk is a constant reminder of his greatest humiliation.
Lawyers acting for union bosses want access to Victoria Police telephone intercepts in their fight against blackmail charges.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is confident she can woo One Nation voters ahead of the next state election after a poll showed support for the minor party has soared since the federal election.
Police are still searching for the driver of a green sedan who rammed into a police motorbike on the Ipswich Motorway.
A woman has been fined $800 for working as an unregistered nanny after twin babies in her care spent time in a coma at a Brisbane hospital.
This collaboration between Scottish and Australian chamber ensembles worked well.
China plans to launch two astronauts into space on Monday morning, state news agency Xinhua reported.
This atmospheric visit to the land of Oz focuses on the relationship between Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West before Dorothy's visit.
An iconic yellow suspension bridge linking two islands off the coast of Bali has collapsed killing eight people and injuring 42 others.
He was a south western Sydney factory worker and a father of five who faithfully contributed to a workplace lotto ticket syndicate with the hope that one day their common dream of realising a better life would come true.
A judge has told the jury in the trial of Gable Tostee they cannot find him guilty of murder just because he called a lawyer and left via the basement after Warriena Wright died.
Defiant Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has declared "bring it on," as his side looks to break a 15-year, 19-Test winless streak against the All Blacks in New Zealand.
A man is fighting for life after consuming a mystery drug that also left 15 others in hospital on the Gold Coast.
As he and his brother are again thrust into the headlines, Daniel Talia has called for his family's privacy to be respected as his grandfather deals with ill-health.
Bob Day has made the shock announcement that he will resign from the Senate after his building company went into liquidation.
A Sydney-based design firm has been announced winner of a competition to design a new conservatory for the Australian National Botanic Gardens.
He has slashed the state budget and frozen government contracts as his father's kingdom is buffeted by low oil prices. But then he saw a yacht.
Four people attending a motorcycle festival were crushed to death and nine were injured after a pick-up truck plummeted 18 metres from a bridge in San Diego, California.
Government raids on Crown Resorts' offices in China have sent the company's share price plummeting more than 11 per cent on Monday, cutting billionaire James Packer's paper wealth by about half a billion dollars.
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika and former Munster coach Alan Gaffney have led the antipodean tributes to Anthony Foley, who died in Paris at the weekend.
Most windows were smashed, the wiring ripped from the ceiling and "not a classroom left untouched" after a group of children razed the just renovated Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community Highschool, education minister Peter Collier said.
Victorian Labor senator Gavin Marshall has declared war on frontbench colleague Andrew Giles, revealing he plans to back a preselection challenge to the Scullin MP and accusing him of lying over a plot to remove his ally Kim Carr.
A "Fact Check" label is coming to Google News as the search giant attempts to crack down on public comments which play fast and loose with the truth.
A new $7 million regenerative medicine research centre has been launched at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.
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