Faysal Ishak Ahmed carried a deep secret and a burning fear during his years in detention on Manus Island, long before he became the fourth asylum seeker to die after seeking protection in Australia and being sent to Papua New Guinea.
A man preyed on two young girls at a shopping centre last month, stalking one then sexually assaulting the other, police say.
When Lord Mayor Graham Quirk was returned to City Hall in a convincing election victory in March, he promised to govern as if he had a one-seat majority.
It's set to be a scorcher in Brisbane for New Year's, with temperatures forecast to soar well above average during the long weekend.
Three men have died and two other bodies have been been recovered in separate drownings in NSW on Friday.
The Islamisation of the Syrian rebellion left the West's objectives hopelessly confused. The Russians have shown no such muddle-headedness.
Two people have died after a four-wheel-drive and two motorbikes collided in Victoria's north-east on Friday afternoon.
Children's Minister Jenny Mikakos says children are being held in better conditions at a unit in a maximum-security adult prison than they would be at youth justice centres.
A pedestrian was killed in Wheelers Hill on Thursday night after he was struck by a vehicle shortly before midnight.
The Brass Monkey Hotel has issued a second apology for its vulgar and sexist banner display on Thursday, saying its staff would be educated about the issue - but it seems it's not the first time the bar has landed itself in hot water.
Former prime minister tells folk festival the community must "make a bloody noise" to effect action on climate change, rather than leaving it in the hands of politicians.
Early diagnosis and intervention is vital for students with dyslexia. But not all teachers are equipped with the training to recognise the red flags, leaving parents to go it alone.
A seven-month old toddler in a pram has died in hospital after being struck by a reversing 4WD at a funeral on Brisbane's southside about 1.50pm.
They say life can change in an instant. Never is that more true than when the clock strikes midnight on December 31.
Elwood Street residents are cleaning up after Thursday's wild storms saw water rush into their homes even while they expect more floods in the future.
It'll be a dog's day out on January 21 at the National Portrait Gallery and National Gallery of Australia.
Keep yourself nice on New Year's Eve
A Perth Modern School graduate, who studied up to six hours a night, and a budding auto-electrician from Esperance Senior High School have taken out WA's most prestigious academic awards.
Nimbin was a dying dairy town when Caroline Le Couteur first set foot there in 1973.
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a missing 15-year-old boy who vanished two weeks ago.
A Victorian policeman has been charged and will face court in February after an investigation by Professional Standards Command.
Severe thunderstorms over Canberra were expected to bring heavy rainfall on Friday evening, the Bureau of Meteorology warned.
As if the Arboretum's view isn't spectacular enough already.
The state's holiday drowning toll has risen to 14, with five deaths confirmed on Friday alone.
As Sydney gears up for the 9th annual Pink Test to raise money for the Glenn McGrath Foundation, the widely respected breast cancer charity is phasing cricket out of its image - or at least, its logo.
After a scorching and humid week Sydney's heatwave is set to recede tomorrow, just in time for new year celebrations.
The report into the Christmas Day rail fail in which 235 services were cancelled is expected to be finished today, but not released yet.
It's hot, it's humid and it's boring but one Belconnen teenager will stop at nothing to get his hands on the first coin struck in 2017.
Aleksandr Vyarya thought his job was to defend people from cyber attacks until, his government approached him with a request to do the opposite.
A seven-month-old boy has died in hospital after the pram he was in was struck by a reversing vehicle.
"It's getting out of hand," said the man standing at the service counter of the Melbourne Town Hall.
Police investigating a suspicious bushfire at Carrum Downs this week have exonerated a man pictured in CCTV footage from the area at the time of the fire.
A man shot dead in his home may have been killed by a member of a drug syndicate who planned to steal his cannabis crop, police say.
Department store owner Myer Holdings has been hit with another class action from an aggrieved shareholder just weeks after a court found a separate class action against it was an abuse of the legal process.
Speed and fatigue are being blamed, with the Roads Minister saying safety messages are not getting through.
Labor has doubled down on its opposition to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, a day after the Turnbull government broke with the Obama administration over a controversial UN resolution.
Swimmers have been urged to stay away from some of Melbourne's most popular beaches after Thursday's torrential downpour caused sewage and built-up pollution to stream into Port Phillip Bay.
The laureates have urged the United Nations Security Council to act to stop "ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity unfolding in Myanmar".
At the start of the week, fund manager Peter Hall's stake in the investment company bearing his name was worth $39 million. By the end of the week, he reckoned it wasn't even worth a third of that as he rushed to seal a deal with Washington H. Soul Pattinson.
Canberra Raiders coach says good players make good seasons a habit.
Green Machine's change deep into the NRL finals means they're having their shortest pre-season in four years.
Many Australian shareholders will remember 2016 as the year miners roared back to life after a painfully long period in the doldrums, helping the ASX 200 to an impressive annual gain of 7 per cent.
What better time than New Year's Day to write a list.
A piece of equipment at Victoria's controversial desalination plant has been damaged during efforts to start up the plant so that it could deliver its maiden water order, Water Minister Lisa Neville revealed on Friday.
A young woman has died after she was hit by a falling tree branch at a festival ground on the NSW Central Coast.
'The welfare of children comes before him having a ribbon cutting ceremony.' AMA WA president Andrew Miller launched a scathing attack on Premier Colin Barnett over Perth Children's Hospital.
A Canberra man was arrested and brought before court on Friday after he was charged four times in four months for drink or drug driving.
A string of murder cases, a death in custody and families left searching for answers marked a grisly year in Canberra's courts.
Tim Gilbo flew above the NSW south coast in his beloved Maule seaplane and looked at the restaurants, the parks and swimmers all preparing for peak tourism season in Eurobodalla.
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