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There are fears lives may have been lost in overnight flooding in northern New South Wales, where tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes after the area was deluged by ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie. Follow live.
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Murwillumbah area residents are seeking refuge in the ceiling cavities and on the roofs of their houses, as NSW emergency services say they are unable to dispatch boats and planes due to safety risks.
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Thousands of residents in low-lying areas of the northern Gold Coast, Logan and Beaudesert are asked to evacuate after the remnants of Cyclone Debbie dump up to 600mm in isolated areas.
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A late-night debate in the Senate on proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act is described as "filibustering" by the Opposition.
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The lengthy fight over proposed company tax cuts is "wasting hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' dollars", says Greens senator Nick McKim as debate delays Parliament's autumn break. Follow live.
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As one of Australia's largest power stations is switched off, Latrobe Valley locals say new multi-million-dollar sports facilities being spruiked by government will not solve the problem of unemployment.
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Hannah Macdougall was once rejected from a school because of her prosthetic leg — but it later was used as an unofficial class mascot. She's since gone on to represent Australia in both swimming and cycling.
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The AFL confirms this year's grand final will be played at the traditional time in the afternoon, but chief executive Gillon McLachlan says there is a "sense of inevitability" it will eventually be moved to a twilight match.
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Australia's first female Supreme Court Chief Justice, Marilyn Warren, who ended the tradition of barristers wearing wigs in Victoria, steps down.
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Victoria's Premier flags changes to the legal system after meeting a teenager who alleged she was raped by three men in a Geelong park, but dropped the case because of the "humiliating" court process.
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Former agriculture minister Joe Ludwig is accused of failing to disclose mobile phone records and using personal email accounts to hide his role in the 2011 live cattle ban.
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When Bianca Dickson checked her phone, she realised she had unwittingly captured a photo of her daughter standing dangerously close to a brown snake.
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The Tasmanian Director of Public Prosecutions will not be charging the man named by the coroner as Lucille Butterworth's killer.
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A competitor in the Indian Pacific Wheel Race from Fremantle to Sydney dies and a driver is hospitalised after a pre-dawn crash on the Monaro Highway south of Canberra.
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Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn has offered testimony on the Trump campaign's potential ties to Russia in exchange for immunity from prosecution, his lawyer says.
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A large portion of Mars' atmospheric gases have been lost into space, according to a new study, helping explain how a wet, warm planet became today's cold, arid place.
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More than 100 organisations team up to urge the Prime Minister to set an Indigenous justice target and improve juvenile justice nationwide, as the Northern Territory youth detention royal commission delivers its interim report.
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The ICC believes the time is right for cricket to return to the Olympics for the first time since 1900, and a decision on applying for inclusion in 2024 must be made in the next few months.
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Ten finalists in the National Photographic Portrait Prize share the stories behind their images before the winner is announced in Canberra.
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The sacking of WA's leading DNA scientist over allegations he breached testing protocols is an "unprecedented disaster" in the state's criminal history, Attorney-General John Quigley says.
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The Environment Department's procurement process for Australia's next icebreaker is slammed by the National Audit Office.
