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New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English's National Party secures the most votes in the country's general election but falls short of being able to form a government alone, meaning Labour's Jacinda Ardern has the possibility of seizing power.
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Richmond will play Adelaide in the 2017 AFL grand final, having swept GWS aside by 36 points in front of a raucous MCG crowd.
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The grand final-bound Adelaide Crows were driven from preseason by memories of a horror finals loss to Sydney, according to defender Daniel Talia.
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A magnitude-3.4 tremor detected near North Korea's nuclear test site that China reported as a "suspected explosion" is being categorised as a "natural earthquake" by South Korea, easing fears of another bomb test in the reclusive regime.
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Die-hard Adelaide Crows fan Nobby Hart hopes to add to his collection of Crows memorabilia, arguably the largest in the nation, when his team heads to the AFL grand final.
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Connie Johnson, the founder of the Love Your Sister cancer charity, is remembered at a service in Melbourne's St Paul's Cathedral as a who woman rose above a "downpour of horror" to inspire others.
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Emergency authorities in Bali struggle to provide enough clean water and amenities for thousands of evacuees from villages close to the Mount Agung volcano that is threatening to erupt for the first time in more than half a century.
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China announces it will limit oil supplies to North Korea under UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile development, further reducing support from Pyongyang's last major trading partner and diplomatic ally.
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South Australian Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis spends two days touring Tesla facilities in California ahead of Elon Musk's visit to Adelaide this week as part of the International Astronautical Congress.
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A strong aftershock has rolled through Mexico City, swaying buildings and sending some people running into the street just days after a deadly magnitude-7.1 earthquake hit and killed 295 people.
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The main road between Sydney and Canberra — the Hume Highway — reopens after being cut by an out-of-control grass fire, as parts of NSW reached 40C for the first time on record in September.
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Tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate in Puerto Rico, with a dam starting to fail in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
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A crocodile farmer warns the death of a 5.2-metre salty in the Fitzroy River will mean "increased croc activity" in the system for the next two to three years.
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Dozens of police descend on Darlinghurst, in central Sydney, as an anti-same-sex marriage rally is held in the city's traditional gay epicentre.
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Police are searching for thieves caught on camera stealing two defibrillators, which are vital in the treatment of life-threatening cardiac arrests, from a Brisbane shopping centre earlier this month.
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Matildas star striker Sam Kerr is the talk of the football world, but according to FIFA she is not in the final three for the Women's Player of the Year award.
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Odie Barwick cried out for help and his wife came out to see his leg trapped under the heavy three-metre pole, which he was moving to make way for a mulch delivery. He then called the mulch deliverer to explain he wouldn't be able to accept his order.
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A remote Aboriginal school in WA's Goldfields breaks two records winning a science award never previously awarded to a school outside Perth, or to a majority Aboriginal school, after a US teacher passes his "passion for science" on to the kids.
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President Donald Trump is considering a new order that may be even tougher than his soon-to-expire travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries, US officials say.
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After falling 2-0 down to India, Australia will have to launch an unprecedented comeback to win the one-day international series.
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Researchers at Perth Zoo hope an artificial mud solution created to save a critically endangered frog from extinction could also help other threatened species.
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Take a glimpse into the frenetic life of a federal MP — which involves being ejected from Question Time and meeting Bananas in Pyjamas — as Louise Yaxley tails deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek for a day.
