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Police investigate death of man at Sydney festival
Police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old man at a music festival in Sydney's inner west on Saturday night, after he tripped and suffered head injuries in the fall.
Police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old man at a music festival in Sydney's inner west on Saturday night, after he tripped and suffered head injuries in the fall.
Two women have died and 17 people have been injured after a balcony collapsed.
Nelson Mandela's African National Congress once inspired hope across Africa. It helped liberate black South Africans from white-minority rule, promoting reconciliation with former oppressors and the ideal of a postracial "Rainbow Nation." It seemed even poised to lift up the rest of the continent with its vision of an "African Renaissance."
One in 10 Australians are exposing themselves to harmful levels of noise through their earphones and headphones.
Police are appealing to the public to help them identify an elderly woman who was found collapse on a sidewalk in Meadow Springs yesterday.
If you thought last week's low-intensity heatwave was hot, think again. Now we're getting a "severe heatwave".
Police say the man went to a home in Rivett seeking help for injuries, but died at the scene.
Ryanair Holdings pilots got an unexpected Christmas present when Europe's biggest low-cost carrier agreed to recognise their labor unions. Investors are the ones paying for it.
A man has been shot dead in the Sydney suburb of Villawood.
Labor may have to fight as many as four more byelections in early 2018, after John Alexander's victory in the crucial Bennelong byelection restored Malcolm Turnbull's one-seat majority.
The Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Robert Doyle, will take leave for a month while he is investigated by the Melbourne City Council over explosive sexual harassment allegations against him, including an allegation of indecent assault.
A mudslide on Saturday tore through a small village in southern Chile near a popular national park, leaving five people dead and at least 15 missing after a night of torrential downpours, authorities said.
Ginger Jiang and her friend Connie Zhang were forced to jump from their fifth-floor apartment in September 2012, killing one and injuring the other.
The redevelopment of the Channel Nine site in Willoughby has been met with concern by residents, the local council and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
The Trump administration has informed multiple divisions within the Department of Health and Human Services that they should avoid using certain words or phrases in official documents being drafted for next year's budget.
Melbourne City councillor Tessa Sullivan has resigned, saying she and other women had experienced "repeated sexual harassment which had made their workplace intolerable".
A severe and unusual storm front is hitting Perth tonight, bringing damaging winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour.
Mystery has shrouded the unexplained deaths of an enormously wealthy Canadian couple, who gave away much of their fortune from a generic drug business.
Melbourne City Council will investigate Lord Mayor Robert Doyle over a claim of sexual harassment made by Tessa Sullivan, one of his team of councillors who resigned on Friday.
A 59-year-old man from Eastwood has been charged with allegedly brokering sales with North Korea.
Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal crash that killed a motorcyclist near Gingin overnight.
Since 2016, the Queensland Government worked to get an all-important rail connection built between Brisbane and the Gold Coast for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
A 19-year-old man from Armadale has ploughed into a police car in Gosnells, injuring two police officers.
Liberal MP John Alexander has apologised for a bizarre anecdote he relayed while claiming victory in the Bennelong byelection.
An AFL club official is being investigated in regards to an alleged case of sexual harassment. The complaint was made under the league's recently revamped respect and responsibility policy.
A raging California wildfire became the state's third-largest on record on Saturday as fresh evacuations were ordered amid a resurgence of the harsh winds that have fueled the deadly blaze threatening to scorch 18,000 structures.
A single-vehicle crash has closed both lanes of South West Highway in Byford.
Several people familiar with President Donald Trump's transition organisation say special counsel Robert Mueller's team has gained access to thousands of private emails sent and received by Trump officials before the start of his administration.
Underage drinkers broke a shop window and throw bottles and rocks at Police when they were moved on from a party in Thornlie.
Austria's far-Right party secured its return to power on Saturday, with an incoming minister insisting that "nobody has anything to fear".
A newly formed commission comprised of top Hollywood executives has chosen Anita Hill to chair its efforts to combat sexual harassment across the entertainment industry, it was announced Friday.
Judith Clingan has brought Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's delicate novella to the stage.
Police will allege the two groups involved in the confrontation at Thornton Street Ferry Terminal in Kangaroo Point weren't known to each other.
A poll has found that 51 per cent of Britons would now like to stay in the European Union while 41 per cent want to leave the bloc - a near reversal of last year's referendum result.
President Donald Trump will lay out a new US national security strategy on Monday based on his "America First" policy and will, among other items, make clear that China is a competitor, two senior US officials said.
Former Blues skipper Danny Buderus has been appointed NSW State of Origin assistant coach only a few weeks after Brad Fittler got the top job.
Moderate to heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in central Philippines as tropical storm Kai-tak made landfall on Saturday afternoon, and may hit more areas while moving westward, the weather bureau said on Saturday.
When an acquaintance said she was alarmed to read that I had passed away, it seemed like an error worth correcting.
An American child predator has been convicted in a New York court of luring a 16-year-old Sydney girl to the US "to satisfy his own sordid desires".
Tragedy on NSW roads with four fatal accidents being investigated by police.
Liberal John Alexander has won the crucial Bennelong byelection, delivering a huge boost to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
A pair of discounted vacuum cleaners have become the subject of great contention, when shoppers flooded Aldi supermarkets on Saturday morning only to find the promised bargain goods sold out almost immediately.
It was around 3am at Liverpool hospital when Rebecca saw her partner give birth to her daughter.
President Donald Trump escalated his criticism of the FBI on Friday over its investigation of possible links between Russia and his campaign, adding a new round of his own complaints to a growing conservative effort to discredit the inquiry.
Police have arrested a 72 year-old retired Australian man after he was allegedly caught with drugs in the southern riverside Cambodian town of Kampot.
The best photos from around the world as chosen by Fairfax picture editors.
Three weeks after the 37-year rule of Robert Mugabe came to an end, Zimbabwe's new military-backed leaders made moves on Friday to improve economic relations with the West, as they continued to consolidate power ahead of elections next year.
Thirty men, woman and children fleeing gang violence in El Salvador have been granted asylum in Australia by the Turnbull government.
A powerful magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Java, with authorities reporting three deaths and damage to hundreds of buildings.
A ferry has collided with a private yacht on Saturday afternoon near Fort Denison on Sydney Harbour.
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