Tragedy
Dog destroyed after baby girl mauled to death in Inverell
Council rangers seized the rottweiler after the infant, named Kamillah, was mauled at Inverell on Saturday afternoon.
- by Megan Gorrey
Latest
Elderly man dies in Townsville crash
A man, 70, has died when his car hit a tree outside Townsville.
- by AAP
Indonesia
At least five dead in Indonesian landslide, many more missing
At least five people have been killed in central Java, and rescuers are digging for up to 18 missing after a soggy hillside collapsed after heavy rain.
- by Agus Basuki
Healthcare
Man dies in Victoria’s spreading hepatitis A outbreak
The state government is urging at-risk people to get free vaccinations.
- by Aisha Dow
Missing person
'Isn't life wonderful?': Rower's approach to life remembered in his death
It was the news rower Mark Roome’s family had been dreading ever since he disappeared on an early morning row along the Brisbane River.
- by Jorge Branco
South-east Queensland
'Anomaly' found at bottom of Brisbane River in search for rower
The search for a father-of-four who disappeared while rowing on the Brisbane River has become a recovery operation as police divers comb the riverbed.
- by Jorge Branco
Bashar al-Assad
Syria's Ghouta residents 'wait to die' as more bombs fall
"Bombs were falling everywhere near our house," a local man said as one of the most intense bombardments of the war continued.
Crime
'I am not a crisis actor': Florida teens hit back at conspiracy theorists
Some prominent figures in the right-wing media are suggesting that the students are making it all up, or that the children are paid actors or left-wing pawns.
Townsville
He died just after this photograph was taken. A coroner ruled it was his employer's fault
Danny Cheney was electrocuted in 2009. A coronial inquest has ruled his employer did not properly train him in his new role, which contributed to his death.
- by Toby Crockford
Bundaberg
Sunken fishing trawler Dianne to be raised to land
A fishing trawler in which six men died last year will be lifted on to land to investigate why it sank off Queensland's central coast last year.
Mozambique
Several killed in Mozambique capital as pile of garbage collapses
At least 17 people died in Mozambique's capital when a 15-metre pile of garbage collapsed onto homes.