Tragedy
Body discovered after fire ravages Narre Warren home
A body has been found in a burnt-out house after an early morning blaze at a Narre Warren property.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
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Traffic incident
Man killed, police officer seriously injured in Sunshine Coast crash
The police service said in a statement that the officer was conducting routine patrols at the time of the crash.
- by Toby Crockford
Afghanistan
Afghan officials say 25 killed in Kabul attack on Sikh religious complex
Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan's minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of Kabul's old city on Wednesday, killing at least four people.
Coronavirus pandemic
Queensland man confirmed as ninth COVID-19 death in Australia
A Queensland man has become the ninth Australian to die from coronavirus after he was infected with COVID-19 on a cruise ship docked in Sydney.
- by Lydia Lynch
Flashback
From the Archives, 1900: The SS Glenelg sinks off Victoria; 35 missing
120 years ago the SS Glenelg sunk near Lakes Entrance in Victoria in one Australia's worst maritime disasters. In 2009, 109 years later, the wreck was finally discovered.
- by Staff Writers
Road safety
Queensland man and woman die after car hits tree
A man and woman have died after their vehicle left the road and hit a tree in Queensland's South Burnett region.
- by Ashlea Witoslawski
Traffic incident
Mount Nebo crash victim remembered as 'devoted husband, father, grandfather'
A group of motorcyclists have paid tribute to their fallen comrade, 61-year-old Kevin Bartley.
- by Toby Crockford
Exclusive
WA
A rifle, a $6 million business and 'Honey and Ants': Mystery surrounds Greenough deaths
It was only when the shock news of their deaths rolled into the small farming community that locals began to grapple with what they knew of Sally Anne Evans and Mark Westney.
- by Hannah Barry and Marta Pascual Juanola
Workplace safety
Queensland worker's family's big win in $2.5m claim against employer
Judge Martin Burns also slammed the inquiries into the accident by employer John Holland and workplace safety authority Comcare as "a depiction of the facts that was misleading".
- by Toby Crockford
White Island eruption
White Island tour guide allowed out of hospital on day trips
Jake Milbank, 19, suffered burns to 80 per cent of his body when Whakaari erupted on December 9 killing 21 people.
Victoria
Toddler hit and killed by taxi on the Mornington Peninsula
It is believed the toddler was among a group of people, including two women and another child, who had got out of the taxi seconds earlier.
- by Zach Hope