On the 24th anniversary of her disappearance, an inquest hears from a Salvation Army officer who said Marion Barter had been spotted in Queensland and a bank investigator who said she had left $14,000 in her account before vanishing.

A coronial inquest into Mohammed Ibrahim's deadly rampage and his death by police shooting sees chilling footage of the Melbourne man calmly buying an energy drink after stabbing two women.

The mother of an Afghanistan veteran who took his own life pleads with Barnaby Joyce not to appoint a new Veterans' Affairs Minister as a royal commission will soon examine soaring rates of military suicides.

Mark McGowan says WA health authorities are monitoring the COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney, where 10 new cases were reported today. Follow live.

NSW Health announces 10 new COVID-19 infections linked to the outbreak in Sydney's eastern suburbs which has prompted the state government to extend its mask mandate by a week and introduce tougher QR code guidelines.

The Alpine Fault is one of the most active fault lines in the world and it has a history of sudden movements. Scientists now believe we will see a magnitude-8 earthquake in our lifetime and it will shake all of New Zealand's South Island.  ...

Western Australian mining magnate Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest buys into Tasmanian salmon company Huon Aquaculture, claiming a stake worth nearly $20 million.

A cold front and tropical moisture are teaming up to drag rain all the way across the desert to the east coast this week. 

Victoria's prison system is at risk of ongoing corruption and misconduct, the state's anti-corruption watchdog finds, ahead of an independent review into workplace culture.

Ella McDonald feels confident her education is setting her up for the long-term and that the pandemic had only strengthened her future prospects. 

A coronial inquest in Darwin is examining whether more can be done to prevent children taking their own lives in the wake of a nine-year-old girl killing herself last year.

Arcare has revealed unread emails left around 13 per cent of residents unvaccinated at the time one of their staff tested positive to COVID-19 in May.

A "rebel" group of outer metropolitan and regional independent schools claim a new federal government funding model designed to make the system "fairer" will do the opposite — and they say they have polling showing it'll be a vote changer....

Two women plead guilty to charges related to their attempt to have a two-week-old baby girl circumcised in Perth and will be sentenced in August.

The Swans and Giants will temporarily move players and football staff to Victoria due to concerns over possible border closures because of COVID-19 cases in NSW.

Young teenagers in New Zealand may soon be offered the Pfizer vaccine after the country's medical regulator announced it to be safe for the age group.

More than 400 inmates and 200 staff are being moved from a NSW jail to other facilities from today due to an infestation of mice, which is increasing the risk of harm to inmates and staff.

The NSW government has gone big for the 2021 budget — spending billions after better-than-expected economic growth on the back of the pandemic. Here's where the money is going and what it means for you. 

Thirty-year-old Bradley Dunn's life may be irreparably changed after a crash during the notorious race, which also claimed the life of a spectator.

A nine-month-old puppy has narrowly cheated death after a snake bite left him lifeless and bleeding from the nose. His vet is reminding pet owners to remain vigilant for snakes, which can remain active throughout the winter months.

A prominent Australian grazing family buys a 438,000-hectare cattle station in the Gulf of Carpentaria for a price that sets a new "benchmark" in the property market.

Regional women angered by Barnaby Joyce's return to the nation's second-highest political office are speaking out at what they dub the National Party's "backwards" step.

New Zealand also confirms Victorians will be able to travel across the Tasman from midnight tonight without needing to quarantine for 14 days.

A man in his 60s who visited the Portuguese Family Centre at Ellen Grove at the same time as a woman who was infected with COVID-19 in hotel quarantine tests positive to the virus.

A man is ordered to undergo a mental health assessment after allegedly being caught with a weapon and making threats to kill outside Parliament House in Canberra.