The mother of missing WA girl Cleo Smith makes an emotional plea for her safe return as police issue another call-out for people who camped at the Blowholes site on the night of her disappearance to come forward. 

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro describes ex-Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire as being like a "dog with a bone"' in pursuit of local projects like the grant proposal for a shooting club, ICAC hears.

There are now 24,831 active cases of the virus in Victoria, and 230 people have died during the current Delta outbreak.

Patients of one of the country's most popular networks of cosmetic surgery clinics say they were left scarred, and had years of their lives "ruined". 

Resources Minister Keith Pitt has been elevated to cabinet under a deal between Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce that sees the Nationals sign up to the 2050 net zero target.

A Queensland man who was originally handed a life sentence for repeatedly stabbing his wife before bashing her in the head with a concrete bollard is sentenced to 16 years for her manslaughter.

Over 25 years, Australian Story has told a thousand stories, but there is one that audiences always rate as their favourite. Why did a "normal couple" from the bush capture the public's imagination?

Canberra man Axel Sidaros could be out of jail by mid-2022 after a further charge against him was dropped today. 

A Hollywood weapons expert and others in the film industry are raising questions about the events leading up to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a film set last week, as court documents reveal more details about the acciden...

The prominent South Australian food producer is forced to recall two more of its products because of a second bacteria contamination scare in less than three weeks.

A Melbourne man who breached COVID travel rules to get into the AFL grand final remains behind bars after claiming he attended the game to support a 'close friend', who was one of the players. 

Sydney Roosters and NSW State of Origin captain James Tedesco is being investigated by the NRL after a complaint was made over an alleged slur.

A specialist says a major Northern Rivers hospital's ICU is operating at "100 per cent capacity all the time". With others tipping COVID cases in the region to run into "at least" the hundreds during summer, she fears the worst.

At the beginning of the year, three-year-old Everly started having unexplained seizures, and now her 18-month-old brother is too. Their mother is still waiting for a diagnosis.

Police say the use of sonar technology to map and search the sea floor off Tasmania's north-west coast hasn't uncovered any sign of Thomas Courto who went missing a week ago — with authorities conceding they may never locate him.

A former Special Forces officer charged with breaching South Australian COVID rules has called an Adelaide magistrate an "imbecile" and a "traitor" during his hearing.

The family of murdered Corowa teenager Bronwynne Richardson are relieved that two men involved in her murder have finally been named after 48 years.

The $2.1 billion deal to acquire and run Digicel Pacific will be largely funded by the Australian government, in a move widely seen as an attempt to counter China's influence in the region.

Five hundred people have now lost their lives to COVID-19 since the dangerous Delta strain began spreading across NSW in June but the high vaccination rate means many deaths have been avoided.

As the Victorian government fast-tracks its roadmap out of lockdown because of high vaccination rates, health experts urge caution and warn freedoms may be rolled back.

Military forces have arrested Sudan's acting prime minister and senior government officials, disrupted internet access and blocked bridges in the capital Khartoum, the country's information ministry says, describing the actions as a coup. ...

Barnaby Joyce and his key lieutenants may have finally given in after months of internal bickering, but their decision to endorse a carbon emissions reduction target exposes a party increasingly at odds with its key constituents, writes Ia...

Lockdown-fatigued buyers wanting to escape the city are pushing up house prices on the Sunshine and Gold coasts, now forecast to overtake Brisbane prices within three years.

Australians may have only just started buying electric cars and household batteries – but several product recalls are showing that a national plan for dealing with renewable energy waste may already be needed.

An expert panel of judges in the German town of Eging am See combs through 100 finely sculpted beards and moustaches in a bid to crown their 2021 'Beard Olympics' champion.