After a year of NSW homes being battered by above-usual rain levels, the Tenants Union has reported an increase in reports of “uninhabitable” termination notices, where tenants are evicted with little notice due to the condition of their rental.

Checks are uncovering identity fraud in which criminals illegally claimed the pandemic leave payment in the name of others by creating fake identities.

Follow along for the major moments and reactions as the AFL enters the final Saturday of the home and away season.

South Australia is set to bring in new laws to target drivers of high-powered sports cars.

Police are investigating the alleged stabbing of a teenage boy in Adelaide's CBD.

The monkeypox virus is spreading in Melbourne in the first widespread example of local transmission in Australia since the global outbreak began.

A race car driver and his girlfriend are recovering after being rescued from the burning wreckage of a supercar on the Gold Coast.

Europe is battling extremes of fire, flood and drought all at the same time, with emergency services stretched to their limits.

Queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath's hairdresser uncovered a potentially deadly skin cancer during a visit on her birthday.

Melbourne have confirmed there is no third-party deal being offered to Cameron Munster after a comment from his manager, Braith Anasta, set tongues wagging in club-land.

Police are investigating an alleged hit and run in Brisbane.

Matt Ikuvalu has scored on half-time for the Sharks after receiving a centimetre-perfect pass from Nicho Hynes.

A member of the so-called Islamic State "Beatles" has been jailed for life over his role in the murder of four American hostages.

The Hawkesbury community is demanding the state government take action to spare their homes from floods.

There are calls for the governor-general to explain why his official program makes no mention of the five times he granted former prime minister Scott Morrison additional powers.

A one-year-old baby has drowned on the New South Wales Central Coast.

Melbourne have accepted an apology from the Brisbane Lions and Dayne Zorko for comments directed from the Lions’ captain to Harrison Petty about a family member.

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb is working with the state government to put brazen criminals behind bars.

Six people have been arrested as a part of a nationwide crackdown on financial crime.

Two young men are fighting for their lives and another has serious injuries after a head-on smash in Victoria's Latrobe Valley.