As the ADF prepares to mount flood rescues across NSW tonight and tomorrow yet another rain trough is forecast to sweep across water-logged eastern Australia within days.

Heavy rainfall forces the cancellation of the Top 10 Shootout ahead of Sunday's main event at Mount Panorama, meaning Cam Waters will start from pole position.

Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled the Kerch bridge in 2018 after Crimea was annexed from Ukraine in 2014, bringing sanctions and a deterioration in ties with the West.

As Vladimir Putin's disastrous war in Ukraine stretches into an eighth month, observers are openly speculating about who could replace him if his position becomes untenable.

Police arrest a woman shortly after a black SUV crashes through the front of a house all the way through to the backyard early on Saturday morning, killing a 62-year-old woman.

An ABC investigation uncovers the suppression of sexual abuse at St Brendan's College in Yeppoon involving Christian Brother Darcy Murphy who was later made boarding master and the deputy headmaster of the order's most prestigious Queensland...

Tenancy rights organisations have called on the WA government to cease evicting public housing residents under "no-grounds" provisions after a Federal Court injunction and a racial discrimination complaint.

Police tried to hold opposing groups of abortion protesters apart in Melbourne. The anti-abortion march was led by ousted Liberal MP Bernie Finn, who called for the repeal of Victoria's abortion laws. At the pro-choice counter rally, protest...

Like more than 100,000 Australians, Jordan turned to medicinal cannabis. When he was prescribed more than he needed, alarm bells rang.

The former Liberal Party staffer is subjected to intense legal and media scrutiny as she gives evidence in the trial of her alleged rapist, Bruce Lehrmann.

Raina MacIntyre's new book about pandemics raises crucial questions about who we trust to respond to the health and scientific challenges they pose – and the political decisions still being made about COVID in Australia, writes Laura Tingl...

Washington is "learning lessons" from the conflict about ammunition needs in a great power war, which are "far greater" than expected, a US military official says. 

Police have not addressed the cause of the explosion on Friday which killed seven people, as rescuers work to find survivors.

After her husband died, Quinta needed a housemate to help pay the rent and do some cooking. Meanwhile, Zac was feeling "a bit hollow" living on his own.

It was the disease threat that was going to up-end Australia and cost the economy billions. So what happened next with foot-and-mouth disease?

Australian Daniel Ricciardo comes agonisingly close to starting Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix inside the top 10, being pipped late in qualifying. 

Despite holding a comfortable lead during the first half, the Wallaroos go down 41-17 to reigning champions New Zealand, as the women's Rugby World Cup kicks off in Auckland.

The Adelaide Crows get past an injury-hit Fremantle, while the Gold Coast Suns defeat the Sydney Swans to stay in the finals race.

A crime scene has been declared and an investigation is underway after a man was found dead outside a home near Darwin this morning. 

A retired couple spot a "huge" black cat casually strolling past the front of their property in WA's Mid West.

A document signed by Haiti's prime minister calls on international partners to deploy "a specialised armed force" as gangs and protesters paralyse the country and supplies of water, fuel and basic goods dwindle.

Fake German heiress Anna Sorokin is to be released from immigration detention to home confinement while she fights deportation from United States. 

An influx of migrants sent from southern US border states threatens to overwhelm housing and support services, New York City's mayor warns. 

Australians along the east cost are bracing for yet another round of heavy rainfall this weekend, after a band of stormy weather soaked most of the continent this week.

Flood warnings remain in place across much of Victoria and a music festival has had to be called off after a deluge which saw a month's worth of rain dumped on some parts of the state in just an hour.