Hail has hit the Brisbane CBD, other parts of the city and some areas on the Gold Coast.

Houses are under threat as a fire burns south of Perth.

The Herald’s chief photographer has spent 23 years on assignment in war-torn countries: Ukraine really hit home.

A catastrophic blaze has torn through a cluster of Hong Kong high-rises, leaving dozens dead and hundreds still unaccounted for as rescuers move through the charred towers.

North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin finds Hongkongers struggling to comprehend the scale of the devastating blaze that tore across multiple high-rise apartment blocks.

A Senate inquiry will examine payments to contractors and subcontractors, as well as the broader integrity of the $2.5 billion deportation scheme.

The cash-strapped university will continue to offer teaching and international studies degrees after announcing plans to slash them earlier this year.

Father-of-three Paul Doyle had been expected to claim in court that he had panicked when he drove his car into crowds celebrating their team’s soccer title – until an eleventh-hour admission of guilt exposed that defence as a lie.

Winds of over 100km/h hit Warwick, south-east of Brisbane, last night.

A suspected gunman has been arrested over the shooting of two US National Guard members near the White House in Washington DC.

A five-storey Bunnings Warehouse is set to open in French’s Forest, becoming the largest of the stores in the country.

Tahira Shaheen said she thought she had run over a musical instrument in June 2023 which left a dent in her car but did not call the police because she was ‘too embarrassed’.

A security control room will open next year at the Royal Melbourne Hospital after an infrastructure investment from the hospital’s charitable arm.

Were the authorities really so afraid of Station McStationface that they had to lump us with a bunch of uninspiring names for the new hubs?

A now-removed page was attempting to raise funds for the cremation of convicted killer Bevan Spencer Von Einem.

Travis Head speaks about his century in the first Test and where his future in the Australian batting order lies.

Kwang Kyung Yoo was forced to face his victims' supporters, more than 18 months after strangling Steven Cho and his wife Min, as well as a seven-year-old student.

The ever-patriotic flight attendant made the former England Test cricketer take a walk, something he does not like to do.

The fate of the Victorian government's infamous machete bins has been revealed ahead of the end of the weapons amnesty on Sunday.

An investigation is under way after a man was allegedly stabbed during a violent affray after two car crashes in Melbourne's north yesterday.