Multiple out-of-control bushfires are threatening dozens of towns in central and north-eastern Victoria, with hot temperatures and strong winds resulting in "catastrophic" fire conditions. Follow live.

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Out-of-control bushfires threaten homes in the state’s north and east as firefighters prepare for conditions that are expected to be the worst in Victoria since Black Summer. Follow our live coverage.

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Police are probing whether a medical episode was the cause of a major multi-vehicle crash in Queensland, which left two toddlers fighting for life.

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Police believe they have found everyone from inside the vehicle, but divers will check.

Police were alerted to the incident at about 6.25pm this evening.

Sugar may have been mixed with the hot water, but Corrections hasn't confirmed it yet.

Motorists are told to expect delays.

The victim was pulled alive from the avalanche but died from their injures.

Out-of-control bushfires threaten homes in the state’s north and east as firefighters prepare for conditions that are expected to be the worst in Victoria since Black Summer. Follow our live coverage.

Police are investigating the possibility that the driver of a truck that crashed into four cars may have suffered a medical episode.

Police are probing whether a medical episode was the cause of a major multi-vehicle crash in Queensland, which left two toddlers fighting for life.

A significant stretch of the North Queensland coastline is in the danger zone with a tropical low currently sitting off the coast in the Coral Sea.

Dozens of writers have pulled out of the Adelaide Writers' Week after it dropped a Palestinian author from the program.

The astronaut will return with the three other members of their mission, called Crew-11, which launched to the International Space Station in August.

The government has previously enforced internet blackouts during moments of crisis.

Anger over the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis was compounded when border patrol agents shot a man and a woman in Portland, Oregon.

Arctic weather and plunging temperatures trigger public safety alerts and disrupt transport in the UK.

The future is an unhappy picture of great power competition and serious risk for Australia.

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.