Life’s like that.

Hairdresser Tony Scopelliti has been identified as the passenger in the plane, which “appeared to be laboured as it was taking off”.

A man says he has been struck with a machete and a tree branch as he defended his home from a group of six masked invaders in Adelaide.

Almost 18 months after a man allegedly scalded baby Luka in a Brisbane park and fled the country, China’s ambassador confirms a “serious” new push for justice.

A Victorian man has been arrested in Adelaide after he allegedly threatened paramedics and a stabbing victim in the back of an ambulance, sparking a police manhunt.

Organisers were scathing of police’s response to the incident, and have demanded it be investigated as an act of terrorism.

Three tourists have found themselves trapped on the roof of a submerged vehicle in Queensland’s north.

Tributes are flowing for a Sydney grandfather who died in a light plane crash in Woongoolba, south of Brisbane.

Newington College has welcomed 52 girls this year as it embarks on its transition to co-education.

Almost half a million dollars worth of artwork, jewellery and belongings have been stolen from a home in Melbourne's east.

The Reserve Bank is almost certain to hike interest rates when it meets next week following a disappointing spike in inflation.

The diabetic driver who crashed into a Daylesford beer garden, killing five people, has been ordered to give evidence at an inquest.

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a woman found at a popular beach south-west of Melbourne.

A couple has described being held at gunpoint in a violent home invasion in Melbourne's south-east.

Chinese officials are being sent to Brisbane in the next steps to find a man who poured hot coffee on a baby more than a year ago.

Amazon Australia takes first steps in fresh food delivery after teaming up with a major supermarket.

A Cronulla golf club has become the latest victim of e-bike hoons, with several holes defaced and tens of thousands of dollars in damage caused.

The man behind an antisemitic attack at Woollahra lans to appeal his sentence, claiming he's a changed man.

The officers are under investigation over alleged connections to Sydney brothel owner and accused drug runner Eddie Hayson.

The search for an alleged triple-killer in the NSW central west has moved more than 100 kilometres in the opposite direction from a possible sighting of Julian Ingram.