As bushfire season approaches, firefighters say the Bureau of Meteorology's redesigned website is missing crucial safety data — a gap some fire chiefs fear could put lives at risk.

Former Neighbours star Damien Richardson performed an illegal Nazi salute in public but was not intending to display loyalty to Adolf Hitler, a magistrate says.

Police charge a man after an investigation into an incident at a WA rodeo that left an 18-year-old with a collapsed lung and broken ribs.

The same Chinese company that makes electric buses now under review in Denmark and Norway also has electric buses on Australian roads.

China commissions its first home-built aircraft carrier, which experts say will help what is already the world's largest navy expand power beyond its own waters. 

The WA premier insists a cancelled upgrade of the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre would not have been value for money, despite the deputy premier previously describing the building as a "cockroach".

The latest preliminary report on an Air India crash that killed 260 people in June does not insinuate anything against the captain, India's top court says.

A 69-year-old man has been charged after allegedly stealing 880 sheep and selling them through a saleyard. 

A school investigation has been launched after an Adelaide teacher allegedly dressed up as slain US conservative activist Charlie Kirk for Halloween, with the school's principal slamming the decision to wear such a costume as "completely una...

A former police officer who travelled more than 700 kilometres to steal $100,000 from a convicted sex offender has been jailed for 10 years.

The main characters are dead. But some of those who were around at the time still maintain their rage, five decades after the events in question.

Kai Ellice-Flint joins fellow NSW Central Coast native Molly Picklum to become Australia's second world surfing champion as he wins the longboard title in El Salvador.

Shareholders at Tesla's Texas factory chanted "Elon, Elon" as they overwhelmingly approved the largest-ever CEO compensation package for the company's controversial boss.

The teacher was critically wounded when the boy shot her in front of a full classroom almost three years ago.

Olivier Rioux causes pandemonium as he debuts for Florida and becomes the tallest player ever to grace the hardwood at the college level.

The former Australian captain believes it is time for the talented opener to go back to basics as he finds himself on the outer as the Ashes begin.

The US Supreme Court allows Donald Trump's administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and non-binary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity.

Users of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are exposed to fraudulent e-commerce and investment schemes, illegal online casinos, and the sale of banned medical products.

This is what you had to say about the heartbreak that comes with the death of a pet. 

The Queensland Teachers' Union says after-school rallies will be held across the state next Thursday in the wake of its rejection of a state government pay offer last month.

Temu and Shein are under increasing pressure to explain how child sex abuse dolls were sold worldwide on their multi-billion-dollar platforms following international outrage. 

Sussan Ley has refused to bite on speculation about her leadership, after a Liberal colleague suggested she was losing the support of her party.

Craig Robert Dale is jailed for seven years for defrauding the remote Aboriginal community of Warmun out of $2.7 million, to fuel his gambling.

Leanne Liddle knows what it takes to cut it as a police officer, but says tackling racism within the ranks has been her toughest assignment yet.

In sentencing the man to life behind bars on Friday, the Northern Territory Supreme Court's highest judge described the victim's death as a "profound tragedy".