Robert Irwin's return to Australia has been celebrated with a lookalike search in his home town

The death toll from the crackdown on protests in Iran has jumped to at least 3090 as a digital blackout continues.

Schools in Melbourne’s outer suburbs are recording disturbing numbers of assaults and sexual offences, according to new data.

Prosecutors are expected to argue that for over a decade the brothers had used their wealth and power “to repeatedly and violently drug, sexually assault and rape dozens of female victims”.

Farmers are bracing for new flooding as more rain falls on areas of Queensland already sodden.

An attack at a nightclub strip on the Sunshine Coast has left a man fighting for life.

Adelaide Strikers spinner Jerrssis Wadia takes two wickets with the first two balls of his side's match against the Melbourne Renegades.

Passengers on a QantasLink plane have endured two mid-air scares as the aircraft was forced to turn around and head back to Adelaide twice.

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Leongatha doctor Chris Webster, who first alerted authorities to mushroom murderer Erin Patterson, is “going it alone” after a tumultuous 2½ years.

Communities on the Great Ocean Road are beginning a clean up after flash flooding swept vehicles out to sea and left holidaymakers stranded.

An alleged crime spree in Sydney has escalated into a dramatic police pursuit that landed a sergeant in hospital.

An alleged crime spree in Sydney has escalated into a dramatic police pursuit that landed a sergeant in hospital.

The Albanese government has responded to a major setback on proposed hate speech reforms following the Bondi massacre after losing support from the Greens.

A summer storm is bringing swells, rain and flash flooding to NSW, with a woman killed by a falling tree.

Tidal River is busier than last year when holidaymakers were able to reserve sites but not turn up – at zero cost – leaving spots empty while others missed out.

WA Police say more than a dozen patched Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang members have been charged and their motorbikes seized following a traffic incident in Baldivis on Friday night.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has split Labor's proposed bill on hate and gun laws after the Greens said they would join the Coalition in opposing it.

Large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain are possible this evening and tomorrow morning across south-east Queensland, including areas of Brisbane.

Timme, also known as Maulboyheenner, was hanged, aged 27, in Melbourne. More than 180 years later, his spirit has returned to the place of his birth in Tasmania.