Still trifling with spiders

A retired couple has had their off-the-plan luxury apartment contract torn up days before Christmas due to a "sunrise clause" allowing the developer to terminate the agreement.

Enticed by the idea of “luxe living”, the Sinclairs bought a three-bedroom Milton apartment off-the-plan in 2024. But delays began soon after they paid their deposit.

Residents along a broad stretch of the North Queensland coast are being urged to prepare now, with a tropical low forming offshore.

Long-serving Nationals Senator Ron Boswell has died at the age of 85.

A court has approved the release of South Australian MP Nick McBride on home detention bail, 10 days after he was taken into custody.

South Australians are being warned to prepare for a record-breaking heatwave.

An Australian study has shed light on a pest you’ve probably hosted at some point – and it has unearthed a new theory about how diseases jump into humans.

Police have returned to a remote property in a renewed search for missing boy Gus.

The disappearance of mother Trisha Graf in South Australia's far north is being treated as suspicious.

Sam Groth is standing down as deputy Liberal leader a day after declaring he won't contest the state election.

McDonald's has launched legal action in its ongoing feud with Melbourne residents over its plans for a 24-hour outlet.

A retail giant’s move to change the 128-year-old-building’s look has been described as a real “head-scratcher”.

Dry and windy conditions combined with sweltering temperatures tipped to hit 45 degrees in some areas have created the threat of serious fire conditions.

A youth offender who was flown to Queensland for taxpayer-funded rehab has been arrested again.

Victorians are set to swelter through a heatwave, sparking urgent fire and health warnings.

A man has been charged over a Christmas Day arson attack on a rabbi's car parked in the driveway of his Melbourne home.

A huge sinkhole has opened up at a busy oval in Heidelberg, which sits above a tunnel project.

Tony George is alleged to have clipped the back of a student’s head during a lecture.

The truckie’s plan in case the pills weren’t sufficient was that I had to stay awake to prod him in the ribs if he started nodding off. He wouldn’t share his amphetamines.