Police are treating the stabbing death of a 65-year-old woman inside her Canberra home yesterday as murder.

A cyclist has died in a collision with a ute just outside Point Pirie, 230 kilometres north-west of Adelaide.

In a bizarre confluence of weather events, much of Australia's east coast is being told to brace for dangerous thunderstorms at the same time as Sydney faces an extreme fire threat.

Get ready for more frequent heatwaves and bushfires, but fewer cyclones - that's the message from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) in its newly released long-range forecast.

The first Australian case of a 'highly mutated' COVID-19 variant colloquially known as 'Pirola' has been detected in Western Australia.

Police are appealing for the public's help to locate an 11-year-old girl missing for two days south of Perth.

The albino kangaroo is thriving at a South Australian wildlife sanctuary.

Australia's population has hit 26.5 million people thanks to a post-COVID-19 pandemic migration boom, new data from ABS shows.

As Aussies continue to find more ways to tighten their purse strings amid the cost of living crunch, two of Australia's biggest rewards schemes are uniting to offer extra savings.

La Niña's three-year reign over our weather is over, but now farmers are warning of a new threat.

Seventeen people have been caught up in a crash involving a mini bus in Queensland's Scenic Rim region this morning.

A 18-year-old will front court today charged over a shooting in Wetherill Park last Friday that landed him in hospital.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has promised he will hold a second referendum on constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians if next month's Voice to Parliament vote is defeated and his party is elected.

Police are appealing for help to find a missing 90-year-old with dementia after he disappeared from a western Sydney nursing home at 4.30am today.

Viewing spots that charged up to $520 last year will now be free to everyone, as Chris Minns makes good on a key election pledge.

An eight-year-old boy was hospitalised after he pricked himself on a used needle hidden inside toilet paper on the NSW Mid North Coast.

A new Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) survey shows sexual harassment remains alarmingly prevalent in Australia, despite a slight drop in recent years.

Domino's Pizza has announced plans to cut around 200 jobs in Australia and overseas as the franchiser's profits plunge and pizza sales dropped.

A WA man has been charged for allegedly exposing himself and performing obscene acts - including in front of young girls.

Kylee Enwright was relearning to walk and talk when she unexpectedly suffered a second catastrophic brain bleed.

Football and music fans are being warned of potential chaos on Sydney roads on Wednesday night as the Matildas face England in their first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup finals.

A koala has caused quite a stir when it paid an Adelaide Hills bottle shop an unexpected visit, strolling the store's aisles earlier this week.

As Spotify joins other streaming giants in increasing its monthly subscription fees, the amount Australians are forking out for on-demand viewing is continuing to rise.

Australians struggling to pay electricity bills could be in for years more pain, with costs not expected to stabilise until as late as 2030.

The notes have a paper texture and the security window has visible defects, having been glued on.

Sydney's western fringe has traditionally been the stalwart choice for first home buyers looking to get on the property ladder, but some new postcodes have entered the top ten - and they're a lot closer to the CBD.

As millions of Australians brace for a sharp jump in their power bills from today, there's one solution experts say is a 'no-brainer' for many.

A long-awaited investigation has today been handed down on the conduct of the former NSW premier, with serious findings against her.

One in three products containing button batteries sold in Australia aren't meeting mandatory safety standards, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has found.

A clandestine drug operation has been dismantled by specialist police after they allegedly discovered $2 million worth of the drug 'ice' inside a western Sydney home.

An e-bike rider is fighting for life after he was hit by a car on a regional Victorian highway late last night.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man forced a woman out of a parked car and threw her into oncoming traffic in Perth, forcing a truck to swerve out of her way.

A sea and air search is underway off the New South Wales coast for a missing man who hasn't been seen since a suspected solo boating expedition in Lake Macquarie yesterday morning.

Ballarat has recorded its wettest June day in 115 years of records, as heavy rainfall brings major flooding across the state.

Police are investigating after a driverless semi-trailer rolled down a steep hill and crashed into a Geelong home just after 8am this morning.

Six months' worth of rain in a little over a day has hit a drought-stricken region of northern Italy, forcing thousands to leave with whatever they could carry - by dinghy, tractor or even paddling pool.

A high-rise apartment block in central Brisbane has sold to developers for $130 million in the city's largest building amalgamation to date.

While there's less chance of a fracas in the toilet paper aisle these days, many Australians are no less anxious about their weekly shop.

Witnesses attempted to pull the driver from the wreck but were unable to before it was engulfed in flames.

The 2023 lineup is a far cry from historic prices as low as $2.50.

With inflation stubbornly high, wage growth stagnate and rental prices on the rise, Australians are feeling the pinch in a way many have never experienced before.

A woman was five times over the legal alcohol limit in the mid-afternoon when she got behind the wheel and caused a three-car smash in Geelong yesterday, say police.

One council-run recycling service has resorted to checking would-be recyclers' driver's licences as environmentally conscious Aussies travel from afar to find a destination for their plastic waste.

A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after one man was killed and two others seriously injured in an alleged stabbing attack in Perth's northern suburbs.

It's no secret that the cost of living is going up. But just what does that mean for your Christmas dinner?

The collapse of Australia's largest soft plastic recycling scheme this week amid revelations of secret stockpiling has revealed serious shortcomings in recycling supply chains and dented customers' confidence in such schemes.

A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was dragged around five metres into the back of a garbage truck in western Sydney this morning.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has lauded current jab rates as "world class", rivalling even those achieved in the United Kingdom.

Another regional NSW community is being put on COVID-19 alert after a close contact travelled to the region from Newcastle and then tested positive.

Three Tasmanians have been fined and sent into quarantine after authorities discovered they lied about spending time in high-risk COVID-19 areas in NSW and Victoria.