A high-stakes hunt for a capsule of radioactive material won't be easy or quick, experts say.
Emergency services found the body of a man after responding to an early morning blaze at a Brisbane unit complex.
Authorities continue to search for a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule from a Rio Tinto mine after it disappeared on a 1400km journey across the outback.
Authorities are searching for a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that went missing on a 1400km journey across the West Australian outback.
Rio Tinto has confirmed that a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that got lost on a 1400km journey across the WA outback came from one its mines.
Authorities continue to search for a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule from a Rio Tinto mine after it disappeared on a 1400km journey across the outback.
A man is in hospital with multiple injuries after crashing his hang glider in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland.
Experts and local councils are calling for better oversight of the river gauge network, while government agencies say they're working on improvements.
The husband of Gold Coast helicopter crash victim Vanessa Tadros choked back tears at her funeral service as he paid tribute to the family's "protector".
Black box recordings may help explain what caused a deadly plane crash in Nepal that killed at least 70 people, including one Australian.
North Queensland residents are cleaning up after floods damaged roads, cut off communities, stranded travellers and created breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
A 73-year-old man has died after his SUV collided head on with a 4WD in Queensland.
Three women are being treated in hospital after they were found clinging to a tree in floodwater in north Queensland.
The ADF might use a temporary combat bridge to span a flooded river to reopen the only sealed road through Western Australia's Kimberley region.
Anthony Albanese has toured WA's flood-ravaged Kimberley and spoke of the "great spirit" among Fitzroy Crossing locals he met alongside the state's premier.
While severe weather conditions have eased in the Northern Territory, authorities say record-breaking floods continue in WA's Fitzroy River catchment.
Helicopter evacuations continue from remote communities as Western Australia's worst flooding on record spreads across the vast Kimberley region.
Nine-year-old Leon de Silva is awake in hospital two days after he suffered brain trauma in a helicopter collision on the Gold Coast in which four people died.
Long-term Fitzroy Crossing resident Dwayne Ben says damage in the flood-ravaged town is extensive as major towns downstream are set to become islands.
An investigation into a helicopter collision that killed four people and injured eight on the Gold Coast this week could take at least 18 months to complete.
A 54-year-old tourist is missing in the waters of Mossman Gorge, in far north Queensland, after being swept downstream.
A race car driver has been killed at Willowbank Raceway west of Brisbane after his vehicle left the track and crashed into a camera tower.
While severe weather conditions have eased in the Northern Territory, authorities say record-breaking floods continue in WA's Fitzroy River catchment.
The expected peaking of floodwaters around the outback NSW township of Menindee has been pushed back as river readings remain steady below a 1976 record.
A rescue mission is underway to pluck workers from a flooded conservation property in the Kimberley after record floods.
Broome and Derby in northern Western Australian are likely to be cut off by a once-in-a-century flood within 12 hours, as inland evacuations continue.
About 3000 people in the town of Derby have been cut off by a once-in-a-century flooding event in Western Australia's Kimberley region.
A five-year-old girl saved her younger brother's life after a crash that killed their parents in country Western Australia.
The Christmas holidays have ended in tragedy for a number of Australians involved in misadventure incidents during the festive period.
Residents in an outback town will spend New Year's Eve worried about flooding as Top End communities return home a week after a rare inundation.
Three family members are dead and the mother of a Queensland rugby league player has been injured after two cars collided in Bonogin in the Gold Coast region.
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