Several dead in ‘nightmare’ Wellington hostel fire
Multiple people are dead after a "worst nightmare" fire ripped through a 92-room hostel in Wellington, New Zealand.
Multiple people are dead after a "worst nightmare" fire ripped through a 92-room hostel in Wellington, New Zealand.
The foreign affairs department says it has not been advised of any Australians affected by the fire at a New Zealand hostel that has claimed at least six lives.
Police say they'll gain entry to Wellington's Loafers Lodge hostel on Wednesday, when the recovery and identification of bodies can begin.
A student who fell seriously ill after ingesting rat poison in Taiwan has returned to Australia after his family raised over $200,000 for a medevac flight.
Two firefighters have been rushed to hospital and a crime scene declared after crews worked to contain a large factory fire south of Brisbane.
A 29-year-old paramedic and father is dead after being stabbed at a fast food restaurant in southwest Sydney where police arrested a knife-wielding man.
A young girl has been flown to hospital after she was bitten on her head and hands by a dingo while swimming at Queensland's Fraser Island.
An emergency declaration has been revoked after grenades and semi-automatic rifles were handed into a lawyer's office on the Gold Coast.
Perhaps the key lesson for New Zealand, and also Australia, is the need to think beyond emergency management to building long-term resilience within agencies and communities.
A group of Queensland miners is raising money for the families of Dylan Langridge and Trevor Davis, who were killed at work last week.
The close-knit Queensland community of Cloncurry is mourning the deaths of two miners killed in an incident 125 metres underground.
As the focus turns to helping the millions left homeless from Turkey and Syria's earthquake, two more people have been pulled alive after 11 days in the rubble.
Emergency warnings are in place across parts of Queensland as the state battles 50 bushfires, with challenging conditions expected to continue.
Rescuers are still pulling people from the rubble a week after two devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria as the death toll rises to more than 35,000.
Residents in Queensland's Western Downs are bracing for the impact of multiple bushfires, with a number of buildings already destroyed.
Firefighters warn e-scooter riders to keep an eye on their battery's condition after water damage sparked a house fire in the latest of several similar blazes.
A high-stakes hunt for a capsule of radioactive material won't be easy or quick, experts say.
An urgent health warning has been issued in Western Australia after a radioactive capsule went missing on a 1400km journey from a mine to Perth.
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 cargo ship taking on water off the Queensland coast has undergone emergency repairs while being escorted to shallow water.
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.
Tugboats have been sent to assist a cargo ship taking on water off the Queensland coast with 24 people aboard.
A Qantas plane has touched down safely in Sydney after its pilot issued a mayday alert due to a mid-air engine shutdown en-route from Auckland.
Engineers are set to investigate an engine failure on a Qantas plane after the pilot issued a mayday alert before landing safely at Sydney airport.
ATSB investigators are looking into an engine failure on a Qantas plane after a mayday alert on a flight from Auckland.
Qantas has suffered its second mid-air mishap in consecutive days, with a flight to Fiji forced to turn back to Sydney due to a possible mechanical issue.
A primary school-aged girl has become Fraser Island's fifth jellyfish sting victim in a fortnight after three young girls and a boy were also hospitalised.
The deaths of two fathers saving their children from rips have led lifesavers to plead for people to grab a flotation device before attempting a rescue.