Girl’s drowning adds to tragic Xmas toll
A young girl and a man in his 40s have died in Australian waterways, bringing the drowning toll to 11 since Christmas Day.
A young girl and a man in his 40s have died in Australian waterways, bringing the drowning toll to 11 since Christmas Day.
The fourth child in two days has been airlifted from Fraser Island to hospital after a suspected sting from a potentially deadly Irukandji jellyfish.
Police have launched a search and rescue operation in Queensland after a crash impact alert was sent from an Apple watch in dense bushland near Townsville.
A 70-year-old Queensland man travelling in Tasmania has died after suffering serious injuries when a tree branch fell on him.
Four teenagers who went missing in waters off Victoria's Mornington Peninsula have been reunited with their families.
A five-year-old boy was bitten multiple times by a dingo as he played on a beach on Fraser Island in Queensland.
A boy, believed to be five years old, has reportedly been bitten multiple time by a dingo as he played on a beach on Fraser Island in Queensland.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited central western NSW to see the flood damage and assess how devastated towns like Forbes are picking up the pieces.
A man is in a critical condition in a Queensland hospital after suffering a crush injury at a gymnasium in inner Brisbane.
Conditions have eased and a caravan park near the tip of Cape York is no longer under threat from a fast moving fire, authorities say.
Police say two light aircraft collided mid-air before crashing into a paddock north of Brisbane, killing two people.
Emergency responders helped a pregnant woman whose waters had broken get to hospital after the NSW town of Forbes was cut in two by floodwaters.
South Korea's police chief says officers didn't effectively handle earlier emergency calls about an impending deadly crush of Halloween partygoers.
As the death toll from the South Korean Halloween stampede rises to 154, the country's leader has promised a thorough investigation.
An Australian citizen has died after being caught up in a stampede in the capital of South Korea on Saturday night after a crowd became unruly.
Flood warnings and evacuations stretch "from one end of NSW to the other" as Premier Dominic Perrottet begins visiting affected communities.
Almost $80m will go to schools, TAFEs and hospitals impacted by floods in Victoria, while a short reprieve along the Murray offers a fresh chance to evacuate.
A large part of Queensland is on alert for severe thunderstorms after a woman was rescued from floodwaters in the central highlands overnight.
Redcliffe Queensland Cup player Liam Hampson has been found dead in Barcelona while on holiday with a group of friends from the NRL.
Residents in Shepparton, Orrvale, Kialla West, and Mooroopna in Victoria's north have been warned it is too late to leave their homes.
Floods have left hundreds isolated and homes inundated in Victoria as officials green-light using a retired quarantine facility as emergency accommodation.
NSW Police divers have found the body of a five-year-old boy in a car that was swept away by floodwaters in the state's central west.
A five-year-old child is missing and four people have been rescued from floodwaters in western NSW as heavy rain sparks further flooding around the state.
Flood warnings have been issued for river catchments across NSW and southern Queensland as a storm system leaves damaged crops and ruined roads in its wake.
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate again as floods hit NSW, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to join the premier on a tour of affected areas.
Some 85,000 people face evacuation as major flooding begins in the Hunter region and the weather system drenching the state heads north.
Berlin's mayor says investigators are trying to make sense of "confused" statements by a man who drove into a school group in the city.
One person has been killed and at least a dozen people have been injured when a vehicle was driven into a crowd in west Berlin.
A man has died and a number of passengers have been injured in a tour bus crash about 125km west of Alice Springs in central Australia.
A helicopter rescue crew member says a man is lucky to be alive after a crocodile bit him as he swam in a gorge in a remote Queensland national park.
A Queensland toddler found unconscious after being left on a bus for six hours is now recovering in hospital in a stable condition, as authorities investigate.