Donald Trump has said that "only time will tell" how long the United States will maintain oversight of Venezuela in

A brazen heist at Port Vila International Airport has stunned Vanuatu and become the talk of a nation unused to such overtly public acts of crime.

Multiple properties are feared lost to an out-of-control bushfire in central Victoria, as Australia's first heatwave of the year continued to bring high temperatures across the country.

Brisbane's mayor says it "should have been obvious" the venue would close, as the stadium at Victoria Park was announced early last year.

A 66-year-old man has died from injuries police allege were sustained in an assault at a popular Hobart shopping strip.

The fire burning in north-east Victoria near Walwa was so fierce it generated its own weather this afternoon, including a substantial pyrocumulonimbus cloud with lightning and thunder.

Police have issued a "personal plea" for Kenneth John Giles to turn himself in, almost 24 hours after a shooting in Mullewa.

The study by Griffith University in Brisbane finds that a room temperature while sleeping of more than 24 degrees Celsius increases heart rate variability and physiological stress.

In December, a Supreme Court jury convicted former Innisfail nurse Rajwinder Singh of murdering the 24-year-old at Wangetti Beach, north of Cairns.

Here are the player ratings from a one-sided Ashes series with a few stand-outs and perhaps more flame-outs across the five Tests.

Former High Court judge Virginia Bell will lead the inquiry into antisemitism. But who is the new commissioner?

Loraine Braham, a pioneering figure in Northern Territory politics and the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, has passed away aged 87 in Alice Springs.

ICE agents shot a woman in Minnesota. The president says it was self-defence while protesters claim it was murder. Here's what the vision shows.

At least three options have been floated for Donald Trump to achieve his goal of taking Greenland for the United States.

After Randa Abdel-Fattah was dropped from Adelaide Writers' Week by the Adelaide Festival Board, a slew of authors, including Michelle de Kretser, have withdrawn from the event.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to call a royal commission into the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. Follow live.

When a US-sanctioned oil tanker originally bound for Venezuela abruptly changed course, it set off a dramatic chase at sea.

Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina continue their 2026 campaigns in emphatic fashion with victories at the Brisbane International.

The state government approves a 150-site tourist park with 95 conditions despite ongoing environmental concerns from authorities and community groups.

A national royal commission into the Bondi terror attack is expected to be called by Anthony Albanese after weeks of pressure to establish the inquiry.

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has been dropped from the Adelaide Writers' Week line-up by the Adelaide Festival Board, citing the festival's role in "promoting community cohesion".

Queensland's corruption watchdog has warned lifting a ban on political donations from developers could increase the risk of "actual or perceived" corruption.

A 4-1 scoreline can leave no doubt, this has been an Ashes summer of dominance for a resilient Australian side and tour of errors and mismanagement for England.

Australia’s biggest car festival roars to life amid a scorching heatwave, thrill-seeking crowds and strict policing.

Seven patients are being treated after a serious crash on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

The "swift action" of members of the public has been praised in the rescue of a 74-year-old man who became separated from his boat.

The SCG celebrates a retiring hero and a rising star, tempers flair after another DRS debacle and Marnus mourns a horror run-out. Here are the quick hits from the final day of the 2025-26 Ashes.

A Queensland man will be extradited from New South Wales over the alleged murder of a 24-year-old man in a border community late last month.

The fatal shooting of a legal observer by an ICE agent in Minneapolis is the latest flashpoint in Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration.

Use our tracker to keep an eye on temperatures as a heatwave moves through the southern states.

Lawyer Alan Jackson gave no reason for quitting but says that under California law, his client is definitely not guilty of murdering his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.

As Donald Trump's immigration crackdown escalates in Minneapolis, networks of local residents patrol the streets too, warning of incoming ICE raids, documenting what happens and offering legal advice to those targeted.

The Brisbane Lions will not stand in the way of Lachie Neale if the club's former co-captain chooses to return to Perth at the end of the season.

A mountain gorilla named Mafuko has given birth to twins, a "rare and remarkable event", in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Anthony Albanese has been in talks about calling a Commonwealth royal commission into last month's attack, signalling to colleagues he is preparing to renege on his opposition to the idea.

George Nakhoul has been operating Furniture Restoration on James Street in Guildford since the late 1980s, but a rent spike means the shop will have to close its doors.

There is no lounging by the pool for these travellers, who are spending a week swimming the remote waters of the Turkish Lycian coast.

From Academy Award-winning performances to classic Australian comedy, fill the last moments of your holidays with these free movies and TV series.

The deputy governor of the Reserve Bank Andrew Hauser confirms the news mortgage borrowers would not have wanted to hear — interest rates are highly unlikely to head lower anytime soon.

Isaac James Martin, 31, said he had not "bothered" to get legal representation, telling a Brisbane court he had "killed old mate because he's a child molester".

The Kentbruck Green Energy Hub would include wind turbines up to 270m tall, and be built inside active pine plantations, but its location has worried conservationists.

Adam Gilchrist says his former Australia teammate Damien Martyn has been released from a Gold Coast hospital.

Homicide detectives lay further murder charges over the high-profile deaths of 15-year-old Dau Akueng and 12-year-old Chol Achiek in Melbourne's outer suburbs last September.

The mayor of Minneapolis says the Trump administration's claim that the incident was self-defence is not true and told Immigration and Customs Enforcement to get out of the city.

We chat with inimitable interior designer Yasmine Ghoniem ahead of Grand Designs Transformations series two to learn how she made it, her hot design takes, and what to expect from this season.

Summer has hit its stride with a heatwave across the country this week, providing the perfect backdrop to a new film festival that features beaches, surfing, young love, and that horrible feeling of holidays ebbing by.

Retiring veteran Stan Wawrinka was all class discussing the AO wildcard debate surrounding Nick Kyrgios, putting aside the pair's troubled history.

Despite being one of the strongest critics of Donald Trump's move to capture Nicolás Maduro, Beijing has not moved beyond condemnation of Washington.

The teenagers have been taken from Lithgow to a Sydney hospital after a pursuit began on the Great Western Highway.

A 20-year-old man has died after his quad bike crashed on a forestry road in northern Tasmania, with police saying it is the third serious all-terrain vehicle crash in recent weeks.