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There are some disasters, losses of human life on a grand scale, that are just imprinted in our collective memory. Cyclone ...

Construction of the M1 Pacific Motorway extension has charged ahead over the past month, with work on the northern and ...

A power adaptor for two popular pet products has been recalled because of electrocution concerns. Carla Mascarenhas is the ...

Children have been rushed off a school bus during the morning run to class after it erupted in flames.

General Motors Specialty Vehicles (GMSV) has announced a pair of new accessory packages for its Chevrolet Silverado 1500 ...

Plans to demolish public housing towers are forging ahead, with designs for their replacement unveiled despite an ...

A dangerous driver who killed an off-duty paramedic has fled interstate days before he was due to be sentenced over the death ...

Labor's bid to ram through almost 40 pieces of legislation on the last day of parliamentary sittings has been slammed as ...

The national consumer watchdog is taking online travel booking website Webjet to Federal Court over allegations it misled ...

A police officer who unlawfully killed an aged-care resident with dementia by shooting her with a Taser has been suspended ...

Two state-run, financially-challenged snow resorts are not for sale, a state government says as it prepares to tender their ...