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Rugby dual-code great Wendell Sailor has faced court over an alleged drunken rampage at a city-centre bar.

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

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.

Scammers are out in force this shopping season with shoppers urged to be aware of dud products and fake websites.

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

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

The long-awaited announcement to expand Lexus Australia's plug-in hybrid (PHEV) range is coming soon, following the much-delayed arrival of new and current models.

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

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

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