Evacuation order as bushfire threat looms for two towns
Residents in Moyston and Pomonal have been told to leave as a bushfire threat is imminent with fires set to burn in multiple states from Christmas onwards.
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Survivors gathered at the shoreline in Darwin at dawn to remember the moment 50 years earlier when Cyclone Tracy made landfall, claiming 66 lives.
Australia is not moving fast enough on vehicle charging and is holding back apartment dwellers, one of the country's biggest energy firms says.
A 28-year-old man is accused of attacking his partner, strangling her and forcing her to the ground as well as kicking and hitting her several times at a home in Denman Prospect last week.
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Car park crash, woman dead
A 75-year-old woman is the eleventh person to die on ACT roads this year following a single-vehicle collision in Kambah.
The economy
Australia’s inflation battle risks further rate rises
Improved economic growth has been forecast in a check-up of Australia's economic health, but there are risks inflation and interest rates could yet rise.
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‘Useful idiot’ could help release captured Australian
As the government tries to ensure the safety of captured Australian Oscar Jenkins, the self-styled 'Aussie Cossack' has been touted as a potential ticket home.
Holiday travellers are being warned to keep up to date with the latest fire conditions as several states face growing bushfire risks from Boxing Day.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have released their Christmas messages to Australians.
Sydney's world-famous New Year's Eve fireworks will go ahead after a union and government paused their enterprise agreement fight for the holidays.
Shoppers are increasingly targeting discounts to snare a bargain as retailers hold out hope for a February rate cut to boost spending outside of sales season.
Letter writer KARINA MORRIS, of Weetangera, shares her distressing experience with the emergency process at the North Canberra Hospital Emergency Department.
The sister of a woman allegedly chased down and shot at by two men has issued a heartfelt plea, leading tributes for the 23-year-old victim.
A former pilot accused of unlawfully helping the Chinese military will face prosecution in the US after the attorney-general approved his extradition.
Australia's most popular sports could be promoted to a global audience under a deal to sell Foxtel Group to a British company.
More than 100 interstate personnel are headed to Victoria, where blazes have been burning for days, to help manage forecast catastrophic fire conditions.
The long-running stand-off between a transport union and a state Labor government over pay appears a long way from resolution as a peace deal is rejected.
Officials are scrambling to provide support for an Australian citizen reportedly being held hostage by pro-Russian forces in Ukraine.
Interactive: FRANCISCO JOSE YESTA tracks what the Earth’s 4.54 billion-year history would look like in a single year.
