Major flood warnings are in place for several river systems in Victoria's southeast as the state braces for more rain, along with parts of New South Wales and Queensland.
Australia's southeast is bracing for more wet weather after 24 hours of heavy rain sparked more than 1000 calls for help to the NSW State Emergency Service.
Australians will soon find it harder to access vapes, as the government attempts to prevent the industry creating a new generation of nicotine addicts.
Esteemed Australian public health expert Fiona Stanley has urged a major health care funding inquiry to address prevention amid a "frightening" rise in lifestyle diseases.
Two teenage women who filmed "reprehensible" videos of their friends engaged in threats, torture and assault that led to a man's death have been spared jail terms.
Crews have found the remains of a 30-year-old TV camera operator and a 56-year-old pilot after a former military jet crashed into Victoria's Port Phillip Bay.
A New Zealand entrepreneur will pay a grandmother's fine of more than $3000 for a chicken sandwich she forgot was in her backpack when she arrived in Australia to visit family.
A mission to recover the bodies of two men presumed dead after an ex-military jet crashed into waters off Victoria's Mornington Peninsula has entered its third day.
Optus boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has resigned after the telecommunications giant suffered a fraught 18 months marked by a cyber attack and an hours-long outage that affected millions of Australians.
Four people including a 12-year-old boy have been arrested after a four-wheel drive reported stolen in Queensland crashed into dozens of cars in Sydney's inner city.