Fatal Dreamworld ride lacked safety features
An ageing Dreamworld ride with a history of malfunctions lacked basic safety features which would have prevented the deaths of four people at the Gold Coast theme park in 2016.
Australia
Mum witnessed girls being run down in car park
Mum witnessed girls being run down in car park
Dozens of people have attended a candlelight vigil for a young girl who died after being hit by an elderly driver in the car park of a Sunshine Coast shopping centre.
Vigils for slain Aussie comedian
Vigils for slain Aussie comedian
Thousands of men and women will hold vigils across Australia tonight for murdered comedian Eurydice Dixon, found dead in an inner-Melbourne park.
Cops stunned by mid-chase driver swap
Cops stunned by mid-chase driver swap
Queensland police are stunned that two men dared to take turns at driving while trying to flee from a police helicopter that was tailing them.
Australian dies in Portugal 'selfie' fall
Australian dies in Portugal 'selfie' fall
An Australian has died after falling from a cliff overlooking a popular Portuguese tourist beach, reportedly while attempting to snap a "selfie".
Rare Australia apology for child sex abuse
Rare Australia apology for child sex abuse
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he will deliver a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse and their families later this year.
Teen dies after booze experiment goes wrong
Teen dies after booze experiment goes wrong
The death of a Sydney teenager who was found with a lethal amount of alcohol in her system has prompted police and academics to remind people of the dangers of drinking.
New search for Sydney boy 4 years after disappearance
New search for Sydney boy 4 years after disappearance
Police will begin a fresh, large-scale search of bushland on NSW's mid north coast for missing Sydney boy William Tyrrell, four years after he went missing.
Aussie dad 'killed son then watched footy final'
Aussie dad 'killed son then watched footy final'
A Perth man stabbed his aggressive 23-year-old son to death then left two of his other children to bury the body while he watched the AFL grand final, his trial has been told.
Boy (5) dies after 'horrendous' stabbing attack
Boy (5) dies after 'horrendous' stabbing attack
A 5-year-old Sydney boy is dead after being stabbed with "horrendous violence" during a dispute at his home in a crime police say is as bad as it gets.
Australian soldiers accused of war crimes
Australian soldiers accused of war crimes
A former special-forces-soldier-turned-Liberal-MP says allegations Australia's elite soldiers may have committed war crimes in Afghanistan should be taken seriously.
Bus instructor killed during training in Sydney
Bus instructor killed during training in Sydney
A bus driving instructor has been killed during a training exercise in a western Sydney car park after the vehicle careered through a fence.
Clean-up continues after containers lost from ship
Clean-up continues after containers lost from ship
The clean-up of hundreds of kilos of flotsam - including nappies, sanitary products, car parts and plastic - continues after a cargo ship lost dozens of containers off the New South Wales coast.
'Of course I'm running': Barnaby Joyce
Barnaby Joyce intent on contesting election
Barnaby Joyce has hit back at attempts to blast him out of Australia's federal parliament, insisting he will contest the next election.
Commonwealth Bank to pay record penalty
Commonwealth Bank to pay record penalty
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has agreed to a record penalty of $A700 million to settle explosive money laundering charges brought by Australia's financial intelligence agency.
Man hit in head with shovel in road-rage incident
Man hit in head with shovel in road-rage incident
A 70-year-old man was hit in the back of the head with a shovel in a road rage incident in New South Wales last night.
Aussie cattle station larger than Lebanon for sale
Aussie cattle station larger than Lebanon for sale
Australia's second-largest cattle station - with a land area larger than Lebanon - is up for sale.
Woman dead, two men critical after NSW attack
Woman dead, two men critical after NSW attack
A young man who allegedly stabbed a woman to death and critically injured two other men on the NSW far-south coast remains under police guard in hospital.
Ship loses 83 containers off NSW coast
Ship loses 83 containers off NSW coast
Boaters in New South Wales have been warned to be on the lookout for more than 80 shipping containers that came loose from a vessel off Newcastle.
'Mummified' body found in dead hoarder's home
'Mummified' body found in dead hoarder's home
Detectives say they're treating the death of a man whose "mummified" remains were found inside a deceased hoarder's home in Sydney as suspicious.