Prosecutors hoping to save their double murder case against Masood Zakaria have admitted he was illegally deported back to Australia in 2023.

Internal drama within the Victorian Liberals will be an unwanted distraction for leader Jess Wilson just four weeks before early voting opens.

Concerns were raised about a level crossing more than a year before a truck and train crash in far west SA.

They say lightning never strikes twice, but a UK auction house is preparing to sell a second rare thylacine head — and this time, there's not a googly eye in sight.

ABC reporter Will Murray and another man swam out to the car and pulled the driver out of the vehicle.

Damian Ellis Spohr denies 30 charges relating to five alleged victims between 2020 and 2025, spanning several locations across New South Wales.

Police are investigating after the body of a motorcyclist was found on the Maroondah Highway at Yarck this morning.

Regional female MPs are reviewing their safety measures and changing how they move around in public spaces, which are often far from emergency services.

A Tongan man deported from Australia has been sentenced to 12 years' jail over his role in establishing a branch of the Comancheros outlaw motorcycle gang in the Pacific nation.

The complainant first contacted Mr Jones when he was 13 years old, asking for help for his struggling single mother.

Accused High Country killer Greg Lynn tells a court he has had been attacked with faeces and bodily fluids during his time in custody, as he seeks bail ahead of a trial next year.

A 21-year-old man allegedly made threats before a confrontation with police in Sydney's south-west, NSW Police said. 

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith gives a lengthy radio interview where he says he "wouldn't change a single thing" about his military career.

The US president stuns even some of his own Republican colleagues by giving his Russian counterpart his biggest economic and propaganda victory since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The trailblazing legacy of Patricia Ann Miller AO, a proud Arrernte woman and former NT Australian of the Year, will be honoured with a state funeral.

 

A 25-year-old man has taken the stand in the Dubbo District Court, where he is on trial after pleading not guilty to dangerous and drink-driving charges over a crash on the Newell Highway that killed four people.

 

Australian women's star fast bowler Megan Schutt apologises for a breach of prescription medication guidelines.

The federal government extends its ban on KPMG bidding for new government work until at least the end of February, following allegations its audit partners misused client data then mishandled a whistleblower's complaint.

Two Colombian National Police departments say they have no evidence of an agreement with the Australian Federal Police for its newly-announced international anti-drugs taskforce.

Former AFL player Nick Stevens fails in his bid to have his prison term set aside after previously being found guilty by a jury of fraud-related charges.