Tens of thousands of Israeli citizens abroad, including hundreds from Australia, are travelling to Israel to vote in the country's most consequential election in decades.

The accused told his friend he had "misheard" an alleged confession he had "killed people" in recordings played to court.

A damning report has laid bare serious concerns about the use of Australia's automated aged care funding system.

From blowout results to bumper attendances, here are the highlights from week two of the Rugby League World Cup. 

The Wallabies will take on the All Blacks at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as part of the Rugby Championship in 2027, along with an additional Test in 2029.

A Broken Hill prospector searching for gold was about to finish up for the day when there was a faint signal on his metal detector and he hit paydirt.

A Canberra mother is shocked to learn her daughter has been removed from a waitlist for specialist care at a paediatric allergy centre because her condition "no longer meets the requirement for a specialist appointment".

A coronial inquest into the deaths of six children in the Tasmanian jumping castle tragedy will seek to engage a planetary scientist from the US for his expert knowledge on dust devils.

Emergency services were called to Smothering Creek at Boompa Road on the Fraser Coast just after 11am.

Prosecutors have withdrawn a breach of bail charge against federal MP Luke Gosling, who is accused of assaulting the Northern Territory administrator in Darwin earlier this year. Mr Gosling denies any wrongdoing.

Angus Taylor publishes fresh costings for proposed cuts to Labor's climate and housing policies.

A 13-year-old boy accused of a drive-by shooting in Perth will spend the next six weeks behind bars, as his mother tries to find them accommodation after recently moving to WA.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to play on national security fears just days out from the election.

Two days before his 81st birthday, Brazil's president clinches a historic fourth term. But his opponent is refusing to accept defeat.

Senator Jacqui Lambie is calling on the One Nation candidate and creator of the party's 'Please Explain' cartoons to drop out of the race for an upper house seat in next month's Victorian election.

Defence personnel based at Victoria Barracks in Sydney have begun "packing boxes" for a Christmas eviction, despite the NSW premier calling on the federal government to reverse its move to sell the historic site.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau releases two preliminary reports into close call incidents at the airport in August.

As parliament suspended business to offer messages of support for attack victim MP Helen Haines, an orange cockatoo was poignantly perched in her empty seat in the House of Reps.

A 59-year-old man is charged after over the alleged assault of Amanda Dow's husband on Sunday.

Two brothers and their brother-in-law suspected of attacking a church have been arrested following a shootout with Jordanian security forces.