Rachael Ward
Police plot next move in Samantha Murphy search
The search for the body of Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy is expected to resume within weeks, after a fresh probe failed to...
Renters sweating on rules to cool their homes
Some Australian rental properties were so hot over summer they are unfit to live in and it will only get worse unless...
‘Damaging waves, dangerous flooding’: Cyclone Megan bearing down on Top End
Top End residents have been warned to expect days of wild weather as Tropical Cyclone Megan moves towards the coast. The warning...
Runaway display car injures two at Liverpool mall
Two people are in hospital after being struck by a display car at a busy shopping centre in Sydney. A teenager was...
Ransom demand for hundreds of students in Nigeria
Gunmen who kidnapped 286 students and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week have demanded a total of one billion...
Rescues: Trapped miner dies, missing family found alive
A miner trapped underground after a mine collapse in Ballarat has died. Two miners were pinned by fallen rocks at the Mount...
Saws down as state’s forest logging firm gets the chop
Victoria’s state-owned logging company will shut down within months. A June 30 end date was revealed on Wednesday morning during a court...
Wastewater testing finds jump in illicit drug use
There’s been a jump in amount of illicit drugs used in Australia over 12 months. Wastewater testing showed a 19 per cent...
Four children among seven travellers missing in remote region of WA
Four children are part of a group of seven people missing in a remote part of southern Western Australia. Police say two...
Warnings as millions endure stifling conditions
Residents in four states are experiencing stifling conditions, with soaring temperatures over a long weekend in many parts of the country. South...