An emergency warning for a bushfire in the Adelaide Hills has been downgraded but authorities warn the blaze is likely to stay active for days.
Twenty-three people have died in 25 days on WA’s roads — the highest January death toll recorded by the Road safety Commission in twenty years.
Daryna Zadvirna
A young Perth mother who died just minutes from her home after her car slammed into a tree has been remembered as the ‘most beautiful person’.
Brianna Dugan
Eleven of the 22 workers trapped for two weeks following an explosion in a gold mine in China have been brought safely to the surface, state media has reported.
A Perth man rock climbing near The Gap in Albany has been rescued and taken to hospital after falling seven metres down a cliff face.
Daryna Zadvirna and Sarah Makse
Two men have drowned in Victoria, taking the number of drowning deaths in the state to 42 since July and prompting a warning to stay safe in the water.
Callum Godde
A young woman is dead after her car slammed into a tree in Perth's south-east overnight.
The report comes a week after a bull shark attack in Perth’s Swan River and a flood of sightings recorded close to shore — including one just 10m out today.
Caitlyn Rintoul
The survivor of a horror Landsdale crash that left an Audi crumpled and its driver dead remains in a trauma ward in hospital and his family say there is still a long road ahead to his recovery.
Shannon Hampton
Authorities say a Las Vegas-based tour bus headed to the Grand Canyon has rolled over in northwestern Arizona, killing one person.
Three people have drowned after being swept into the ocean in NSW's Illawarra region
A worrying increase in people drowning while trying to rescue others this summer has prompted a warning from Surf Live Saving Australia.
Michael Ramsey
At least five people have been killed when explosives on a quarry truck detonated southeast of Bengaluru in southern India.
Dozens of grieving relatives have visited the site where an Indonesian jet plunged into the sea, killing all 62 people on board, after retrieval efforts ceased.
Fadlan Syam
Authorities say it will take more than two weeks to dig through debris to reach the miners who've been trapped for 11 days in eastern China.
Star West Coast Eagle Tim Kelly has met some of the firefighters who helped save his home from a raging bushfire just two weeks ago to say thank you and get some advice on what to do better next time.
Amber Johnston
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has promised swift government aid for the victims of an earthquake on Sulawesi island that has killed at least 91 people.
A NSW teen is in a critical condition in hospital after he was pulled unconscious from a Sydney pool, a day after another boy drowned in a swimming hole.
Tiffanie Turnbull
Chinese rescuers are preparing an escape passage for a group of goldminers who have been trapped following an explosion 10 days ago.
An explosion in Madrid, which has been linked to a gas leak, has killed at least three people.
President Joko Widodo says the families of 62 people killed in a Sriwijaya Air plane crash will be compensated.
A man killed in a fiery crash in Landsdale has been identified as Arthur Jack Jones, a father released from prison for stealing a car just last month — but his friend insists the Audi wasn’t stolen.
Sarah Steger
The death of a traffic controller in the Goldfields-Esperance region has sent ripples through the community, with friends of the 57-year-old remembering him as ‘one of the best blokes around’.
Indonesia's battered West Sulawesi province is starting to bounce back, as the search goes on for victims of the recent earthquake that killed 90.
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