The Block finale erupted into a night of huge bids, high nerves and eye-watering money as buyers turned auction day into a blockbuster.
Andrew Hedgman
A sold-out festival crowd on the Gold Coast was left shocked when a temporary grandstand collapsed during a live set on Sunday afternoon.
A veteran country show judge has become an unlikely viral sensation after her deadpan, oddly specific coffee cake critique struck a chord with millions online.
The Prime Minister may be forced to spoil Donald Trump’s photo-op plans at a major summit in the US.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Less than a year after Bondi, NSW is rolling out armed patrols and a major gun buyback in a bid to prevent another attack.
A stolen BMW rolled and burst into flames in Perth’s northeast, killing two 16-year-old boys and leaving two other teenagers injured.
The Albanese government has copped a fresh poll blow ahead of Tuesday’s Reserve Bank meeting, with Labor now sitting just above its worst ever Newspoll result.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Cameron Micallef and Andrew Hedgman
South Australian Police have made an easy arrest after being called to a break-in at a business and finding a suspect taking a snooze.
David Hannant
A drive for better bushfire risk detection is taking the fight against the natural disasters all the way into space.
A One Nation candidate for the Victorian election has resigned just weeks before the November 28 election after a series of offensive social media posts emerged.
Halloween revellers have been urged not to share footage of the tragic incident after a young woman fell from a popular city hotel balcony.
A senior minister has issued a stark warning about One Nation, claiming “shadowy figures” are undermining the party’s elected representatives.
Dramatic footage of a tornado ripping through the NSW Southern Tablelands has emerged as authorities warn further wild weather could hit on Sunday.
Australia now has something in common with the likes of Hulk Hogan, Yosemite Sam and Ned Flanders.
A multi-day search for a man who was washed away in floodwaters in the remote outback of the Northern Territory has reached a grim conclusion.
The former Labor leader was heading out of the Golden Eagle at Randwick Racecourse when he was handed a large stack of papers.
Alexandra Feiam
The trio were allegedly on the run after attempted armed robberies, sparking a chase through the suburbs of Brisbane.
A man and a man have both died after a horror three-vehicle crash near Byron Bay, with a third airlifted in critical condition.
A raging bushfire that threatened homes and caused airport chaos was allegedly deliberately started by a woman using a “mobile heat source”.
A home has been targeted in an act of “malicious damage”, just days after another house burned down on the same street.
Jack Nivison
Victorian voters will get to see the leaders of the four main parties in an election debate after the Liberals’ Jess Wilson relented on a key issue.
More than $140,000 of gold bullion remains missing after a street magician was enlisted by scammers who cheated money from an Aussie business.
Liam Beatty
Footage revealed the moment police were forced to disperse an out-of-control house party, where a teenager was allegedly slashed with a knife by another teen.
Jack Nivison, Alexandra Feiam
The ASX 200 has closed modestly higher despite a volatile session, as a historic US$500 billion AI-linked wipe-out in Alphabet dragged local tech stocks sharply lower.
Cameron Micallef
