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Mia Lay has been posthumously awarded the national police service medal, NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said.

Sources have told the ABC that the phone of Reece Fakhr, who is accused of setting up murders, kidnappings and arsons, was found at the scene of the shooting of an 11-year-old boy at Norwest last month.

A senior police officer who helped investigate the alleged murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies tells a jury of the search for their bodies at a Bungonia farm and the discovery of two surfboard bags left near a monastery.

A new Sidney Nolan exhibition has opened at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, featuring all 27 paintings in his iconic Ned Kelly series.

Lionel Messi gives Argentina fans one last moment of joy as he signs off with his 126th international goal in his final cap for the nation.

An attack by "unmanned boats" on a Liberian-flagged tanker off the coast of the Russian Olympic city of Sochi sparked a giant "fire of oil", Russian authorities say.

A sentencing judge says Michelle Kathleen Lawson lived the high life, spending a quarter of a million dollars on clothing and shoes, while her employers battled natural disasters and a plant disease.

Once one of the most senior and long-serving Catholic clerics in the country, Christopher Saunders is sentenced to six and a half years in prison for sex offences against two young men.

Test batters are averaging less, scoring more quickly and getting out more often — and we have the charts to prove it.

The nephew of murdered Maffra jeweller Steve Curtis contemplated killing him in the days leading up to his death, the Victorian Supreme Court hears.

Richard Morecroft graced television screens for decades as an ABC 7PM news anchor and host of Letters and Numbers on SBS.

Eva Marie Saint was most known for her breakout roles in On the Waterfront and North by Northwest, but her career was long and surprisingly varied, spanning everything from TV to children's animations to podcasts.

Members of Darwin's defence community mourning the loss of Army corporal Brendan Hannam on Monday say the defence force must balance training safety with readiness for active duty.

The owner of the land where Goolwa's first McDonald's could be built says a significant portion of the South Australian town's population wants it to happen, despite vocal opposition from a local group.

The court has been told the accused man has schizophrenia.

Victoria's mining regulator has granted a 20-year licence for a mineral sands mine near Horsham in Victoria's west, despite local government and community concerns about the site's environmental impact.

An open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese claims the proposal will "bankrupt" councils, while the federal government urges their state counterparts not to "stoke fear".

Using old washing machine tubs and the bottoms of wheelie bins as flower beds, a small-scale, circular economy is thriving in the West MacDonnell Ranges, 200 kilometres west of Alice Springs.

Women are unable to give birth at a new birthing suite in northern New South Wales as the sector struggles with a nationwide shortage of GP obstetricians in regional areas.

Australia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia.

Police arrest a man who allegedly picked up and carried off a child during an attempted abduction in Adelaide's northern suburbs on Monday evening.

A resident of Washington state has been charged with encouraging an 18-year-old to commit one of the worst school shootings in Canada's history by offering to live-stream it.

Police launch an investigation into the sudden death of a man found unresponsive on a street in Maryborough on the Fraser Coast.

As data centres and fibre-optic cable networks proliferate, planning documents show two international subsea cables could soon dock in the Darwin suburb of Fannie Bay.

The Big Red Bash has been a major event in outback Queensland for more than a decade, but organisers say next year will be the festival's final year.

Administrators are appointed to a failed Indigenous housing group and the regular starts an investigation, but for one terminally ill grandmother about to lose her home, the action comes "too late".

The baby was transferred to a Brisbane hospital, where he died from his injuries on Tuesday afternoon.

The first camera survey of the sacred Malupirti springs returns heartening and concerning results.

The first camera survey of the sacred Malupirti springs returns heartening and concerning results.

Australia's tax chief calls a snap meeting with business groups after the tax office faces backlash over its decision to stop accepting credit card payments.

Russia has imported fuel from South Korean ports, easing the impact of a fuel crisis caused by Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, Ukraine's top sanctions official says.

Canberra Airport has unveiled a proposal for a stadium in Canberra's CBD, which the government has previously ruled out, but the airport insists it is the best location for a "world-class, all-event" facility.

Workers at the enormous Greenbushes Lithium Mine say the mine's workplace culture has left them feeling anxious, depressed and worthless.

The event in Bondi held a minute's silence at 6:29am, the same time of day Hamas militants launched their deadly assault on Israel in 2023.

Queensland will send a team of 14 athletes to compete at the table tennis debut at the national games, with three participants from the same regional club.

Reports suggest suspended Sydney star Nick Blakey could be talking to rival clubs about a shock trade.

Christa Pike has woken up and is speaking almost a week after a botched execution attempt at a Tennessee prison.

The camels harnessed to an antique wagon loaded with wool bales did multiple laps around the festival arena to enter the record books.

Euphoria over AI profits boost Wall Street's tech stocks, driving the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to new record highs.

California Governor Gavin Newsom condemned the comments made by Trump at a rally in Nebraska, calling the president "deranged and dangerous".

Dunmarra Development Land publishes plans to build a 600 hectare "petroleum services precinct and workforce village" near the Beetaloo Basin.

Coco Gauff says she received an "insane" amount of racial abuse on social media after beating local teenager Sun Xinran at the China Open.

Police discovered the body while doing welfare check at a Woodridge home on North Road on Tuesday morning.

Mexican fast-food chain Guzman Y Gomez (GYG) has come under fire for advertising the use of Australian produce while importing hundreds of tonnes of Danish pork each year.

The former Mornings show presenter says she will take inspiration from James Valentine, the longtime Afternoons announcer who passed away earlier this year.

Transport advocates say the proposal is an attempt to disguise a bid to widen the road as a public transport infrastructure improvement.

Angus Taylor has hit back at business sector criticism of the Coalition's plan to bring down net overseas migration.

The Victorian government hopes the tourist-booking system for the Twelve Apostles will ease overcrowding during peak periods.

Not only is it harder to afford the cost of living as a single person, it can also be difficult to find an affordable home which meets their needs.

Australia will have to reshuffle its line-up for the series opener against the Proteas in Durban after one of its stars is ruled out with an injury.