The Daily TelegraphTwo people rescued from Sydney unit blazeThe Daily TelegraphA MAN and an elderly woman who were trapped in a unit fire in inner Sydney are recovering in hospital after being rescued by police and firefighters. POLICE officers found the ground-floor unit in Redfern well alight on F...

ABC OnlineMan's body found in Gladstone house fire9news.com.auAn unidentified man's body has been found in a central Queensland house that was gutted by fire. Emergency crews were called to the blaze at Barney Point in Gladstone at 9.30pm on Sunday and arrived to find the house fully alight. The two...

Perth NowTwo children dead, community in shockPerth NowTHE distraught grandmother of two children found dead in an apparent murder-suicide involving their father has urged people suffering depression to get help. Major Crime detectives are investigating the deaths of two children, aged just three an...

Sydney Morning HeraldAustralia Day honours: Lawyer John Denton awarded AO for business and ...Sydney Morning HeraldHyperactive lawyer John Denton is out of bed each day by 6am at the latest. He has to be, with all the hats he wears: governor of the Arts Centre, chairman of the Australian group for t...

The GuardianPresidents, planes – and Paris. Inside the whirlwind of Malcolm Turnbull's ...The GuardianMalcolm Turnbull caught up with Barack Obama for the first time at the summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Manila. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. Katharine Murphy · @murpharoo. Friday ...

Australia news LIVE: Tasmania’s AFL dreams up in the air as premier loses vote; Trump plays down Russia-Ukraine peace talks; Greens call on defector to do ‘honourable thing’ and resign  The Sydney Morning HeraldWith Jeremy Rockliff toppled, Labor and the Greens have a lot of explaining to do  ...

The AgePolice dance with swingers hours before shooting at Inflation nightclubThe AgeTwo policemen danced and hugged with several women at a swingers party just hours before members of the Critical Incident Response Team stormed Inflation nightclub and shot a couple last month. CCTV footage obtained...

Slipper court appeal case continues9news.com.auCommonwealth lawyers will argue that former Speaker Peter Slipper's conviction for dishonestly using taxpayer-funded taxi vouchers to visit wineries should stand. The appeal hearing will continue in the ACT Supreme Court on Thursday at 10am.and more »

The Australian Financial ReviewHow the Prime Minister's supporters abandoned him in a dangerous momentThe Australian Financial Review"Well, that went great." Malcolm Turnbull leaves the House after the Opposition won two divisions in an attempt to bring on a debate to establish a royal commission in...

Herald SunMissing Canberra boy found but police still hold concerns for Garry GordonDaily MailA nine-week-old baby reported missing has been found, but his father's location is still unknown. Police say the baby is safe and well, but they are concerned for the welfare of the infant's dad Garry Gordo...

Woman's body found in NTYahoo!7 NewsA woman's body has been found in a house in Alice Springs in what police say are suspicious circumstances. Police received a report that about 8am a 36-year-old woman's body was found in a house at Charles Creek camp. The Southern Investigation ...and more »

Times of IndiaAustralia: Mother arrested for murder of 8 childrenTimes of IndiaCAIRNS (Australia): Australian police said on Saturday they had arrested the mother of most of eight children reportedly stabbed to death in the northern city of Cairns, as vigils were held to mourn the tragedy. Officers ...

Courier MailAnnastacia Palaszczuk kept in the dark about Labor candidate Daniel ...Courier MailOPPOSITION Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk was kept in the dark for months about the “inappropriate” incident that led to her demanding the sacking of a candidate contesting one of the LNP's most ...

Gold Coast BulletinOffensive vans banned from SplendourGold Coast BulletinWicked Campers are not welcome at Splendour in the Grass this year because of the obscene language written on their vehicles. Sisters Mercedes and Isabel Bachelet from Chile with their camper at Kirra. Photo: Richard Gosling. ...

Courier MailBruce Flegg loses Moggill pre-selectionCourier MailNewman says next Qld budget will be a su... SENIOR Newman Government ministers say it's time to move on in the wake of the preselection battle that ended with Member for Moggill Bruce Flegg being dumped from the party's ticket. A number ...

Sydney Morning HeraldTony Abbott makes retired Australian Defence Force chief a knight of the Order ...Brisbane TimesPrime Minister Tony Abbott and Air Chief Marshal (retired) Angus Houston pictured in 2014. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. He was the nation's top soldier, and has since become the federal ...

Sky News AustraliaMan charged with lighting 23 fires in Victoria's westHerald SunA MAN has been arrested and charged over 23 fires lit in the state's west in the past five years. A fire at Concongella burned through 10ha of land yesterday before being brought under control by CFA firefighters. That ...

The AustralianSydney siege: I hope you'll be OK without your mum, writes Jake (age 6)The AustralianTHE pregnant barrister held hostage during the Lindt cafe siege says her unborn baby is “healthy and unharmed” and she paid tribute to Katrina Dawson and cafe manager Tori Johnson. Julie Ta...

9news.com.auSydney siege tributes to be collected and kept9news.com.auTributes can continue to be laid at Martin Place throughout the weekend with an additional site opened outside the Lindt Cafe, the site of the fatal Sydney siege. Condolence books will be at Martin Place until Sunday evening befor...

NEWS.com.auFire claims a home in Crib Point. Picture: 9 NewsNEWS.com.auAT LEAST one home has been lost and a further 20 homes are under threat from a bushfire raging out of control southeast of Melbourne. The Country Fire Authority says the emergency warning, issued about 4pm on Monday, is for a fas...