One Aussie state’s lengthy dry spell is finally set to break, with back-to-back cold fronts, heavy rain and thunderstorms forecast over the week.
Josephine Quattrocchi
A Gold Coast couple who raped a 15-year-old girl at their home have had their jail sentences increased after appealing their conviction.
Emma Kirk
A young man with a “promising future” has died after an alleged targeted attack at a party turned into an “all-out brawl”.
Jackson Robb
North Melbourne coach Alistair Clarkson has dismissed mounting pressure on his tenure as “water off a duck’s back”, despite just 19 wins from 79 games.
Oscar Moodley
A week after an everyday school run left a woman fighting for life when a car rammed into her, a tragic update has emerged.
David Hannant
St Kilda defender Jack Silvagni is racing the clock to face former club Carlton despite dislocating his shoulder in the Saints’ loss to Sydney.
Tyler Lewis
Labor will seek to close the divorce and widow’s tax as it prepares the next batch of controversial reforms.
Nathan Schmidt
A Sydney property owner has listed their dream home for sale at a fraction of its $4.1m purchase price after a strata battle left them with ‘emotional trauma’.
Two teenagers have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly videoing themselves forcing vape fumes into a swan’s mouth.
US President Donald Trump’s peace talks have “turbocharged” the ASX 200, sending local stocks surging to a five-month high.
Cameron Micallef
The Bureau of Meteorology has made a major announcement less than a year after the disastrous launch of its $96m new website.
The NSW government has sensationally rejected its own commissioned review’s recommendation to expand hate speech protections to other vulnerable groups.
Andrew Hedgman
A 17-minute delay on a Singapore Airlines flight has ended in a $41,000 unfair dismissal payout for the engineer at the centre of the dispute.
A young man who wrote about plans for a school shooting and other acts of mass violence has appeared in court.
Liam Beatty
Yung Filly’s legal woes continue after the British rapper was allegedly caught with drugs while he was on bail facing rape charges he was cleared of.
Failed pay talks have pushed BHP’s Pilbara port workers to strike this weekend, threatening the mining giant with $120m in lost revenue per day.
A doctor accused of arriving to a “high risk” homebirth empty-handed never made the two-minute check which could have saved a mother’s life, a court has been told.
Kate Stephenson
Aussies have been warned to protect themselves after a dangerous virus broke out in a popular holiday destination, killing three people.
Shares in Australia’s largest debt collector have tumbled as investors take fright at the company’s aggressive US buying spree.
Blair Jackson
The airline once fined $90m for illegally axing workers is now eyeing up to 1000 more job cuts as it races to embrace artificial intelligence.
The media personality said a US singer appeared “so unwell and frail” in her latest music video, sparking an awkward conversation with her daughters.
Alexandra Feiam
An Essendon great has backed Leigh Matthews’ scathing assessment of the Bombers, saying the club has “much bigger things to worry about”.
Pauline Hanson has been told to “be accountable” after her decision to remove several media outlets from a press conference.
Jackson Robb, Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Blair Jackson
Gaming giants have responded to allegations a portion of $12.5m stolen to feed a man’s gambling habit was funnelled into their services.