A heatwave stretching across Australia is in its second day, with authorities battling multiple blazes across Victoria.

Tactical Operations police burst into the Central Coast house and opened fire on a 49-year-old armed with a sharp object who tried to set fire to an officer using an aerosol can, police say.

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...

Fire authorities in Perth have issued a dire alert it is “too late” to leave a bushfire threatening lives and homes in the ...

Foster carers across the state will receive their first pay rise in more than 20 years this week, yet despite the new ...

Three women have been charged after a wild police pursuit across the NSW-Victoria border, with the accused drug driver ...

A heatwave spreading over most of the country will send temperatures soaring in two Australian capital cities on Wednesday.

The report was published just weeks after planning experts at the University of NSW warned many outer Australian suburbs were ...

Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, tiny fish and a feather from an ancient bird, reveal a unique snapshot ...

Southern Australia will collectively bake this week through the most intense spell of heat in years as temperatures soar up ...

Confidential documents reveal that plans to boost the critical operations centre were curtailed months before the rail ...