Aussies around the nation headed to the polls to have their say on whether the nation should agree to introduce the proposed Voice to parliament .

Paris might remain in the grips of a reported bedbug infestation, but Australia was one of the first nations in the world to successfully stamp out major infestations of the upsetting critter, experts say.

Aussies heading to the holiday island of Bali will have to pay a new tourism tax when they arrive in the province as of February 14 next year.

A family whose "adored" son and brother was found dead aged just 33 after suffering from a toothache finally have answers about what killed him.

When Sonya McIntyre-Reid told friends and family she was not going to buy anything at all during the month of October, they were surprised.

A woman who was killed by a falling branch at a botanical garden had only just moved to Australia before her death.

A "larger than life" father of four who ran a popular burger shop in Sydney's north has suddenly died, just six years after his wife passed away.

Commonwealth Bank is cutting almost 200 jobs in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, unions claim, despite posting a record full-year profit of $10.2 billion.

Aussies are sitting on $18.5 billion of unwanted clothes, with most people having unworn outfits worth $952 in their wardrobes.

It's so unloved the wallpaper is peeling from the walls, but that didn't stop a buyer snapping up this North Sydney pad with panoramic harbour views for nearly $2.5m.

Two bodies have been found at a property at Riverwood in Sydney's south.

A family has been left "at breaking point" after their farm was devastated by a fire for the second time in several years.

NSW Health has issued an alert for airline passengers to be alert for symptoms of measles after a person flew into Sydney from overseas with the infection.

From a kangaroo rocking an air guitar to a penguin asking for directions, the finalists of a photo contest with a difference have been revealed.

A male former Scout leader aged 62 has been charged with alleged historic child sexual and indecent assault offences.

Some of Disney's most famous characters feature on a new range of Aussie-themed stamps from Australia Post.

A new book shows the "vibrant and exciting coming of age of Australia's first city".

A man is in hospital after being injured in an unprovoked attack following a music concert in Perth.

A 33-year-old man who was behind the wheel in a horrific car crash in Sydney has faced court from his hospital bed.

Two Australian tourists have been seriously injured in 10-metre fall from a medieval wall in Croatia.

An elephant at Melbourne Zoo has suddenly died after being diagnosed with a virus, leaving his keepers "devastated" and the rest of his herd "grieving".

A woman who took a rose off a plane and brought it into Australia has been fined almost $2000.

A 'cursed' painting on sale in a charity shop has been returned twice by buyers, with one woman saying there is 'something wrong with it."

They're the lifeline helping Western Australia's ailing health system, but migrant doctors are being forced to live in holiday accommodation.

Security video has captured the moment a popular pizza bar in Adelaide's eastern suburbs was set alight.

With the Indigenous Voice to parliament referendum fast approaching, campaigning is ramping up across the country in an attempt to win over undecided voters.

A driver said they got a "surprise" when a cheeky hitchhiker popped up on their windscreen while they were speeding down the highway.

An airline pilot has died after becoming ill while on a flight.

Patrick Dare had a built a high-flying career in IT and telecommunications for over 30 years. But a few years ago the 58-year-old noticed something wasn't right, especially at the office.

Australia's medical watchown has issued a warning over medicines and herbal supplements containing turmeric and curcumin after a person died.

A local mayor has called for privacy amid the interest surrounding the deadly mushroom poisonings which killed three people in Victoria.

A nasal spray used to treat drug overdoses will soon be carried by all police officers in Western Australia.

Australian Federal Police have seized hundreds of kilograms of cocaine in a drug bust in the north of Western Australia.

A retiree has been forced to wade into water to dodge a pack of dingoes on K'gari, formerly known as Fraser Island.

A scientist who became a familiar face on TV during the COVID-19 pandemic has died aged 70.

When Belle Owen books a cab, she says it's pure chance whether her ride will show up.

It's believed to be the biggest bust of its kind in not just Perth, but all of Australia.

The island community where a man and his five sons who died in a house fire last weekend have paid tribute to them.

A new variant of COVID-19 has been detected around the world, with experts warning the virus is "circulating unchecked".

A Sydney insurance worker's claim she was unfairly sacked after the activity on her laptop was tracked as she worked from home has been dismissed.

A fashion brand which started at a Sydney market and has celebrity fans including the Princes of Wales, Beyonce and Kendall Jenner as been sold for over a billion dollars according to reports.

A man has been clapped with a fine of more than $700 after a "sickening incident" which saw him deliberately run over and kill three plover chicks.

Perth researchers have whipped up a novel way to boost fruit and veg intake in aged care residents, children and even military personnel.

There's new hope for millions of Australian children who suffer from painful and persistent ear infections.

Calls to backflip on the location of Western Australia's new $1.8 billion Women and Babies Hospital are growing louder by the day.

Multiple people have been rescued from the ocean on Sydney's northern beaches.

A surge in the number of homes being repossessed points to the devastating impact of interest rates rises for some borrowers.

The ACT's top prosecutor who led Bruce Lehrmann's criminal trial has quit.

Human remains have been found in the search for a helicopter which crashed with four airmen aboard off the Queensland coast last week.

Expert at Sydney's Taronga Zoo say the sun bear at a Chinese Zoo which many viewers claimed was a human in a costume is real.