The Australian Fire Danger Rating System gives you an idea of how dangerous a fire could be if one starts in your area. It's quite simple — and it could save your life. What to do if there's a ...

The South Africa-born former UN human rights chief was recognised for her efforts to promote peace and international law.

Alan Kohler has been a financial journalist for 46 years. He began as a cadet on The Australian covering the Poseidon boom and bust; has been a columnist for Chanticleer in the Australian Financial ...

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man at a house in Orelia, with a second man found at the property taken ...

The sister of the Melbourne boy clinging to life after an apparent botched firebombing has urged other Victorian children not to accept cash for committing crimes.

A Queensland game developer who is taking legal action in a bid to halt the SA government's plans for a MotoGP circuit in Adelaide tells a a court he is concerned about rider safety on the proposed ...

The council says the plaza, which will require the demolition of several buildings the city has obtained since the 1980s, is ...

Some businesses are offering customer discounts for the use of cash after the Reserve Bank of Australia banned card ...

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The Australian Fire Danger Rating System gives you an idea of how dangerous a fire could be if one starts in your area. It's quite simple — and it could save your life. What to do if there's a ...

The United States's first execution by a military firing squad since World War II will be livestreamed, the Pentagon has said.