Trump charges: the former US president and leading Republican candidate for next year's US election is facing yet another criminal indictment.

Police in Brisbane announce they've charged a former childcare worker with more than 1,600 child abuse offences.

The Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has confirmed the search for four crew missing after the Friday night crash of an MRH-90 Taipan Army helicopter off Queensland is now a recovery operation.

Why new data suggests some recent home buyers are being hardest hit, as the rapid pace of interest rate rises bites.

Nearly 100,000 complaints about financial firms have been lodged in the past year, as households come under pressure from rising interest rates and high inflation.

Round Two: the federal government vows to push ahead with its $10 billion housing bill when Parliament reconvenes next week, daring the Greens and the Coalition to oppose it in the Senate for a second time.

Shock in Tasmania, after a doctor was stabbed in a regional hospital while treating a patient.

And special delivery: Australia Post warns people against sending insects by mail, as the demand for tiny pets grows.

Another fatal shooting in Sydney, amid fears of a new gang war developing in the city's west and south-west.

Fresh evidence today that Australia's inflation rate may have peaked, with the latest quarterly data showing a fall to 6 per cent over the year from previous, runaway levels.

Queensland police will allege a 25 year-old man used a stolen car to ram another vehicle, leading to three deaths on the Bruce Highway.

An aerial photograph showing an Australian military plane's encounter with a Chinese surveillance ship near Queensland last week has been obtained by the ABC.

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