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Extreme weather across three Australian states is expected to ease as the clean-up gets under way after strong winds left a woman dead, homes destroyed and towns on flood watch.

The parents of one of dozens of young girls raped by a childcare worker say the system is broken and they can't fathom how he got away with prolific offending over years in a "room full of horrors".

An experienced animal handler has been mauled by a tiger at a Gold Coast theme park, prompting an investigation by workplace safety inspectors.

Tens of thousands of people in Tasmania were without power on Sunday after a cold front brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings.

Australia's human rights commission is seeking an urgent meeting with the West Australian premier after another Indigenous teenager died in custody.

Most Australian business leaders expect to use generative AI tools without human oversight within three years, research has found.

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has talked down the impact of emissions on climate change at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.

A passer-by who protected a woman during a stabbing rampage on a major Sydney highway was "unbelievable", another witness says.

An apparent conspiracy theorist has stabbed multiple people after a two-car crash on a major Sydney highway, witnessed by a rugby league team chairman.

An apparent conspiracy theorist has stabbed multiple people after a two-car crash on a major Sydney highway, witnessed by a rugby league team chairman.

Banning a transgender woman from a female-only app constituted unlawful discrimination, a judge has found in a landmark Australian gender-identity case.

A Queensland Powerball player has 100 million reasons to check their ticket to see if they are one of the biggest lottery winners in Australian history.

After 35 years of Byron Bay's Bluesfest in Australia, the final line-up will be headlined by Crowded House.