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The prime minister will visit flood affected regions in NSW with the premier tomorrow as much of Sydney remains underwater.

A former high-profile AFL player has been released on bail to live at a rehabilitation centre in the Macedon Ranges while awaiting trial for drug trafficking charges.

NSW Police officers have braved rising floodwaters to save a man as his ute was swallowed by the climbing river in Sydney's north west.

The family of a man who died just hours after being turned away from a regional New South Wales hospital are demanding an inquest.

Three men were arrested at the scene but have since been released.

On our first night in Port Moresby, I couldn't get to sleep.

An embattled aged care home in Melbourne's north is facing another COVID outbreak just one day after charges were brought against the facility by WorkSafe.

Two women have been charged for allegedly leaving a toddler on a day care bus in central Queensland in May, where the three-year-old suffered critical injuries caused by heat stress.

Sydneysiders are set to be impacted by more train delays tomorrow after the Fair Work Commission denied the state government's legal bid to halt planned industrial action from the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU).

Cases of diphtheria have been recorded in two children in New South Wales, leading the state's health department to issue an alert about the disease.

Residents living in some parts Sydney's north-west have experienced their worst floods in over four decades as current water levels surpass records set in 2021.

Twelve members of a religious group in Queensland have been arrested over the alleged murder of an eight-year-old girl after she was denied treatment for a medical condition for six days.

Australia's official cash rate target is now 1.35 per cent, a rise of 50 basis points.

The Hawkesbury River floodwaters have exceeded the record levels reached just a few months ago.

Dr Kerry Chant said case numbers and hospitalisations are expected to peak in late July and early August.

Common vegetables will begin spiking in price over the coming weeks because of heavy flooding in north-west Sydney

Satellite images show the extent of the flooding in Sydney's north-west.

Just hours after a mass shooting that killed six people and wounded at least 30 more in the US state of Illinois, one of the men running for governor there has said it was time to "move on".

Russia launched its attack on eastern Ukraine on February 24. World leaders have condemned the attack as "barbaric" and have rolled out major sanctions against Russia.

The SES had to divert crucial resources to answer a flood rescue call that turned out to be a hoax in Sydney overnight.

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut has won the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest for the 15th time.

New research from the University of Queensland has found a drug made of venom from Fraser Island's funnel-web spiders could prevent life threatening organ damage caused by heart attacks and stroke.

Spanish police have seized three 'drone submarines' capable of carrying large amounts of drugs and broken up an alleged smuggling gang.

Disaster funding has been approved for 23 local government areas in New South Wales as the flood crisis to hit the coast continues.

NSW beekeepers have been given a brief respite in their desperate fight to contain a bee-killing parasite, but apiarists in Queensland will now be watching on nervously.

US police said the 22-year-old man identified as a person of interest in the shooting that killed at least six people at an Independence Day parade has been taken into custody.

Two other men managed to evacuate the factory without injury.

Trying to find a way to get around post-war fabric shortages, French designer Louis Réard debuted a new swimsuit on July 5, 1946.

A delicate rescue operation off the New South Wales coast will continue today in the face of ongoing hostile weather.

The bullet that killed veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was likely fired from an Israeli position, US officials said today.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, after Ukrainian forces withdrew.

The woman tried to fight off one of the boys.

The Minions went bananas at the box office over the weekend.

Turkey's annual rate of inflation hit almost 80 per cent in June - its highest level in about two decades.

A jet-powered stunt truck spun out of control and crashed at an air show in Battle Creek, Michigan, killing the drive.

It's widely expected that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will lift rates by up to 50 basis points at 2:30pm in a bid to tackle soaring levels of inflation.

Dr Ben Bravery was just 28 when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer. His experience made him decide to retrain as a doctor.

Nick Kyrgios showed he is a student of the game with one simple comment following his latest thriller at Wimbledon.

Torched forests and cities burned to the ground. Colleagues with severed limbs. Bombardments so relentless the only option is to lie in a trench, wait and pray.

South Australian health workers are calling out increasing issues within the state's health care system, saying they are working in "disaster" mode in overflowing hospitals to help sick patients.

Police union officials say declining mental health and lack of work-family life balance are driving Western Australian police officers to leave the service in droves.

New footage shows some of the verbal and physical abuse experienced by Queensland's frontline workers as authorities work to fix ongoing issues within the health and transport system.

Once the floodwaters recede, the mammoth clean-up across Sydney's west will begin and flood affected communities will need an army of volunteers to rebuild.

An investigation is underway after a seven-year-old boy was left unsupervised at school holiday care for two hours in Melbourne.

Donna McBaron stares at the piece of paper in front of her.

A young mum has shared her distress after her toddler was hit by a car in Perth yesterday afternoon.

Hundreds of alleged defects have been found in Sydney's Lane Cove Tunnel.