Three emergency-level bushfires continue to rage across Victoria after a state of disaster was declared by Victorian Premier Jacinta Allen. Follow live. 

The heatwave which has engulfed southern Australia this week has become one of the most intense on record.

North Queensland residents are readying themselves as a tropical low is likely to become a category one cyclone later today. 

There have been plenty of examples of the Trump administration's contempt for legalities, diplomacy and alliances but this week Trump and his lieutenants went further.

After growing calls for a royal commission into the Bondi terror attack, the prime minister has finally announced it would take place, saying it "was what Australia needs".

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has remained defiant amid nationwide protests, saying his regime would not back down in the "face of saboteurs."