A homicide investigation is under way after a woman's body was found in Melbourne's Inner City. Blood cancer is set to become Australia's most common and deadly cancer with the number of cases expected to double within a decade. Almost a metre of rain has fallen in some parts of Far North Queensland but residents are being told to brace for more.

"Baking heat" from Western Australia's north is forecast to spread into south-eastern Australia this weekend, with "severe" heatwave warnings in place across several major capitals. Meanwhile, northern Queensland residents are being told to brace for "intensely heavy rainfall" and "potentially life-threatening flash flooding",

Rain is likely to affect areas from Mackay through to Cairns in a weather pattern that brings rain day after day, while southeastern Australia endures a lengthy spell of extreme heat from this weekend. Low pressure is developing off northeast Queensland that should persist for the rest of the week and across the weekend.

A man has been arrested following a 10-hour-long siege on the Sunshine Coast. A man has been arrested following a 10-hour-long siege on the Sunshine Coast. A large crop-spraying drone crashed into power lines sparking a grass fire near Mount Compass.

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It may currently be the middle of summer but the Queensland winter carnival is already shaping up as one of the best yet, with a galaxy of stars set to make the trek north.

A primary school principal in Melbourne's south-east has been charged with possession of child abuse material.

Police have seized abseiling equipment and charged men allegedly responsible for a graffiti image that has been plastered across Melbourne in seemingly impossible spots.

The man police believe shot 33-year-old Linley Anyos has been charged for unrelated crimes and it may be years before he returns to Queensland.

The scheme would reportedly cost the federal government around $8.1 billion dollars over the forward estimates.

The Australian Greens have launched a plan to deliver 50 cent public transport fares across the country, taking the Queensland experience national, in a bid to tackle the skyrocketing cost-of-living and save households thousands.

Jewish groups have questioned why the national broadcaster has chosen to platform and “mainstream” a Jewish “radical fringe voice”, who spoke at a controversial anti-racism symposium last week, in its coverage of anti-Semitic events in Sydney.