Liberal candidate Mina Zaki yells at Katy Gallagher before police are called to a polling station in Canberra.

Labor candidate for Chisholm, Jennifer Yang, said Liberal Party posters in purple and white which stated the "correct" way to vote was to put Liberals first were "unethical".

Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese announces he will contest the party's leadership.

Robert Irwin comes to the rescue when an echidna waddles into a Sunshine Coast fruit shop and wedges itself under a fridge.

Snow falls overnight near Eukey in the Queensland Southern Downs region.

Police say a car and truck collided on the Bruce Highway near Conn Creek.

Queensland has beaten NSW 18-14 in the first fame of the State of Origin series.

The former prime minister says the CMMFEU should consider the wider implications of the controversy.

The Victorian Parliament will debate a bill which would allow people to change their gender on their birth certificate without needing to undergo surgery.

Police have located a car belonging to Zixi Wang, who police say may be able to help with their inquiries into the death of a woman who fell from a high-rise complex in the Sydney suburb of Zetland.

The vehicle has a maroon body and silver tray, with a distinctive bar across the back of the tray.

The Greek diaspora was a phenomenon that became an important part of our multicultural history and brought with it an innate understanding of what made for a first-class dining experience.

A tiny wasp enlisted to save Christmas Island's famous red crabs from extinction is showing promising results in the battle against the crustaceans' crazy ant foes.

The days of stubbing your toe on a chunk of gold may be over, but seasoned prospectors say there's still plenty to be found.

When an outback town in WA was faced with the unusual problem of cows leaving their paddocks and roaming their streets by night in search of food, two men were tasked with doing something about it.

The closure of an historic brothel has provided another nail in the coffin for one of Australia's most famous red-light districts, which has operated illegally for more than a century.

A search is underway for missing 67-year-old Tony Hickey whose explosives truck caught fire and blew up near Sandstone in Western Australia's Mid West, with police unable to find him at the scene.

A police investigation is underway in a quiet corner of WA's south-west, after more than 150 people brawled with baseball bats and poles near a local football club's post-grand final celebration.

After a devastating bushfire, one remote WA farming community takes steps towards a solar solution and it's cheaper, safer, and more reliable.