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An Athens court convicts six people and clears 15 others over the wildfires which killed more than 100 people at a Greek resort nearly six years ago.

Telcos will be forced to share real-time network information during outages and set up a body to take charge of Australia's triple-0 system, in the wake of last year's Optus outage. 

New data shows almost half the women who were victims of a homicide in the last financial year were killed by a former or current intimate partner. While this represents a 28 per cent increase on the previous year, it is also the second-lowest rate since records began in 1990.

Humza Yousaf resigns as leader of the Scottish National Party but says he will continue to act as first minister until a successor is elected.

A 73-year-old man dies after his small plane crashed at Jandakot Airport, in Perth's southern suburbs.

The lawyer of an accused killer on trial for bludgeoning to death a pregnant woman who was carrying his child has accused her brother of being involved in her death.

A court has heard a friendship between a NSW junior police officer and a senior constable fell apart after he was allegedly assaulted at work.  

Bernard Skeffington, 89, died in hospital after being ramped for almost two hours. A paramedic has told an inquest of her distress as Mr Skeffington deteriorated and needed "urgent" help.

As thousands of people rallied against the scourge of domestic violence over the weekend, some of Perth's under-pressure women's shelters turned away women who were at risk of being killed.

Detectives are speaking to the woman's 54-year-old son as they investigate the cause of her death.

Shooter Shimona Jok makes her Mavericks debut in a position nobody expected, Liz Watson comes under fire for so-called 'dirty' act and the Swifts reward Housby in her 100th game. Here are Super Netball's talking points for round three.

Solomon Islands' pro-China leader, Manasseh Sogavare, has withdrawn from the race to be the next prime minister following the country's national election.

A pre-trial hearing for the man accused of murdering 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley is underway in Cairns just days after he dropped his lawyer from the case.

As Daly Cherry-Evans faces the first suspension of his 308 game NRL career, Manly has called for the league to introduce a good behaviour discount for players who face the judiciary. 

Ex-St Kilda player Sam Fisher faced Victoria's County Court on Monday for a pre-sentence hearing, having already pleaded guilty to trafficking drugs including methamphetamine and cocaine.

Broome tradesman Matej Radelic has pleaded not guilty to aggravated common assault after being accused of restraining three children with cable ties after he found them swimming in a pool at a vacant property.

A series of gendered violence deaths has brought a moment of fresh national reckoning. With it has come renewed scrutiny on the actions of governments. What is their plan?

Police say emergency services were called to a home at Boolaroo just before 4pm on Monday.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has appeared at the Yoorrook Justice Commission, becoming the first leader of an Australian government to give evidence at a formal truth-telling inquiry.

A specialised police unit has flown to Broome to help search for 21-year-old Zane Stevens, who hasn't been seen for three days.

It was meant to be a moment in which Anthony Albanese joined with tens of thousands of people nationally to demand an end to men's violence. The result was an organiser in tears, accusations of lying and the prime minister making a hasty exit.

Footage posted by Chinese state media shows widespread devastation in southern city of Guangzhou after a tornado swept through the day before, killing five people, injuring dozens others and damaging more than 140 buildings.

A former senator and a Greens politician want answers after a whale and two dolphins died three days after SA Water completed a seismic survey at Port Lincoln.

Anthony Albanese has returned to Alice Springs for the first time since the town hit the national spotlight when a youth curfew was imposed in a bid to curb social unrest.

A court hears that Rockhampton man Portmoresby Cecil confessed what he had done to a friend shortly before handing himself in. His murder trial continues in the Supreme Court.