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A bushwalker who plunged six metres down a Queensland waterfall and fractured his leg was forced to crawl for two days to survive after his phone fell in a creek.

A fresh wave of abuse survivors is expected to seek legal advice amid news of pedophile Cardinal George Pell's High Court challenge.

The man accused of a mass shooting in Darwin in which four men were killed and a woman injured on one night in June will plead not guilty.

Advanced radiotherapy technology could cut prostate cancer treatment time from two months to two weeks, safely delivering curative treatment for some patients, new research suggests.

The prime minister has downplayed the prospect of Australia joining any US-led military action against Iran.

The government department responsible for Australia's welfare agency has thrown its support behind a national facial verification database.

Iran's supreme leader has ruled out talks with Washington after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for an attack on Saudi oil facilities that knocked out half the kingdom's output.

Queenslanders in the southeast face a tense night hoping dry storms carrying lightning and no rain don't spark bushfires in the bone-dry region.

A class action is being launched against Centrelink's controversial robo-debt welfare recovery scheme.

US President Donald Trump says it looks like Iran is behind attacks on oil plants in Saudi Arabia but he's stressed he doesn't want to go to war, as the attacks sent oil prices soaring and raised fears of a new Middle East conflict.