And they're off (their heads!): Cheltenham punters enjoy boozy first day of races as pints flow in drunken start to the festival

Petrol stations in the bush are running dry as Aussies in the big cities panic buy.

An indepdendent MP has suggested Australia should cut taxes for workers and raise taxes on capital.

An urgent warning has been issued to Aussies with a mortgage.

Amanda Thorpe, 33, was arrested after she allegedly flipped off her daughter, 12, and abandoned her at a bar to go dancing at a resort club at Universal CityWalk.

The former Prime Minister was not found to be corrupt, with his failure to realise bureaucratic advice was misleading put down to shortcomings by federal departments.

Police were responding under lights and sirens to an assault in western Sydney when their paddy wagon hurtled into the home next to a school.

A top congressional Democrat easily defeated an upstart millennial challenger.

The guidance has been issued to teachers across northern England as part of a publication intended to highlight 'sensitivity and awareness around faiths and beliefs'.