The gates of Townsville’s dam have opened to their full setting, with the city council warning several suburbs should prepare for imminent flooding from a rapidly rising Ross River. The Ross River Dam will release approximately 1,900 cubic metres of water per second. The council says dangerous and high-velocity flows will occur and residents in the suburbs of Rosslea, Hermit …

A New South Wales police officer and volunteer firefighter involved in a car crash in Sydney’s south last week has died in hospital. Timothy Proctor, 29, a probationary constable with the Liverpool Police Area Command, was driving on Heathcote Road at Lucas Heights, in Sydney’s south, about 2:00pm on Thursday when another car crossed to the wrong side of the …

Australian Defence officials have revealed two RAAF fighter jets were involved in a bombing mission in Iraq that led to the deaths of Iraqi civilians, with an Iraqi man whose family members were killed putting the civilian death toll at 35. The US-led Coalition estimated between six and 18 civilians may have been killed in the attack but that was …

God wanted Donald Trump to be United States president and that is why he supports things important to people of faith, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has told a US religious broadcaster. In an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network, Ms Sanders said Mr Trump was the most conservative president in US history. “I think God calls all of us …

A young couple who dubbed themselves an “Islamic Bonnie and Clyde” are eligible for parole after being sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court. In late 2015 and early 2016 Alo-Bridget Namoa and Sameh Bayda planned a street attack on non-Muslims. It was never carried out but in October last year the couple were found guilty of planning a terrorist act. …

Theresa May has told MPs attempting to delay Brexit that it would not “solve the situation”. “The decision remains the same – the deal, no-deal or no Brexit,” she said at Prime Minister’s Questions. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused her of having a “closed mind” to other Brexit options, such as Labour’s plan for a customs union with the EU. …

Novak Djokovic has been given quick passage through to the semi-finals at the Australian Open after Kei Nishikori was forced to retire mid-match with a leg injury. Clearly struggling, Nishikori was unable to keep up with the top seed, and he withdrew down 6-1, 4-1 in the second set. Djokovic will next face France’s Lucas Pouille for a place in …

Tired but smiling, an 18-year-old Saudi runaway who said she feared death if deported back home has arrived in Canada, which had offered her asylum in a case that attracted global attention after she mounted a social media campaign. “This is Rahaf Alqunun, a very brave new Canadian,” Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said arm-in-arm with the Saudi teen in Toronto’s …

A US Government committee will look into a news report claiming the FBI investigated whether President Donald Trump has been working on behalf of Russia, against US interests. It comes after the New York Times reported that the probe began in the days after Mr Trump fired James Comey as FBI director in May 2017. It said the agency’s counterintelligence investigators …

An emotional Justice Margaret Beazley has fought back tears as she formally accepted the role of NSW Governor from the NSW Premier today. At a ceremony outside the Sydney Opera House, Ms Beazley, a former Federal Court of Australia judge and NSW Court of Appeal judge, said she was honoured to take the role after the forced resignation of David …