The bodies of a woman and three children have been found following a house fire in Glen Waverley, in Melbourne’s south-east. Firefighters were called to Tulloch Grove about 1:40am on Sunday after receiving multiple calls about smoke coming from a two-storey townhouse. Crews found the garage on the ground level well alight and the home filled with smoke. “Sadly, a …

A young man who was shot dead by police on the Logan Motorway on Thursday has been “directly linked” to the double murder of an elderly couple, with officers describing the incident as a “terrorism event”, Queensland police say. The bodies of Maurice and Zoe Antill, both in their mid-80s, were found at a house in the southern Brisbane suburb of …

A Greek Orthodox priest has been shot and badly wounded at a church in the French city of Lyon by an assailant who then fled, police and witnesses say. The priest was fired on twice at about 4:00pm (local time) as he was closing the church, and was being treated for life-threatening injuries, the police source said. Witnesses said the …

The chief executive of Australia Post has been ordered to stand aside as Scott Morrison orders an independent investigation into the organisation spending $12,000 on gifts of designer watches for bosses who stitched up a deal with big banks. The Prime Minister blasted the spending decision as “disgraceful”, the latest scandal to prompt outrage at the embattled organisation’s spending. Already …

A love affair that rocked politics to its core and blindsided the entire nation was known for “some time” by the estranged wife of Daryl Maguire. A love affair that rocked politics to its core yesterday blindsided the entire nation, but it was known for “some time” by the estranged wife of NSW Liberal MP Daryl Maguire. In a day …

Lawyers for a Darwin man accused of trafficking his wife to India say the allegations are false and part of a bid by the woman to remain in Australia. Pratap Singh, 28, appeared via video link in the Darwin Local Court to apply for bail after being charged last month with trafficking in persons, which attracts a maximum penalty of …

Victoria Police say they plan to charge a Melbourne woman with assaulting police after she posted a video of her arrest to social media showing her being dragged from a car by officers. Police arrested 29-year-old Natalie Bonner after she allegedly refused to provide her details and driver’s licence at a checkpoint in Kalkallo just before 6pm on Saturday. Ms …

Authorities have warned of mass fatalities as the largest firestorms on record ravaged the states of California and Oregon amid a deadly summer of wildfires. Deadly infernoes raging across Oregon have kept half a million people under evacuation alert as weary firefighters took advantage of improved weather to go on the offensive against the blazes. The fires have destroyed thousands …

A man has been arrested in the US state of Florida after a failed attempt at kidnapping WWE star Sonya Deville. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Phillip A. Thomas II began planning the abduction eight months ago. Thomas had never met Deville but had a ‘disturbing obsession’ with her and stalked her on social media. The 24-year-old was inside Deville’s …

An off-duty NSW police officer has been charged with drink driving after a six-car crash in Sydney’s south. Just after 7.15pm on Sunday emergency services responded to a multi-vehicle crash on the Princes Highway at Blakehurst. Police say a BMW sedan and a Mitsubishi Outlander, both travelling south, collided before hitting four other cars in the northbound lanes. The 38-year-old …