RESIDENTS told to seek shelter immediately as cyclone with 285km/h winds heads their way.

LDERLY Australian couples are buying each other suicide kits as Christmas presents.

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AN intellectually disabled man restrained in 23-hour prison lockdown has avoided spending any more time behind bars.

THE Country Fire Authority website was not accessible this afternoon on the first day of extreme warnings this bushfire season.

CATASTROPHIC fire danger ratings have been declared in two areas of South Australia as a blast of hot weather sweeps the state.

RESIDENTS told to seek shelter immediately as cyclone with 285km/h winds heads their way.

A MELBOURNE man who fatally stabbed his housemate after a fight over missing shirts has been jailed for 10 years.

RESIDENTS of the coastal communities of Koolan and Cockatoo islands in Western Australia's Kimberley region have been told to seek shelter immediately as Tropical Cyclone Laurence heads their way.

FIREFIGHTERS in Victoria and South Australia are braced for another day from hell.

AUTHORITIES have intercepted another asylum seeker boat, taking the tally for the year to 55.

FORD is adamant there is no link between a runaway car that became stuck on cruise control on a Melbourne freeway and the largest recall in the company's history.

AN HIV-positive Victorian man who knowingly infected a woman will spend at least two years and three months behind bars.

AIRPORT security screeners in Victoria plan to walk off the job over Christmas, causing delays for passengers.