Emergency Incidents

Teenager Mehmet Koc lost his legs in last year's Turkish earthquake. Now he and his father are rebuilding their lives, far from home in London.

Police are investigating after a man was shot near a busy Melbourne train station by police responding to an unrelated incident nearby that left four people in hospital.

The Australian Energy Regulator alleges a Queensland coal-fired power station did not comply with its generator performance standards, causing an explosion leading to a major blackout.

Residents in Timber Creek and Bulla say "the food wasn't coming" during their recent three-week isolation. Things got so bad, neighbours chartered their own helicopter for a food run, and a cattle station donated a freshly killed carcass.

An ambulance spokesman says the students reportedly ingested an unknown substance from a bag, and paramedics arrived to find one of the teens vomiting.

A preliminary report suggests hypoxia could be the reason three aerial firefighting crew members, including 22-year-old William Jennings from the US, died when their plane crashed in rural Queensland in November.

The distraught family of a young man missing off Victoria's Mornington Peninsula urge the community to be careful, after the outgoing rugby player was swept away in a rip on Sunday. 

At least 46 people have been killed by wildfires in Chile with the death toll expected to rise.

Police are reviewing CCTV footage of the incident, which a detective described as "extremely confronting to watch", and calling for members of the public to come forward if they have any information.

NSW Ambulance is continuing to investigate the breach to determine the full details of the incident, involving the release of an image of Lauren O'Neill's injured leg just after she had arrived at hospital.

Police say the three-year-old climbed into the machine through its prize dispenser.

Twenty-nine people needed to be evacuated from Warra this week after water from three creeks converged on the south-west Queensland town, with the local mayor now calling for a better monitoring system for overland flows.

Michelle McKenzie realised she was not alone in the waist-deep water that was rising through her Laidley chook pen, counting 16 snakes trying to escape the water around her home.

It is believed Garry Mallen suffered a medical episode about 8:30am while at the fire scene in Portland, Victoria.

Former workers of aviation giant Boeing allege the aircraft manufacturer has cut corners on its production line to meet deadlines, resulting in defects going unnoticed and compromising safety.

NSW government to review recommendations to ensure safety of  vulnerable women and children.

Optus admits more than 2,500 people tried and failed to call triple-0 from their mobiles during last November's network outage, after previously telling a Senate inquiry just 228 people were affected.

The rescue of a man and his dog from floodwaters in Victoria has highlighted a shortage of State Emergency Service volunteers in regional and rural areas, with it taking an hour for a non-local unit to get to the scene.

Three teenage boys were rescued by the teen lifeguard off Warriewood beach in the Northern Beaches.

Saskia Rundle Trowbridge, 16, braved rough seas and climbed rocks to help free three teenage boys trapped in a cave at the Warriewood Blowhole, with one suffering head injuries.

Emergency workers have rescued an elderly man who fell down a cliff in Marysville, with authorities saying he fell around 10 metres.

WA's energy minister says a 'freak' storm that cut power to thousands is worse than 2021's destructive Cyclone Seroja.

From trading biscuits for phone chargers to being forced to throw thousands of dollars worth of food and medical supplies, locals tell of the chaos widespread power outages have caused in regional WA.

Power is starting to return to Kalgoorlie-Boulder after a summer storm toppled massive transmission towers, causing extended outages to the city's water, fuel, internet and phone services. 

The Department of Fire and Emergency services has warned residents across the Goldfields and Wheatbelt to prepare for ongoing blackouts over the next seven days.