Early risers in Gold Coast suburb, Pimpama, were given the fright of their life this morning after a hot air flew dangerously close to houses.

After heavy rains and flooding hit western Japan last week, the death toll has risen to 200, with authorities continuing the search for the missing.

In the first of two papers published today, two telescopes operated by international teams found a flare of high-energy gamma-rays which seemed to emanate from a known supermassive black hole, providing key information for neutrino research on earth.

Australia’s classis lolly, Life Savers, will return to Australian ownership and again be manufactured locally, after confectionary maker, Darrell Lea, bought the brand from Swiss-based food giant, Nestle.

A French national who is the sister-in-law of disabled Australian man James Behrendorff has been granted a permanent visa to continue to care for her brother-in-law, after facing deportation back to France.

A man has been freed after being trapped in a collapsed four-metre hole of sand up in Hervey Bay on on Thursday.

A 33 storey building that will deliver 216 residential units in South Brisbane and feature a 120-meter waterfall has been approved for construction.

An Australian scientist has helped a team of international researchers piece together a picture of the last meal of the icy mummy Otzi, which is over 5,300 years old.