Accidents and Emergency Incidents

A man is killed while trying to establish a firebreak to help tackle a blaze near Ravensthorpe along WA's south coast, with the premier describing his death as "devastating".

Construction workers and police officers have been praised for their quick thinking after two men became trapped when a retaining wall collapsed.

The body of a man who died while cave diving in South Australia's south-east on Sunday has now been recovered, police say.

Police are investigating after a 65-year-old diver drowned at Tank Cave near Tantanoola in the state's south-east.

Hong Kong's worst fire in decades exposed long-standing weaknesses in its aging residential blocks. The question haunting the city is whether the disaster could happen again.

A 49-year-old L-plater who kept driving after hitting a 12-year-old as she walked to school in suburban Perth, causing serious injuries, is jailed for 16 months.

A massive high-rise apartment fire in Hong Kong's Tai Po district has killed at least 55 people and left hundreds more missing, with firefighters continuing to battle the blaze — as it happened.

Wild winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour have battered inland New South Wales, with strong gusts knocking out the windows of a Service NSW building in Dubbo.

The body of a bushwalker has been recovered from Tasmania's south-west this afternoon after being discovered by another bushwalker at one of the state's most challenging mountain peaks.

Thousands of residents were faced with outages in the South Australian town of Port Pirie after a severe thunderstorm and hail destroyed roofs as well as bringing down trees and powerlines.

A 17-year-old boy was struck by a ute about 2am and died at the scene. 

Two trucks collided in the Canoona area at 10:40pm on Wednesday, resulting in the deaths of a toddler and a woman in her 20s, who were passengers in one of the vehicles.

Police say the two interstate women were "reasonably prepared" but worsening weather meant they were cold, wet and unable to continue their journey.

Four people remain in hospital following freak demolition derby incident in states North West.

A survivor of last year's Laos mass methanol poisoning has started a campaign to educate travellers on the dangers of the toxic form of alcohol. 

Six of 13 patients remain in hospital after a derby car crashed into a grandstand full of spectators at a Walcha council-run rally on Saturday night.

One person was critically injured and another eight hospitalised after a car crashed into spectators at a motor rally event.

Nine people are hospitalised after a car crashed into spectators at a rally event in regional NSW on Saturday night. 

A foundation called The Eleanor Bryant Memorial Fund will provide scholarships to the next generation of allied health professionals from regional areas.

Türkiye's defence ministry confirms 20 Turkish soldiers on board were killed in the crash.