Louise Talbot
Queensland rain cuts roads and prompts warnings of flash flooding
Parts of Queensland are expected to get 200 millimetres of rain in just a few hours on Monday morning as rain cuts...
‘Any Londoner would do it’: London Bridge hero helps bring down terrorist
In one of the many extraordinary acts of bravery on Friday, a young man driving his car across London Bridge pulled over...
‘Extremely happy and relieved’: Perth travel bloggers on home soil after Iran prison stint
Perth travel bloggers Jolie King and Mark Firkin are “extremely happy and relieved” to be reunited with loved ones at home in...
Christchurch massacre: PM Jacinda Ardern meets families, hospital trauma staff
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has arrived in Christchurch ahead of a planned meeting with hospital staff and victims and to...
Mosque shooter not on counter-terror watch list faces Christchurch court
Former NSW personal trainer Brenton Harrison Tarrant – who was not on any terror watch list in New Zealand or Australia –...
Insurance Council of Australia declares Victorian bushfires a ‘catastrophe’
As dozens of residents returned to their homes after devastating bushfires ripped through the Bunyip State Forest in Victoria’s east last weekend,...
‘I am in hell’: The tragic story of Black Saturday’s iconic hero firefighter
Brad Waterhouse was woken by his pager about 7am on Saturday February 7, 2009. As captain of the Maryknoll CFA in Gippsland...
Black Saturday: The most unforgettable and heartbreaking media moments
The deadly Black Saturday bushfires that ravaged Victoria on February 7, 2009 took lives, destroyed property and changed whole towns, some forever....
Black Saturday: What it felt like to be there on that terrible day
In the lead-up to the mad, horrible day that was Saturday, February 7, 2009, our TVs and radios blasted out warnings of...
A brave father speaks of his ‘special girl’ as he visits her roadside memorial and night vigils
Less than 24 hours after Saeed Maasarwe was contacted in China by police telling him his daughter Aiia had been killed, he...