The young man who died following a diving tragedy near Mandurah at the weekend is being remembered as a beautiful and passionate person who had had his whole life ahead of him.
Phil Hickey
At least three people have been killed and around 1000 homes severely damaged after a strong earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, officials say.
Staff Writers
A magnitude 6.1 quake has struck off the coast off southeastern Indonesia but there's no tsunami potential.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake has shaken a remote northern part of Papua New Guinea.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck off the shore of Indonesia's Java island, shaking buildings and causing some damage.
Barriers erected around a fishing town near an erupting volcano in Iceland appear to have redirected lava flows away from key infrastructure, authorities say.
Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Louise Rasmussen
Iceland's volcano last erupted in early February, cutting off district heating to more than 20,000 people as lava flows destroyed roads.
A woman who died in Bali following a landslide has been named by Indonesian media.
Kat Wong
A 21-year-old miner continues to fight for his life after a rockfall that killed his colleague, as safety authorities probe the tragedy.
Rachael Ward
Global insurance giant calls for risk reduction and better planning laws to help rein in rising premiums.
Belad Al-karkhey
A landslide has claimed the life of an Australian woman and another tourist in Bali, with officials providing consular support to her family.
Another summer of fires and storms has reinforced the need for a permanent disaster recovery program within Victorian community health services, leaders say.
Callum Godde
The group of seven family members that have been missing in the West Australian outback have been found by police, and are reported to be safe and well.
Holly Hales
At least 26 people are dead and 11 others are still missing after flooding and landslides in the Padang Pariaman district on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
At least 19 people are dead after flooding and landslides in the Padang Pariaman district on Indonesia's Sumatra island
The La Cumbre volcano on Fernandina island is erupting in what officials with Ecuador's Geophysical Institute say could be its largest eruption since 2017.
Northern Rivers locals say another disaster would wipe towns off the map as they mark two years since thousands of people lost their homes to floods .
Maeve Bannister
A bushfire west of Ballarat is expected to burn for days if not weeks but firefighters are concerned about changing weather conditions on Wednesday.
Savannah Meacham, Steven Deare and Rachael Ward
The number of homes lost to raging bushfires in Victoria's Grampians region has risen to 46 after locals returned to survey the damage.
Bushfire threat levels in Victoria's west have been reduced but fire crews are still working to contain multiple blazes.
Adrian Black
Residents in a small town in Victoria's west were forced to flee for their lives after an out-of-control bushfire ripped through their town.
Victoria has recorded a 4.3 magnitude earthquake that hit the regional town of Meeniyan in the Gippsland region.
William Ton
A volcano in Iceland has erupted for the second time this year after destroying dozens of buildings in a fishing town in January.
Millions of people across Turkey are mourning the loss of more than 53,000 friends, loved ones and neighbours in last year's catastrophic earthquake.
Andrew Wilks
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