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Lost and intoxicated, a Sydney teenager sent increasingly incoherent texts to friends as she wandered a music festival ground before collapsing and dying, her inquest has been told.

Working in aged care can be sad, morbid and even terrifying, particularly when staff are trying to look after someone "living a life of hell", an inquiry has been told.

Karen Fraser lost a daughter and unborn grandchild when intellectually-impaired Krystal vanished, likely murdered, in Victoria a decade ago.

A community environmental lobby group is considering independent legal action against Adani over claims it provided false or misleading information over its Carmichael coal mine.

Close to three million Australians are living in a declared "climate emergency", as more local councils take a stand and demand urgent action.

A man has been charged over a terrifying carjacking in Sydney's south that left a 52-year-old woman with stab wounds to her face and neck.

Not a week goes by when police officer Kylie Hemiak doesn't work on the investigation into the shooting down of flight MH17.

The former Minneapolis police officer who shot dead Australian life coach Justine Damond in an alley has made a move for freedom with his lawyers, citing potential "prosecutorial misconduct", filing an appeal against his murder and manslaughter convictions.

Indonesia has had its second strong earthquake since Sunday, with a tremor shaking Bali and other islands on Tuesday, damaging homes and injuring one person.

As some Australian families strive for a plastic-free July others will be rushing to Coles and Woolworths to bag new plastic trinkets for their kids.