Emergency Services

A group of young sailors spending their school holidays on an eight-day tall ship voyage have helped pluck two stranded kayakers from dangerous waters near Hinchinbrook Island.

Authorities have reminded caravan owners to stay informed about the industry's regulatory changes and safety precautions after a fire destroyed two caravans.

Travellers near Bell Gorge in the Kimberley say they heard the woman's leg break followed by screaming. An ABC journalist, a nurse and a retired GP were among those who rushed to her aid.

An explosion that destroyed a townhouse in Western Sydney killing one and injuring a number of others was caused by gas, a source has told the ABC.

While the desired effects of the party drug are euphoria, increased sociability and an increased sexual libido, the drug is extremely dose and tolerance dependent.

Officials in Geraldton decided to bring down the $880,000 build after rain and high tides this week left it at risk of falling into the ocean.

Australia's aerial firefighting fleet is being expanded to include planes that can respond to other disasters such as floods and major storms. It comes as longer and overlapping fire seasons place greater pressure on the existing fleet.

When a person goes missing along the iconic Larapinta Trail in Central Australia, search and rescue pilot Warwick Curr is often one of the first people to know. After 20 years, the job never gets easier. 

Firefighters are reminding people to consider the consequences of not having working smoke alarms after the death of an elderly man in a Broken Hill home.

While this week's torrential rains across the state have begun to ease, the acting commissioner of NSW SES has urged residents to remain aware of potential flooding over the weekend.

Alex Farrelly-Deas, 25, says he climbed the cliff to take photos before slipping on his way back down.

People living in parts of Mullumbimby in the Byron Shire hinterland are being warned to avoid using groundwater or harvesting homegrown fruit and veggies after PFAS chemicals were detected near their fire station.

A person stuck on a rock face at a popular tourism site in Western Australia's far north is rescued by emergency service crews, after spending the night on the cliff.

The group became bogged along a remote stretch of Western Australia's Mid West coast and wrote "help" in the sand in desperation.  

Matthew, 34, was last seen in Newlyn, north-east of Ballarat, on Friday afternoon. His family is concerned about his welfare due to a medical condition.

Police believe a woman feared missing under the rubble of a house after an explosion in Sydney could still be alive. 

The Newcastle District Court has been told sentencing proceedings for a bus driver over a fatal crash in the New South Wales Hunter Valley will be drawn out given the gravity of the case. 

More than a year since James Hester and Halimah James lost their son in the record-breaking Kimberley floods, they're still waiting for answers about why there was access to a destroyed bridge.

The incident occurred during a union push for more funding to help firefighters maintain Victoria's aging fleet.

The engines of the Beechcraft Super King Air appeared to power down as it approached the runway at Newcastle airport, landing at 12:18pm and sliding to a stop to the loud cheers of onlookers who had lined the perimeter fence.

Two people are rushed to hospital after a tornado smashes through Bunbury on Friday afternoon.

The 38-year-old was stranded by the tide as he started heading home from a fishing trip in the Royal National Park south of Sydney.

The family of 77-year-old John Locker, who has been missing since Monday, say they are "running on adrenaline, knowing that we are running out of time".

After receiving a call for assistance from an seriously ill sailor, emergency crews set off from a remote town in WA with only a rough idea of the man's location. That was only the start of their challenge.

Telcos will be forced to share real-time network information during outages and set up a body to take charge of Australia's triple-0 system, in the wake of last year's Optus outage.