The heartbroken partner of a woman killed in a three-vehicle crash in Brisbane has revealed he had plans to propose to her later this year.Emma McLean, a 23-year-old from South Australia, and Lily Galbraith, a 24-year-old from the Northern Territory, were driving on the Legacy Way Tunnel at Mount Coot-tha on Wednesday when they were hit from behind.Galbraith...

A patchwork of colourful and white coral lies not far below the surface off Hook Island in the Whitsundays.Marine scientist Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg emerged from the sea with a blunt assessment of what's occurring."They've been slowly bleaching, I think, over the last couple of weeks," he told 9News.READ MORE: Why police claim more than 1100 kids...

New data has shown a skyrocketing number of youth offenders breaching bail conditions in Queensland, proof, police claim, that tough laws are working.Acting assistant police commissioner Andrew Massingham today revealed 1144 young people were charged with 8464 breach of bail offences in the 12 months to May.On average, that is about seven breaches...

Perth's Muslim community has condemned an alleged knife attack by a teenager police described as "radicalised", which left one man hospitalised with serious injuries.A 16-year-old boy allegedly stabbed a man at the Bunnings carpark on High Road in Willetton about 10pm yesterday before he was shot dead by police.Nasir Mosque Imam Syed Wadood Janud condemned...

More than three million Australians are expected to have their student debt cut in the federal budget as a part of measures to ease cost of living pressures.Education minister Jason Clare said the decision would wipe about $3 billion in higher education loans, after loans increased by 7.1 per cent last year as a result of surging inflation.The government...

High waters flooded neighborhoods around the US city of Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water. Others prepared to evacuate their property.A wide region was swamped from Houston to rural East Texas, where game wardens rode airboats...