The Latest Breaking News from SES

Major international and national tests show rural students, on average, do not do as well at school as their city peers.

When a major flood warning was issued for Huonville on Wednesday night, authorities feared a repeat of the devastating floods that hit the town in 2016. But by daybreak, the outlook had improved dramatically. So why was the modelling so different to the outcome?

A land, water and air search for 80-year-old Peter Roach — who is non-verbal and has a medical condition that can cause confusion — is scaled down in Central Queensland.

The flood-hit Northern Rivers region is in the firing line for more flash flooding and heavy rain, prompting a warning from the NSW SES.

The search continues along beaches on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula for local teacher Simon Baccanello, who is believed to have been killed in a shark attack while surfing on Saturday morning.

A woman missing in the Queensland bush for more than a week has been found, in what police say is a "miraculous" turn of events.

Police say they feared the worst for the mother-of-four, who drank from puddles to survive an eight-day ordeal lost in bushland in north Queensland.

A man has died after being found critically injured inside a car following a shooting in suburban Melbourne, with three other men on the run.

Freezing cold air from south of Australia has combined with moisture to bring a dramatic dump of snow across areas of southern New South Wales.

Hard-hit residents in Burketown, where nearly 40 houses were inundated, are praising the work of a small group of Indigenous rangers who were some of the first responders during and after the emergency.

NSW Farmers say a process to protect people and property in flood-prone areas is long overdue, especially after the deadly devastation in the Northern Rivers last year.