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It is unclear how many people have died following an earthquake in northern Afghanistan, two months after a tremor killed more than 2,200 people. Source link

Women who have had traumatic birth experiences at Royal Darwin Hospital have gathered to share their stories and call for urgent action from the territory and federal governments. Source link

Gold Coast tennis star Kimberly Birrell loses in the Chennai Open final but claims a sportsmanship award for touching moment. Source link

Hundreds of residents remain without power after Saturday’s wild storms, while others are tallying the cost of giant hail to their properties, cars and homes. Source link

Daycare droughts are all too common in regional Australia, but in one New South Wales town, the shortage is so acute, the community is cracking. Source link

Optus executives will be hauled before a Senate inquiry today where they will be grilled about the telco’s triple-0 outage. Follow live. Source link

Four thieves raided the world’s most-visited art museum last month, in broad daylight, taking just seven minutes to steal jewellery worth an estimated $150 million before fleeing on scooters.  Source link

To borrow the words of former prime minister Tony Abbott, the net zero emissions by 2050 policy for the Coalition is now dead, buried and cremated. Source link

Australia’s property market is seeing rising demand, with record auctions over spring and a rise in both first home buyers and investors pushing up house prices.  Source link

Dozens of wedding guests rushed to shelter children under tables and hold up the walls of a reception hall during an intense storm in Queensland’s Banana Shire over the weekend. Source link