More than 30,000 Los Angeles teachers demanding higher pay and smaller class sizes have walked off the job in the second-largest US school system, union officials say, leaving 640,000 students in limbo.

Coca-Cola Amatil's decision to replace plastic straws with paper in Australian outlets has been welcomed by environmental groups, but consumers have been warned against being complacent with disposal.

Today's Birthday, January 15: Australian rugby league star Greg Inglis (1987 - ).

A "delicate operation" is under way to move a truck that rolled spilling gas cylinders across a busy Melbourne freeway and bringing traffic to a standstill.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian won't budge on pill testing despite an emotional plea from the family of a teenager who died of a suspected overdose at a music festival and a savage attack from the Greens.

A Melbourne woman is accused of passing herself off as a conveyancer to transfer property into her own name and reap millions of dollars.

Former politician Clive Palmer is sending out more unsolicited texts despite receiving over 3000 complaints from the 5.6 million Australian voters he's already contacted.

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall has vowed to engage in a "relentless pursuit of economic growth" as his government gets back to business for 2019.

Scott Morrison is warning the interception of an asylum seeker boat in Malaysia shows people smugglers are already gearing up for Labor to weaken border security.

It took Smash customer Qiu Siyu just a few sharp blows with a baseball bat to wreck what looked like an old car radio, after which two friends battered telephones, audio speakers, rice cookers and even a mannequin.