Safety

Footage of near-fatal incidents from across Adelaide's rail network has been released as transport authorities roll out a campaign urging pedestrians to be more cautious around trains and trams.

Vision released by Queensland police shows dramatic moments during the final shootout after a six-hour siege at Wieambilla in December 2022. 

Reflective stickers and new signs have been installed at the site of cyclist Graham Forte's fatal crash, but his wife Jane wants more done to prevent future accidents.

A toddler is recovering from serious burns after he stepped onto a campfire that wasn't extinguished properly at a popular tourist spot in Western Australia's north.

Farmsafe Australia wants all agriculture workers to have first aid and trauma response training, saying it can be the difference between life and death in remote areas.

Emergency services say a WA home owner needed oxygen treatment after accidentally creating a potentially fatal gas while cleaning their swimming pool.

A state government department says too many e-scooter riders are risking their safety by breaking road rules, with fractures the most common injury among those presenting to emergency departments in Queensland.

Work safety authorities in at least three states called into the hardware giant, amid fears customers and workers have been put at risk by inappropriate handling of the potentially hazardous material.

Geraldton man Matthew Watson had a bad feeling when his friend didn't return to the boat during a spearfishing trip near Coral Bay on Monday. Then, he spotted him bleeding in the water.

Tradies will still have to work with engineered stone when renovating or demolishing existing kitchens and bathrooms, risking exposure to fine silica dust.

Four-wheel driving is getting more popular, but some in the industry say inexperienced drivers may be putting themselves in danger.

Almost 100 kilograms of fireworks are seized by authorities at the Northern Territory-Queensland border, after Territory Day celebrations in the NT that allow them to be used.

The fire destroyed around more than 150 units and required 50 firefighters at its peak.

Australia is known for strict gun laws implemented after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, but states and territories still have different ways of treating gun ownership. Here's a guide.

Back in her salon 12 months after the melanoma was removed from her arm, Kira Eacott is having honest conversations about skin health with clients and family.

After more than 450 call-outs in winter last year, Queensland is already seeing a spike in house fires — three of them fatal. 

Last weekend, whilst swimming in what looked like a protected natural rock pool, I was pulled into a dangerous rip that was dumping onto a reef. My mind cleared as I slowed down and I thought: "So this is it. This is how people drown."

Hookah diving: those who do it love the underwater freedom, but with no regulations governing the practice people who don't know what they are doing are putting their lives at risk, one expert says.

While federal politics often seems top-down on most issues, the fight against social media's grip on children is starting from the bottom and being pushed up.

Black belt Gerri Kissner, aka Ninja Nan, teaches free self-defence classes in her retirement to show women how to fight off would-be attackers.

Domestic, family and sexual violence organisations are warning they will need to start winding back services because the federal government hasn’t invested enough in the sector in its latest budget.

Steve Griffiths, a local councillor representing the Moorooka ward, has been advocating for better safety measures in Mortimer Road Park for six years.

A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found dead just past midnight in Brisbane's south, with a local councillor advocating for better safety at the park.

An Esperance resident would happily never see a shark again after being circled for five minutes on a broken windsurfer by the ocean's apex predator earlier this week. 

The head of the National Women's Safety Alliance is outraged by harassment and victim blaming after a footy fan captures threats of sexual violence against her on camera.