Five armed men, dressed in black kidnapped a mother from her family home in Bankstown while her two sons watched on, with the younger one also subjected to violence.

HESTA won't process super contributions, regular withdraws, investment switches and insurance claims until June, due to a system changeover. Consumer advocates and members have expressed concern about the freeze on funds.  

A woman has died and a man is missing after three people were swept into the ocean at San Remo, south-east of Melbourne, on Friday morning.

While 70 per cent of Australians surveyed hold a "very unfavourable" view of Russia, that's only the case for 6 per cent of Indonesians.

Peter Dutton, now seriously on the back foot, has made an extraordinarily big "aspirational" commitment at the back end of this campaign.

This year marks a special Easter for Australia's Christian community, with both Western and Orthodox churches marking the event this weekend. And of course, it wouldn't be Good Friday without a seafood feast.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported by the Trump administration despite a court order, has met with a Democratic senator in El Salvador.