His nickname is the King, but while other jockeys ride for a million-dollar payday over the spring carnival, Noel Callow has a side hustle to help make ends meet - mowing lawns and driving Uber.

A fast-talking property mogul dubbed the "boyfriend from hell" can now add "convicted fraudster" to his titles as well.

A whistleblower who exposed flaws in an investigation into the man charged with Australia's worst-ever child sex offending has now become the subject of a police raid herself at the behest of her former employer, the Uniting Church.

Flood victims from the Northern Rivers region in the NSW have slammed government bureaucracy for delaying funding to help people move on with their lives.

A grandmother banned from contacting her local council after making too many complaints reporting anti-social behaviour has received support from an unlikely ally.

Shirley Singh has suffered enough pain and trauma to last four lifetimes but instead of letting it consume her, she found a way to survive.

A Gold Coast couple is on the brink of losing their home after one of Australia's messiest body corporate wars.

One of Australia's most notorious fraudsters has been released from prison after serving less than half of his sentence, a move slammed by his many victims.

A high-profile mayor, who's also a property developer, has come under fire over the sale of council-owned land attached to a controversial block he partly owns.

A group of Australian fans of motivational guru Tony Robbins are furious they still haven't been refunded for a live show that was cancelled three years ago.

Queensland Police are considering seeking extradition of an Australian porn actor who escaped to the UK during the pandemic whilst wanted for questioning over alleged child grooming.

A 64-year-old woman's remarkable victory has changed things between property developers and homeowners in one key decision.

A group of angry customers want answers from two businessmen over the collapse of a shed company that's left them up to $50,000 out of pocket.

Police are trying to track down an electric scooter rider who was filmed doing 94km/h before crashing on a busy Queensland bikeway.

A one-time Ninja Warrior contestant who has rebranded himself as a life coach and social media influencer has come under the spotlight after dabbling in the world of wealth and finance.

A Queensland grandmother who's spent her life abiding by the law is now a convicted criminal after outing an evil predator on Facebook.

Barry Crocker is a name we all know and the man himself was once one of Australia's biggest stars, but now has a beef with an upstart company for using his name to sell undies.

Increasing petrol prices are driving record demand for electric vehicles in Australia, but many disappointed motorists are discovering a serious lack of supply.

Many A Current Affair viewers have been wanting to know how they can help a Ukrainian family in need.

Two Queensland doctors are pleading with the federal government to grant visas to a Ukrainian family trying to flee the war.

A 10-year-old girl from Ukraine has travelled 15,000 kilometres on her own to find safe haven in Australia.

Nearly 150 Gold Coast residents are about to lose their underground car park largely thanks to a spectacularly successful business deal hatched by local mayor Tom Tate's consortium.

The housing crisis is being felt right across Australia but in Queensland it's become so bad that some people are choosing to stay in prison rather than take their chances out on the street.

The question on the lips of many Australians right now is what is China up to in the Solomon Islands and should our government have been able to stop it?

Advocates for victims of crime are furious with the government over a broken promise made four years ago, hoping a new online petition can convey enough public anger to force politicians into action.

Heckling politicians has been part of Australian election campaigns since federation, but is the climate this year even more volatile than usual?

As we've watched the rainfall records tumble and the devastating floods that followed, many have been wondering when the right time is to address the elephant in the room - climate change.

Floods have impacted thousands of people across Australia but when you're almost 90 and battling incurable cancer, it makes it that much harder.

Hospitality businesses have already been decimated by the pandemic and now thousands of them are on their knees yet again thanks to widespread flooding across the country.

Some brave volunteers from Sydney have been neck-deep in floodwater along the overflowing Hawkesbury River rescuing farm animals that have been left to fend for themselves.

A Brisbane grandfather wants council bylaws changed regarding animal noise, claiming his neighbour's roosters are effecting his mental health.

COVID-19 has turned press conferences into compulsive viewing for millions of locked-down Australians.

He's just a teenager and already over seven feet tall but Rocco Zikarsky is dreaming even bigger after being selected to join the NBA Global Academy in Canberra.

Queensland's vaccination rates have been lagging behind their southern neighbours for a while now but certain pockets are much worse.

Melissa was 15 when Wayne Valenta hid under her mum's bed, waiting to kill her.

There are fresh calls for a crackdown on ratbag tenants after a notorious Queensland renter has left a trail of damage behind once again.

We've all seen the effect of cyber criminals targeting our phones in recent months but when hackers take control of a small business, the damage bill rapidly multiplies.  

We've heard the promises from the Taliban leadership about protecting women's rights in Afghanistan but on the streets of Kabul, it's rapidly becoming a different story.

A lack of gas on a once idyllic island off the Gold Coast has been labelled as feeling like a human rights violation by affected residents who are fed up with taking cold showers.

The mother of a severely disabled girl is calling for urgent changes to building regulation in Australia after their brand new purpose-built home was deemed so unsafe it had to be demolished.

It was the day that shook the world and 20 years on, the reverberations continue.

The Queensland Premier is facing increasing pressure over a snap decision to lock her own residents out of the state whilst welcoming in cricket players and footy WAG's.

The death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts this week means the end of an era.

It's case of "do as I say not as I do" for controversial MP Andrew Laming when it comes to mask wearing during this pandemic.

Renewed questions are being raised about the fairness of Queensland's tough COVID-19 restrictions after a series of high-profile breaches.

It's one of Australia's favourite holiday destinations and it was almost ready to open up to us again but now Fiji is in the grip of a dangerous second wave of COVID-19.

It's something that can happen to any dog but now this rare "ecological event" has been captured on film for the first-time involving dingoes.

The owner of a discount tyre shop has been accused of having a problem with female customers after an incident that left one of them in tears and resulted in police attending.