Melissa Meehan

Home buyers have been left in uncertainty after a debt-laden residential developer called in external administrators to keep the firm afloat.

Sydney developer Bathla Group has called in administrators, putting thousands of homes and buyers across three states in uncertainty.

One Australian state will be the first to make motor neurone disease a notifiable condition in a bid to help researchers and clinicians develop preventative measures, better treatments and maybe a cure.

The partner of an Australian man missing in Nepal after devastating floods has called on Canberra to send troops to the area, as the total number of Australians unaccounted for rises to 43.

A son has a lot of making up to do ahead of Father's Day after crashing his dad's car and leaving the mangled vehicle in a ditch.

Around 800 deaths have been reported and at least 3000 people are still missing, including 43 Australians.

MND is a progressive neurological disorder that causes rapid degeneration of muscle activity and for which there is no cure

A woman weeps in Nepal, where around 800 deaths have been reported from the devastating floods. -AAP Image

Australia's peak motor neurone disease advocacy body has welcomed a state's move to make the disorder a notifiable condition, calling for an expansion of the nation-first initiative.

Hundreds of people have laid candles and observed a minute's silence at a vigil held in honour of those killed and missing in Nepal after devastating floods.