A tribunal member has sought to reassure Bells Beach locals that allowing farmers to build a small tourist accommodation on their property will not open the "floodgates" to major tourism developments in the popular surfing community.
Cheerleaders will no longer perform at Canberra Raiders games.
The top Canberra baby names for 2016 have been announced, and it seems Canberra parents have a thing for the British royals - again.
A burst water main created havoc on the Glen Waverley line on Tuesday evening.
Two men have died in a fiery crash near Leeton in the NSW Riverina region, which set nearby bushland alight.
The cause of death of an English dancer inside a Melbourne strip club will be determined by a coroner after she was reportedly left dead for up to 12 hours.
ACT Health's spending on consultants and contractors has more than tripled in the past four years, rising from $5.5 million in 2012-13 to $18 million in 2015-16.
Defence wants to get 'believable and relatable'.
A Brisbane dental clinic that was closed before Christmas for operating an unhygienic surgery has still not satisfied Queensland Health it can re-open.
The gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day may have trained in Syria.
Elizabeth Kikkert doesn't drink coffee. Which is an odd for a woman who has five children, wakes up at 3am most days and has just been elected to public office.
WA Senator Rod Culleton has been injured during an altercation outside a Perth court building.
ACT police have found a three-year-old girl after she went missing from her home in Wanniassa.
Ben Sargent bought his 1971 Holden Monaro when he was 16 and still remembers his first speeding ticket.
The ACT government has warned Canberrans to expect delays across the city on the weekend as large crowds flock to the 30th anniversary of Summernats in Exhibtion Park in Canberra.
Canberra's demand for advice in cases of elder abuse is outstripping Legal Aid ACT's expectations, its annual report has revealed.
Parents are eschewing swimming lessons for their children because they cannot afford them, with some courses costing up to $300 for a term.
Like many Australian children, Tanya Carmont learnt and strengthened her swimming skills in saltwater.
A man in his 20s has been airlifted from Queensland's Fraser Island after being stung in the face by a suspected irukandji.
Three children have contracted the potentially fatal meningococcal disease after spending Sunday with their family at Brisbane's South Bank Parklands.
A group linked to international hacking network Anonymous has taken down the Victorian Human Rights Commission's website and replaced it with a grammatically poor message claiming to be its manifesto.
Protesters are blocking traffic around Federation Square, with a group of people spilling onto St Kilda Road.
Two more Victorian real estate agencies are facing court action for underquoting, just months after a record $330,000 fine was handed out to another Melbourne agency.
The Queensland Government says it is halfway towards one section of its 2020 target of generating 3000 megawatts of solar power from Queensland rooftops by 2020.
Perth woman Alison Bunting was feeling fabulous in her new designer jumpsuit on New Year's Eve when she became inspired to indulge in a Vogue-inspired photoshoot by the pool.
A man who was injured in a stabbing in Sydney's north on Tuesday staggered up the street shouting for help before seeking refuge in a car dealership, witnesses said.
Police are searching for a man who broke into a house and slept in a bed before pulling a knife on the occupants as they arrived home.
Three more asylum seekers on Manus Island have been charged with public drunkenness and resisting arrest after an incident on Monday night.
Little Anna dances around her room, stealing hearts with playful pouts that break into cheeky grins.
Melbourne's relentless expansion is driving increased white ant activity in the city's sprawling fringes.
The House Republican Conference approved a change with no advance public notice or debate.
A man who died after being found unconscious in a backyard pool in Sydney's northern beaches overnight has been identified as former Family Court judge Richard Gee.
Perth has reached a sweltering 40 degrees on Tuesday afternoon as thousands of people flocked to the beach to cool off.
We'll be driving more, using electric cars, along with more renewable energy - and nuclear energy over the next 25 years. But our addiction to coal will remain, while gas will emerge as our main source of energy.
One of the embattled Jakarta governor's rivals in next month's gubernatorial elections has met with an Islamic hardliner group notorious for attacks on minority groups which critics fear will give further legitimacy to political extremists in Indonesia.
A drunk Macgregor man allegedly broke into his next-door neighbour's home and assaulted her in an "unprovoked attack", a court has heard.
There's yet another local company innovating the coffee industry - and it's not all just about what goes into your morning brew.
An employee who was sacked after being filmed in an "aggressive" road rage incident while using a company car has lost a battle to get his job back.
See the rate at which consumers are switching from caged eggs to free range.
The Australian Medical Association has weighed in to the heated politics of Australia's gun laws, saying ownership restrictions should be tightened in 2017 and a real-time national firearms register established.
Police have charged a man who allegedly assaulted a woman who was found injured, distressed and trying to wave down motorists near a freeway entry south of Perth in the early hours of New Year's Day.
A bag of rotting meat was hurled through the door of Footscray's Rudimentary Cafe only days before burger bar 8bit was trashed and covered with anti-hipster graffiti.
ANZ Bank is selling its 20 per cent stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank for $1.8 billion.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has expanded on his call for the citizenship test to be revamped with a boosted focus on social integration and Australian values rather than being a "trivia" quiz on history and government.
Investors have started the new year in the ebullient mood they ended the last one in, driving the local sharemarket to its highest close since June 2015.
As investors in fund manager Hunter Hall International suffered hefty losses, the company which snapped up the bulk of Peter Hall's shareholding was sitting pretty.
The bulls have come out in full force, pushing the lead index above 5700 for the first time since August 2015, while the Aussie jumps back above US72¢.
A grandfather who murdered his wife and two grandchildren in central NSW nearly nine years ago has been charged with the murder of his cellmate at Sydney's Long Bay Correctional Complex overnight.
Bubs Australia and Murray River Organics have distanced themselves from stricken rival Bellamy's.
Embattled cattle exporter Wellard is in talks with its bankers after breaching the covenants on its debts at the new year.
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