• 3 mins ago

Sharni Williams' rugby dream has taken her around the world, but she hopes a golden journey has a bigger impact at home.

• 6 mins ago

It was the plea for forward thinking, made in front of the man who has the power to make it happen.

• UPDATED
• 13 mins ago

All escapees from the Malmsbury youth detention centre breakout have been arrested.

• 15 mins ago

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Melbourne's CBD for an 'Invasion Day' rally, eclipsing an earlier Australia Day parade.

• 15 mins ago

Being dissed in one's home town by treasured Australian musical export Nick Cave, a newly appointed Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia, no less, does not appear to have fazed Lord Mayor Graham Quirk.

• ANALYSIS
• 23 mins ago

By sundown, one of Trump's daughters, his campaign chief and his would-be treasury secretary were shaping up as chief suspects in the hunt for voter fraud.

• 28 mins ago

The winds of change are sweeping through world rugby and Australia and New Zealand could be about to play crucial roles.

• 33 mins ago

The state ombudsman has weighed into the Victoria's youth justice crisis, preparing to table yet another critical report about problems in the system.

• 39 mins ago

There is much to love about the Bungendore show, whether it's the cakes in the pavilion or the flat chat dog race.

• 41 mins ago

Canberra actors Lukas Whiting and Lucy Lovegrove have scored roles as siblings Finn and Sarah Connelly on top-rating New Zealand soap, Shortland Street.

• 43 mins ago

Thousands of people around the nation became Australian citizens on Australia Day. A lucky 28 did so in front of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the national citizenship ceremony in Canberra.

• 43 mins ago

A young boy has taken the idea of the neighbourhood lemonade stand to new heights.

• 45 mins ago

A Northern Territory Aboriginal leader says people shouldn't feel guilty for celebrating Australia Day on January 26.

• 47 mins ago

Thousands of people lined Melbourne's Swanston Street for the city's official Australia Day Parade yesterday morning.

• 47 mins ago

Around a dozen people have scuffled with police during an Australia Day protest in central Sydney.

• 48 mins ago

About 200 people have joined the 'Invasion Day' protest in the heart of Perth to rally for changing the date of Australia day on Thursday.

• 48 mins ago

A  man charged after a stash of drugs, cash and stolen credit cards were allegedly found in properties across Sydney CBD will remain behind bars after failing to convince a registrar to release him.

• 59 mins ago

Braddon's Bentspoke Brewing Co has stamped their mark on the Australian craft beer scene, with two beers making the top 20 in the GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers.

• 1 hr ago

'Every day my friends are going to the mountain, teachers, lawyers, doctors, so many. There is no one who believes in talking anymore.'

• 1 hr ago

"We have a democracy and everybody has the right to protest but today's about everything that brings us together."

• 1 hr ago

The Brumbies all-blue jersey divided opinion and fans last year, but they're going back to the future with their new strip in 2017.

• EXCLUSIVE
• 1 hr ago

A senior executive of a major construction company has strongly criticised the Master Builders Association and the Fair Work Building Commission for running a propaganda campaign to portray the industry as corrupt and to promote the Federal Government's political agenda.

• 1 hr ago

The Dow Jones has burst through 20,000 points, indicating the positive sentiment in the market which looks set to spill over to next week's earnings season.

• 1 hr ago

The City of Wanneroo in Perth's northern suburbs has hosted Australia's largest citizenship ceremony for the fourth year running, with 800 residents from 49 countries becoming citizens.

• 1 hr ago

The Lunar New Year 2017 festival in Sydney is the biggest outside Asia - so no matter where you are, you're sure to find a celebration to join.

• 1 hr ago

A man tried to abduct a child in Kings Park on Tuesday afternoon, according to police.

• 1 hr ago

"We don't want wars in this country. We don't want hate and racism in this country.

• 1 hr ago

About 1000 protesters gathered outside Parliament House promoting unity and promising further protests at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Police have released images of a man they would like to identify and talk to after two girls were indecently assaulted in a park in Baldivis on Tuesday.

The US dollar is neither "too high", nor is it "killing American exporters", Donald Trump's protestations notwithstanding.

Question: Why do pigeons bob their heads while walking?

• COMMENT

Has the new NSW Premier already promised more than she can deliver?

The Melbourne Rebels have signed Japanese international winger Kentaro Kodama ahead of their Super Rugby campaign.

Parramatta's former mayor says the proposed site of the new museum on the banks of the Parramatta River is a poor choice.

Acting police commissioner Stephen Brown said he expected the judicial process of accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Edwards to be "long, drawn-out and complex", as police continue to pump extra resources into cracking WA's biggest unsolved cases.

Fire crews arrived at the house to find it "well-involved".

"They don't like Christmas, they don't like Australia Day, they're just miserable gutted people and I wish they would crawl under a rock and hide".

Canberra's emergency services have said police are now investigating an apartment fire on Lyneham's Mouat Street.

It was a gut feeling that had Professor Jennifer Byrne flipping open her laptop on a Saturday night and firing up the medical equivalent of a Google search.

Website now only says when the NBN is expected to be available, not which technology will be rolled out to your street.

Lives and homes are in danger as blazes rage north-east of Perth in Julimar and in Gwindinup - in WA's South West - on Australia Day.

Syria's opposition warned the Kremlin against repeating the mistake made by the Bush administration after the US-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

• COMMENT

The milestone is worth marking, but there are peculiarities about this rally that investors shouldn't miss.

Neighbours have described how they woke to the sound of screaming, as police hunting Malmsbury escapees raided a home in Melbourne's south-east.

The state's north west is in for a wet Australia Day as a tropical low crosses the coast, bringing with it heavy rainfall and flash flooding for the Kimberley.

Could some lucky Queenslanders be about to realise their great Australian dream?

Police have seized 18 cannabis plants after they raided a vacant house on Long Beach Road in Long Beach, just north of Batemans Bay on Wednesday afternoon. 

A restored silent film once thought to be lost begins a season of films by one of the great American filmmakers.

The besieged Andrews government has promised a major shake-up of Victoria's youth justice system but did not provide details as police pursue three youths who escaped from the Malmsbury detention centre.