Australian football fans will get the chance to see the likes of Lionel Messi and Neymar in action at the MCG, with Brazil and Argentina to meet on June 9.
Usain Bolt usually has a smile on his face, but the Jamaican superstar is left seething after Australia is wrongly given a winning score at the Nitro Athletics in Melbourne.
Vast swathes of Australia are in the grip of a heatwave that is forecast to worsen over the weekend, with warnings of catastrophic fire conditions in the ACT, New South Wales and South Australia.
As one of the fire chiefs in charge on Black Saturday, Ewan Waller was hit hard by the tragic events that unfolded and says he is yet to fully recover from the emotional toll.
East Timor's former finance minister and dual Australian citizen Emilia Pires is fighting to have her name cleared over charges she corruptly awarded a $1 million contract to her husband's company in Melbourne.
The rest of Australia will fall victim to the type of large-scale blackouts experienced in South Australia unless the Federal Government urgently improves its energy policies, the Australian Energy Council says.
Havala Laula, the last of the "Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels" who helped allies survive PNG's punishing jungles during World War II, wears his slouch hat with pride as he and Australian Kokoda Track veteran exchange stories and thanks.
Six people in Melbourne have been diagnosed with Ross River virus, with heath authorities saying it could be the first time it has been detected in the city.
Maxine Beneba Clarke is an author and poet who's been targeted all her life over the colour of her skin. Her award-winning work is inspired both by personal experience, and the desire to start difficult conversations about race.
More than 1,000 Victorian police workers have sought help from the force's support services since Melbourne's Bourke Street rampage last month, a top cop has revealed.
With a surprise new coach and a mid-year losing streak, the defending champions have gone the long way round to reach the W-League grand final this weekend.
The Victorian Government approves plans for Australia's tallest building — a six-star, 90-storey hotel and apartment complex to be built by casino operator Crown Melbourne.
Melbourne City goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis is told he should count himself fortunate he will only miss five A-League matches for repeatedly calling Melbourne Victory's Albanian striker Besart Berisha a "f***ing gypsy".
Gillon McLachlan says the AFL offered support to James Hird during his recent health crisis, and believes the league would welcome the former Bombers coach back.
The accounts of loss and bravery that lawyer Jack Rush uncovered during the Black Saturday royal commission are no less heart wrenching with the passage of time.
Victoria is sweltering through a heatwave, with temperatures reaching more than 30 degrees Celsius overnight and the mercury tipped to soar to 44 degrees Celsius in the state's north today.
More than 3,000 criminals serving their sentences in the community are considered a "high risk" of reoffending and are not being managed correctly, a damning report finds.
