An estimated 1.6 million people converged on Sydney Harbour's great look-outs to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks, and despite the large numbers police said everyone was generally well-behaved.
New Year's Eve arrests increased 25 per cent, with police picking up 238 people in Melbourne, a number of those for possessing knives and knuckledusters.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says the United States will never be able to start a war against the north.
A 66-year-old woman has been airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital after a firework accident in Bunbury last night.
A car flipped onto its roof in a two-vehicle crash in Harrison on New Year's Day.
Radio businesses have not been hit as hard by digital disruption as traditional print and television for a simple reason - the cars Australians drive are old.
A family of five on holiday from the UK and an experienced seaplane pilot died after their plane crashed at Jerusalem Bay on New Year's Eve.
A 45-year-old man has been hospitalised after he was dragged 25 metres down the road in a hit and run incident this morning.
Police are hunting a man who exposed himself to a mother and daughter during Richmond's family day in October.
WA Police have worked through the night to catch out dangerous intoxicated drivers around Perth.
As you wave flies away from your face for what feels like the thousandth time, console yourself with this thought: without them, we'd probably be up to our necks in poo.
A major police investigation was launched following the discovery of the 19-year-old's body at a residence on Aldgate Street at around 4pm on Sunday.
Nathan Coulter-Nile, 30, had scans late last week as he made a desperate bid to prove he was fit for a return to Big Bash Twenty20 action in Perth's New Year's Day clash with Sydney Sixers at the WACA.
Nathalie Keough caught the 9pm fireworks, but by the time the midnight ones started, there were other things on her mind.
Six people died after a seaplane crashed into Cowan Creek, including four British tourists and an 11-year-old child.
Three Aussie car films provide a more relaxing way to mark Canberra's January extravaganza.
Canberrans can be proud of local talent and the opportunities to see quality visiting shows.
A full-page advertisement has been taken out in the Washington Post calling Kiwi musician Lorde a bigot and accusing New Zealand of prejudice against Israel.
New Year's Eve revellers watched the Melbourne sky light up with a spectacular early fireworks display.
Kiwis will do anything to drink at the beach, it seems.
In the age of Edison, Westinghouse, Marconi and JP Morgan, Nikola Tesla was a giant of innovation.
Resolutions are about forward planning, and when it comes to money there is nothing more powerful than planning.
I am furious, and in total disbelief, to hear our top cop and MPs say there's no gangs in existence or issues facing Sudanese youth.
A teenage girl who was stabbed in the legs while walking along a suburban street in the state's south-east on Sunday night is recovering as police hunt her attacker.
When Matt Dooley refused to leave a Telstra store after months of battling with the telco, the last people he might have expected to fix his problem were the police called to remove him from the store.
The family of a champion hang glider who was killed in a crash on New Year's Eve are mourning the loss of a loving daughter, sister and friend who had a bubbly personality and an exceptional adventurous streak.
2017 is a year Melbourne will never forget.
No one was prepared for the first generation growing old with HIV.
The driver ignored police's directions to stop, and drove at speed on the bike path.
As a massive cold front blasts North America, temperatures have dropped so low tourists visiting Niagara Falls have been confronted by a giant frozen waterfall.
In the early hours of New Year's morning a pedestrian was fatally hit by a car and a woman critically injured in a separate crash.
Your comprehensive guide to what's open and what's closed this public holiday.
The green shoots of California's recreational marijuana industry are being tied up in red tape.
Police made 18 arrests overnight on New Year's Eve but were generally happy with the behaviour of Brisbane crowds.
In true New Year's spirit, Canberrans saw in 2018, and then kept going.
A plane crashed in Costa Rica on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, most of them foreign tourists, the country's security ministry said.
A new contender has moved into second place in the race to catch bitcoin.
Stock market volatility has ended the year at record lows, adding to concerns that complacent investors are sleepwalking into the next crash.
The Duke of Edinburgh pointed out a bearded man and asked "is that a terrorist?" as he greeted crowds at Sandringham, it has been claimed.
WhatsApp suffered a global outage for about an hour on Sunday before the problem was fixed.
A woman has died after a car smashed into a parked vehicle in Sydney's south-west just after midnight on New Year's Day.
The legend of the Loch Sport roadster and his ever-growing rap sheet.
A New Year's Eve fireworks display ended with fears for the safety of thousands watching on the beach after a huge explosion caused a flaming inferno on the display barge about 150 metres from shore.
A sea plane with six people on board has crashed into Cowan Creek at Jerusalem Bay in Sydney's north on Sunday afternoon.
Political protests are rare in Iran. And yet tens of thousands of people have protested across the country since Thursday.
The special counsel investigation of links between Russia and Trump's 2016 election campaign should continue without interference, says senior US Senator.
Two protesters in Iran have died in rallies, the first deaths attributed to the ongoing protests as the government blocks access to a popular messaging app.
A man has allegedly been caught with knives, fireworks and cannabis after shots were fired at a property on the NSW South Coast.
Sydney's public hospital system has welcomed its first baby of 2018.
Hundreds of Indonesian couples celebrated New Year's Eve by tying the knot in a mass wedding in Jakarta.
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