Your favourite septuagenarian celebrates another lap around the sun.

Less than 24 hours after the Indians reported being targets of racial slurs from spectators, CA and NSW Police opened investigations after new claims of abuse on Sunday.

The continued complaints from the Indian tour party on the ground about heading north for the fourth Test have begun to wear thin for some.

Third-innings declarations are a signature of a captain’s mentality. The run chase Tim Paine set was a proper display of regard for a tough opponent.

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Victorian health officials told an Australian Health Protection Principal Committee on December 31 that the state was "strongly considering" a border closure, minutes show. At 3.30pm, the announcement came.

The eSafety Commission's investigators come from a range of backgrounds including police, military or intelligence, and have decades of experience between them.

Mark McGowan said despite Queensland recording no new locally-acquired COVID cases for two days, he couldn’t commit to opening the border without appropriate health advice and pointed to the general “buffer period” enforced when considering ope...

The British government has reported that the number of confirmed deaths has passed 80,000.

With 68 runs from four prior innings and no wickets to his name, Green was yet to completely nail down his place in the XI. His cameo on Sunday was nothing short of brilliant.

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Needing eight wickets for victory, the hosts will be relying on Nathan Lyon to step out of the shadow of Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood on day five at the SCG.

Victoria Bridge has been a key link between the CBD and South Brisbane since the 1860s, but soon only buses, pedestrians and cyclists will be allowed to use it.

On Monday, 2.5 million Greater Brisbane residents will find out if the lockdown will extend beyond 6pm, as Queensland strives to prevent a new outbreak.

A major technical fault in Pakistan's power generation and distribution system caused a massive power outage that plunged the country into darkness.

A micro-forest has been planted in a dead-end street near Central Station.

Melbourne Victory took bragging rights with a 6-0 win over Melbourne City in the first Victorian derby of the new W-League season, with Lisa De Vanna starring.

Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins have taken crucial wickets to finish day four at the SCG. Earlier, play was stopped as police investigated claims of abuse.

Scientists have designed temporary habitats to protect the Sydney seahorse, while efforts are made to restore its natural seagrass habitat in Sydney Harbour.

WaterNSW has blasted plans to expand a coal mine in Greater Sydney's catchment that have won approval from the Berejiklian government despite the likely loss of billions of litres of water a year.

Pam Burridge is one of the former champions telling their stories in Girls Can't Surf.

Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of a Boeing 737-500 at a depth of 23 metres in the Java Sea.

Eleven international flight crew members have tested positive while in transit in Victoria with the state's COVID-19 commander saying the workforce was a high risk of spreading the virus.

If you are one of the many punters looking for the Magic Millions Classic winner come Saturday, look no further than the last-start winners.

After so much rain to start the new year, firm ground awaits big fields on a nine-race card at Monday’s feature meeting at Wellington.

A bumper nine-race card in the state's central west kicks off the week for Racing NSW.

Free seed libraries, where you take or donate plant seeds, are a trend in libraries and community centres.

A look at Harry's legacy on residential architecture to mark the 70th anniversary of the first home he built, Rose Seidler House, at Wahroonga

The documents quote the President as saying he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos' by flooding the United States with cocaine”.

Two men – one wearing a horned, fur hat and the other carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern – have been charged, the latest arrests in the Capitol riot mayhem that left five people dead.

Refugee and detainee advocates said fires burned and authorities used tear gas just days after an earlier riot.

Northern beaches residents were back at work - and nippers - as the lockdown came to an end.

Buffalo got their first playoff win since 1995, while Tom Brady got his first – for a team other than the New England Patriots – in Sunday's wildcard match-ups.

Despite being 10 days into the New Year, Mr Palmer said Christmas was a time of forgiveness on Sunday, and advised Mr McGowan to take some time off.

A study that tracked amateur Australian Rules football players for five years has found they likely returned to play from concussion with elevated levels of damaged brain cells, despite reporting no symptoms.

Twitter – along with Facebook and Instagram – are not just drawing a line.

Of all the egregious words to have fallen from the lips of Donald Trump or poured from his tweeting fingers during his presidency, these must surely be the worst.

From movies under the stars to DJ sets at the NGV, there's plenty to do in and around Melbourne this week.

The Four Seasons is one of the most familiar works in the classical repertoire. Until now.

Social media site Parler, seen by Donald Trump's supporters as an alternative to Twitter, is facing tough questions from Apple, Amazon and Google's owner Alphabet.

A Berlin football club with an unusual Australian link was worried it could lose its record for most Bundesliga games without a win.

A 24-year-old Mount Gravatt man has been charged after a man was found dead in Wynnum on Wednesday.

With scores of 13 and four at the SCG, Matthew Wade missed an opportunity to solidify his spot at No.5 after Travis Head's axing.

Making it as a trainer is difficult for those not born into the game but that hasn't deterred Saab Hasan, whose incredible story shows that hard work and support from people prepared to back a fresh face can bring rewards.

The 51-year-old is in hospital with serious injuries and missing teeth, while a 35-year-old man has been charged over the Saturday night struggle.

Brisbane's residents remain in lockdown, while Sydney's northern beaches open. The federal government, meanwhile, has reassessed the international arrivals cap as quarantine systems come under review.

The bank said it was treating the matter with “the highest priority, and acting with urgency”, as it investigates the breach.

A man on board a carrier ship berthed off a Western Australian port has allegedly tried to escape quarantine by jumping off the vessel into waters before swimming ashore and making his way to a backpackers.

Emergency services were called to Fairfield's shopping district about 2.40am following reports of a shooting on William Street.

Garry White has been making coffees from his boat for 20 years