While council promises us a rare garden.

Sydneysiders will be waiting weeks for the Victorian border to reopen, while human rights lawyers have called on the Victorian government to explain why thousands of people stranded for almost a fortnight in NSW’s COVID-19 hotspots cannot return an...

Melbourne Museum is closing its popular taxidermy animal exhibit Wild.

Christopher David Barnes, 33, was charged on Tuesday after he allegedly sexually assaulted a boy who trained at Fearless Martial Arts gym in Guildford West over a two year period.

Sydney's northern beaches are no longer a COVID hotspot, says the federal government, but a new cluster has emerged in one of Brisbane's quarantine hotels.

NSW Health is urgently tracing residents who stayed at a Brisbane hotel that is being evacuated by the Queensland government after six cases of a highly contagious strain of coronavirus were traced back to the site.

After more than a decade, Melbourne Museum's so-called "dead zoo" of 750 taxidermied animals will be packed up and put into storage.

The Victorian government has announced the latest venues to share in a $5 million rescue package, on top of $3 million to support new music, events and projects.

NSW Police issued a penalty infringement notice to the amusement park after mobile phone footage showed crowds of people gathered at Luna Park to watch the New Year fireworks in Sydney Harbour.

Accommodation providers and businesses in the South Coast holiday region have been swamped with cancellations following confusion over Commonwealth coronavirus border restrictions.

An elderly man died and five people had to be rescued in two separate tragedies that unfolded on Wednesday afternoon on the Monington Peninsula.

The newly appointed chief executive of scandal-ridden icare will earn $120,000 more than his predecessor.

As the coronavirus pandemic struck, some community gardens flourished while others turned to weeds.

The 46-year-old father allegedly got into an argument with three men after a quantity of the drug ice was taken from him. He would end up stabbed through the heart.

A person who refused to wear a mask while ordering takeaway food in Brisbane's CBD has been arrested after spitting on a bystander.

Mansis Bandi claims she acted in self-defence but now acknowledges her actions were excessive.

The directors of Double Bay Doctors say the test provides a service for the local community, but some have been caught out by the high fees.

Despite the likelihood the pandemic will run well into this year, the federal government has all but abandoned achieving national consensus on how best to manage Australia’s internal borders.

A man who allegedly obtained and used the credit card of Peter McCarthy, whose body was found in his South Coogee unit, has been charged with fraud-related offences. 

The case of a casual hotel cleaner who was infected with the UK variant of COVID-19 is still being investigated.

Amid concerns around the number of vaccinations required to achieve herd immunity, which would signal a return to normal life, Mr Cook said he did not support the jab being compulsory or the state government issuing fines to those who refused to take...

Club cricketer Bhavin Nagar estimates that 'one in 10 games I’ve played, people try to make some not so nice comments'.

Almost 75 years after VP Day (Victory in the Pacific) Edith Jessie Flanders, intelligence decoder, farmer, author, and valued citizen, died peacefully in her sleep at her Casterton home, aged 99.

WA Premier Mark McGowan's ad-hoc border decisions, retrospective imposition of quarantine rules and tangled web of COVID bureaucracy have caused heartache for dozens of Australian families.

A Brisbane quarantine hotel will be evacuated and hundreds of people quarantined after six cases of the highly contagious UK strain were traced back to that CBD hotel.

A bushfire emergency has been downgraded after residents in parts of Aubin Grove were told it was too late to leave on Tuesday evening.

Victoria recorded no new locally acquired cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, marking the seventh consecutive day of no community transmission.

There were 20,664 tests conducted in the latest 24-hour period, which is closer to the 25,000 test target earmarked by health authorities than seen in recent days.

In a rare media interview with ABC Radio Perth on Tuesday, Dr Andy Robertson said going hard and fast had proved successful in Queensland and South Australia.

Carbon capture is a key technology the federal government hopes will control Australia's emissions, but Chevron's road-test in WA's north is proving very rocky.

A former soldier accused of holding a woman at gunpoint inside a Melbourne animal shelter as he looked for his cat has been refused bail.

Sydney University fears a larger than expected slice of its land at the entrance to the new airport will be acquired for a metro rail line.

The future health of democracies relies on decisions made now around social media regulation.

Even if you think Twitter acted responsibly in kicking the US President off its platform in this case, the episode is alarming.

No. 1 is a nation needs a national approach to deal with a pandemic.

When the next drought comes, from where will we source replacement water for what has disappeared into the void beneath our catchments, $100 million or not?

The construction company that built the cracked Opal Tower has won the $64 million contract for the redevelopment of the historic North Sydney Olympic Pool, leading to concerns it would not be able to properly handle the complexity of the heritage si...

Plans for high-rise buildings above a new metro station have been given the green light despite community opposition.

Ten years ago, a series of devastating floods had left Brisbane's suburbs swamped and its CBD an archipelago. But, the Herald reported, "this was a catastrophe on a good day."

Watch out, Don's throwing a party, indecent books under cover and 'pirate' ship returns to port.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target.

Promoting a strong social economy is crucial for Australia's long-term economic success.

The pandemic has shown us we have the capabilities to work from home, but that may not stop office workers returning to CBD offices next week.

The Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology says the AstraZeneca vaccine may not be effective enough to generate herd immunity.

Research has found baby sharks hatch from eggs and are under pressure to feed sooner in higher ocean temperatures, putting stress on their ecosystem.

Coorparoo RSL sub-branch decided it was time to sell and secure the future of the sub-branch along the way.

The call comes after Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack said in an interview that "facts sometimes are contentious".

Nor should the messenger shoot.

New traffic light travel rules will leave many Victorians stuck in Sydney and Brisbane. And Sydneysiders are no closer to knowing when they can travel interstate as border bickering between premiers worsens.

New permit system gives no certainty to Victorians stranded in red zones in NSW and Queensland, human rights lawyers say.