An auction bidder pays $750,000 for "the last car ever produced at Holden Australia" — even though General Motors says "absolutely the last Holden" is sitting in the National Motor Museum, not for sale. ...

The European Union introduces tighter rules on exports of COVID-19 vaccines that could hit shipments to nations including Australia, amid a deepening dispute with drug manufacturers Pfizer and AstraZeneca. ...

While foetal alcohol spectrum disorder affects thousands of Australians, diagnosis is often complicated. However, there is hope and with the right help, those with the condition can lead successful and happy lives. ...

Western Australia will relax its hard border with Queensland and Victoria next week, meaning travellers from those states will no longer have to self-quarantine for two weeks, but there's no reprieve yet for those from N...

Australia is managing the coronavirus crisis well, but seven countries are considered to have done a better job. These are the lessons each can teach us about how they got on top of COVID-19.

Queensland Police charge four men in an ongoing investigation into the alleged rape of two teenage girls in a southern Brisbane suburb.

What started as two friends having a sunrise ocean dip has exploded into a rite of passage for hundreds of young people craving human connection away from social media.

International players take to social media as Victoria's Chief Health Officer gives approval for between 25,000 to 30,000 people a day to attend the Australian Open in Melbourne next month — about half the average atte...

The Sixers finished top, avoiding a trip to Perth — but can they beat the Scorchers at Manuka for a spot in the Big Bash final, or will they have to use their second chance? Follow the live scores, stats and results in...

Anthony Albanese's shadow portfolio reshuffle this week may help reset Labor's focus. But it doesn't take away the issue of his leadership, writes Laura Tingle.

A 30 year old man and the 32 year old woman are badly injured when they briefly lose control of their boat on the river at Sackville North after a spider dropped down from the roof.

An invasion of tiny spiders — soon to become really big ones — in Sydney homes this week could be driven by changes in air pressure, according to a renowned spider expert.

Authorities are investigating whether a shark bit a woman on the foot while she was swimming off Gracetown, in WA's South West.

Police charge a grandmother after her two-month-old grandchild, who was allegedly unrestrained, is flung from a car window during a crash in Sydney's east.

A group of youths who allegedly tried to ram police vehicles in a stolen four-wheel-drive during an hours-long road rampage in Townsville are taken into custody. It comes as Queensland's rate of vehicle theft jumps by ne...

European regulatory bodies are questioning the lack of data supplied for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, recommending against its use for the elderly, as another vaccine slated for Australia releases a mix of "encouragin...

Britain hails a new visa offering Hong Kong citizens a route to citizenship after China's political crackdown in the city, but Beijing says it will no longer recognise special British passports offered to residents of th...

The single-shot option is not as strong as some of its two-shot rivals, however it could be potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses.

Federal Sports Minister Richard Colbeck says Paralympic athletes will have to be "very careful" about their decisions around the Tokyo Games even with a vaccine.

Google pulled its service from China more than a decade ago after censorship and hacking controversies, and now as it threatens to also depart Australia can users here learn anything from what happened in 2010? ...

What's driving GameStop's astronomical surge is an unusual battle between Reddit nerds and Wall Street's billion-dollar hedge funds. But what is a "hedge fund", you may ask? We explain it all (very simply) here. ...

They are no longer co-captains, but Erin Phillips and Chelsea Randall still led from the front in Adelaide's first game of the AFLW season — a 38-point thumping of West Coast.

Nhulunbuy Primary School, on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land, is now in the process of paying back the hefty bill, which Rio Tinto said was the fault of an "electricity invoicing discrepancy". ...

World number one Ash Barty is thrilled to be back on court ahead of the Australian Open, despite her exhibition match defeat to world number two Simona Halep in Adelaide.

The country's Prime Minister says they have a chance to avoid going into a third lockdown, but doctors and scientists think it seems certain and say the only question is when it will come in.