Residents of Pearcedale, an hour's drive from Melbourne, still think of it as a country town, and the local shops are the heart of the community. When two billionaires snapped up the strip six years ago, locals didn't bat an eyelid.

Crowds voicing anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine mandate messages have taken to the streets across the country, with the largest rallies in Melbourne and Sydney. Demonstrators have met in parks in Brisbane and Hobart, while those in Perth have...

Cricket Australia's current leadership team says the organisation "sent the wrong message" with its management of the 2018 investigation into Tim Paine's role in a sexting incident, conceding he should have been removed as Test captain at...

Cunnington needs a nine-week course of chemotherapy, but the Kangaroos say he is expected to make a full recovery.

The Northern Territory will become the second jurisdiction in Australia to ban unvaccinated arrivals, with only limited exceptions, under sweeping changes to border rules announced by the Chief Minister.

Chinese authorities maintain they are unaware of the controversy surrounding missing tennis player Peng Shuai, as men's player Novak Djokovic says he supports the idea of cancelling tournaments in China until the issue is resolved.

Aerial and satellite imagery reveals the extent of inland NSW flooding, but it may only be a preview of what is on the way.

The Chief Minister says the Northern Territory recorded one new case of coronavirus, a 31-year-old woman from Robinson River who was not infectious while in the community.

The southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has been hit by intense torrents since Thursday, sparking massive floods in at least five districts, officials say.

The ugly escalation in Melbourne is the sort of moment you would expect leaders to quickly respond to and settle down — but the Prime Minister couldn't resist adding a political kicker, writes Laura Tingle. 

The realisation that Scott Morrison was "never going to get there" at the climate conference in Glasgow was the tipping point for Carla Zampatti's daughter to run in next year's federal election.

Former players question the governing body's management of the incident, which has led to Tim Paine stepping down as the Australian men's Test captain ahead of the Ashes series.

As the search for William Tyrrell resumed this week, his foster-mother became a person of interest. She denies having any involvement in his disappearance, and has told her story before — this is what she said.

The charges relate to a 2016 robbery when the reality TV star was tied up at gunpoint and locked in a bathroom in her rented Paris apartment.

Kyle Rittenhouse‘s acquittal for the fatal shootings of racial justice protesters last year spurs strong opinions on both sides of the US gun debate. 

Cricket Australia must answer a number of uncomfortable questions, but none more pertinent than this: Why, in the wake of the 2018 Sandpapergate fiasco, did it choose to rebuild the country's cricketing reputation by appointing a Test capta...

Brendon Johnson's family say he is being unfairly targeted by police in the small Aboriginal community. And they're scared for his wellbeing. 

Arguing the electoral cycle is leaving public broadcasters vulnerable, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says a Labor government would provide funding certainty for the ABC and SBS.

Nobody can pretend ignorance anymore of the craven strategy of playing footsie with extreme views for easy political gain and the deadly Faustian bargain this has become, writes Virginia Trioli.

Iva was on a train to work in Sydney when she renewed her wedding vows to her dying husband in Fiji. Five minutes later, he took his last breath.

There are now 9,581 active cases of the virus in Victoria, and 458 people have died during the state's current Delta outbreak.

Crowds of rioters in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam torch cars and throw rocks at police after gathering to voice opposition to government plans to restrict access to indoor venues.

Ghislaine Maxwell was once photographed with New York's celebrity elite. Now she is known as inmate 02879-509 and is about to go on trial for grooming girls for Jeffrey Epstein.

As Kay Mitchell cradled a bundle of blankets at Adelaide Airport she "hoped to goodness" her tiny adopted son from India was alive.

Yet another round of widespread rainfall is underway in the east this weekend. The tropics, meanwhile, are set to swelter all the way into next week.