It’s a cultural and religious extravaganza in Melbourne this weekend, with celebrations across the city to mark important dates in the calendar of several faiths and ethnic groups.

Follow all the Round 5 action from our live AFL Saturday mega blog as St Kilda face Gold Coast, Adelaide tackle Richmond and Melbourne host GWS at the MCG.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is digging in on Katherine Deves’ candidacy in the seat of Warringah, causing alarm in the NSW Liberal Party.

As Ukrainian citizens flee for Poland, the people left behind confront the carnage of war.

The federal seat of Macquarie: The battle for Australia’s most marginal electorate.

Police are searching for three men after Jenny Elhassan allegedly had acid thrown in her face while live-streaming in Haymarket on Friday night.

Drama has capped off the final heat of the men’s quarter-finals at Bells Beach, with young Australian Jack Robinson knocking Olympic gold medallist Italo Ferreira out of the tournament after the siren on Saturday.

A week after breaching the whip rule in his brilliant win on Think It Over in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, for which he will miss the next two weeks and was fined $30,000, Rawiller was back in the stewards room again for his ride on Kementari in the H...

Boom galloper Ayrton has returned in outstanding fashion to win the group 3 Victoria Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday, making it six wins from eight career starts.

All you need to make your selections for Sunday’s meeting at Dubbo.

The three-year-old won his first race on April 1, and his trainer will roll the dice on Sunday with a minimal weight rise in the same class race.

Godolphin trainer James Cummings is paid to get the big decisions right, and last month he  set Cascadian  on a course the led to victory in the group 1 All Aged Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

The US president vowed to adhere to official health guidelines often ignored by Donald Trump. That doesn’t always happen, even as the virus strikes his inner circle.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has patted cows and alpacas at the Sydney Royal Easter Show while Anthony Albanese inspected a skin cancer-detecting machine in Cairns.

Riding a 13-game winning streak and with a pair of home games on the menu, an NBL champion says Sydney has a real shot at the trophy.

The selected teams for AFL round five, including the line-ups for Monday’s Easter Monday clash between Hawthorn and Geelong.

St Kilda made it four on the trot with a 26-point win over Gold Coast. Jack Higgins booted five, while Jade Gresham marked his milestone game in style with two goals.

Melbourne turned on some egg-cellent weather for about 4000 egg-cited children and parents at Rippon Lea Estate’s annual egg and spoon race on Easter Saturday.

Taxpayers have funded $55.6 billion in federal grants over less than four years sparking federal ICAC calls, while the Australian Christian Lobby has begun targeting Liberal MPs who crossed the floor on the religious discrimination bill.

On Saturday morning a member of the public called police and reported a plane crash landing between the river and the airport in Kununurra.

Six forward passes during the NRLW season is all it took for a London-based technology firm to believe it’s cracked the code on the NRL’s most contentious ruling.

Chris Waller acknowledges that it’s “been hard” to watch other horses win group 1s as his charge missed out, but says “she will get her chance.”

Although never craving a leadership role, it seems the natural fit for someone who is so naturally tactically astute.

As a member of a famous Fijian footballing family, Iliseva Batibasaga is proud of the Fijiana Drua’s Super W success. But she doesn’t want that success to extend too far.

There’s a quiet but certain loneliness in noticing how easy it is for friendships to slip down someone’s list of priorities.

New ABC drama stars Sean Keenan and Ben O’Toole as pioneers in the early days of Australia’s surfwear industry, echoing the success of iconic global brands such as BIllabong and Quiksilver.

The acclaimed Spanish actor is excellent as a villain in a comedy that is no laughing matter.

Mark Lamprell eloquently depicts the intense bewildering ecstasy between two women battling different forms of oppression in the 1960s.

She’s not interested in having her own cooking show, but the opportunity to pit her skills against other MasterChef winners proved irresistible.

They both made their name outside the ring, but Sonny Bill Williams believes he and Jake Paul could turn their mooted boxing bout into a “world event”.

The Ukrainian president said up to 3000 Ukrainian troops have died in the war with Russia and 10,000 have been injured.

In one video clip, residents are kneeling in front of hazmat-suit-wearing officials, pleading to not have their homes transformed into quarantine centres.

Tommy Berry admitted Fireburn “broke his heart” when running away with the Sires’ Produce Stakes, so he wasn’t going to ignore a chance to turn the tables.

Sydney Ferries urged travellers to “consider alternative travel options” as services were cancelled due to staff shortages on Saturday.

Ahead of their clash with the West Coast Fever, the NSW Swifts have named 18-year-old Sophie Fawns as a permanent replacement for injured star Sam Wallace.

Brian Corless, elder son of Daisy and Arthur Corless, was destined go far in drama and the creative arts.

Kelma Tuilagi is forever asked about his injury-prone shoulders, but the back-rower has good reason for being even more cautious about his head.

A Fair Work submission by Victorian Minister for Ageing Anthony Carbines to boost wages for the haemorrhaging workforce says the impact could be felt across other sectors.

Adrian Morley made the long, long trek to join in the Sydney Roosters’ 20th anniversary title celebrations – and one current Rooster remains his favourite.

You can maximise your half of a couple’s pension by withdrawing super to reduce the assets subject to deeming.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

The daily number has dropped significantly and testing figures are also down as the Easter long weekend begins.

The players aren’t to blame one iota but the AFLW system relies on increased player movement which is good for headlines but not necessarily great for fans.

But Pavlo Kyrylenko said troops were still “courageously defending Mariupol” against the Russian forces that have bombarded the city, leaving it in ruins.

The number of people with COVID in Queensland hospitals has dropped for a third day, as authorities stand firm against calls from business groups to ease close contact isolation rules for workers.

Anthony Milford has been given permission to begin training with Newcastle, and a return NRL date could be just four weeks away.

Salah Abdeslam is the only surviving member of the IS attack team that terrorised Paris in 2015. His testimony has changed since the case started in September.

Police have released a facial reconstruction of an unidentified man whose severed head was discovered by fishermen in 1997.

The Queensland Reds have won their third match in a row after beating the Melbourne Rebels at AAMI Park in Melbourne on Friday night.

Mean and funny attack clips are popular on TikTok; “boomer memes” still dominate Facebook and a deluge of money from Clive Palmer is inexorably raising awareness of the mining billionaire’s party.