More than two-thirds of Australian adults have been adversely affected by someone else’s alcohol consumption,

A pair of boaties have struck gold in waters off the New South Wales coast, enjoying an up-close encounter with three humpback whales.

South Australian home owners are facing more hip pocket pain because of Adelaide's soaring house values.

For the first time in more than 20 years, Australia is on the road to a referendum.

It was close to midnight on July 30, 1997, when the ground gave way above Thredbo Alpine Village in the New South Wales snowfields.

A Ukrainian refugee, who fled to the safety of Melbourne, is being refused support to return home and bury her son who was killed on the frontline.

Two men have been charged over an alleged assault after a neighbourhood dispute in Sydney's west.

A woman has been charged with murdering an eight-year-old boy in Rockhampton, Queensland.

Five gold, four silver and two bronze medals in the pool catapulted Australia to outright top of the overall Games medal tally with eight gold medals after day one.

The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne will no longer be lit up with rainbow coloured lights, after staff received a tirade of hateful abuse.

Almost $5 million worth of drugs have been seized and more than 60 people have been arrested during a police operation to crack down on a major crime syndicate in Queensland and New South Wales.

A skydiver has died after crash landing in Victoria's south-east.

Sydney is in for a run of 20-degree days next week as the bureau predicts spring will bring more rain to a drenched eastern seaboard.

Kate Bush fans perform tribute to her iconic song Wuthering Heights.

A plan to illuminate the Shrine of Remembrance in rainbow colours as part of an exhibition celebrating the service of LGBTQ veterans has led to threats to staff and the war memorial cancelling the lights display.

Police carrying out a welfare check allegedly found the boy’s unresponsive body at a Rockhampton home. A 36-year-old known to the boy has been charged with his murder.

The new federal health minister has identified the looming shortage of general practitioners as the most pressing medium to long-term challenge in the health system.

Western Australia’s Liberals are being warned the party faces an existential threat as members gather in Perth for the annual state conference.

Among the flood-resilience strategies announced on Saturday, low-lying council facilities would be relocated or consolidated, while the city could host a Centre of Excellence for Flood Resilient Design and Construction.

Hundreds of music fans danced on the wily, windy moors of Sydney Park on Saturday to celebrate Kate Bush’s iconic 1978 song Wuthering Heights.