Deadly floods continue to inundate homes in central and northern Victoria. In Echuca, more than 1000 properties were expected to be flooded as the Campaspe River broke its banks and steadily rose to above 96 metres.

Aaron Finch scored big but Australia lost to India in their final warm-up for the T20 World Cup.

Two-time Twenty20 World Cup winners the West Indies crashed to a shocking 42-run defeat at the hands of Scotland in their tournament opener in Hobart on Monday.

Alastair Clarkson is poised to commence his new job on time and Chris Fagan will return to work once the terms of reference of the AFL inquiry are finalised.

Indigenous player Donnell Wallam finds herself at the centre of a power struggle between Netball Australia and the Diamonds, before she can even make her debut.

Everest champ Giga Kick left Sydney to return to Melbourne late Monday, and could be in line to meet Nature Strip again later this month.

Manly captain Daly Cherry-Evans speaks for the first time since coach Des Hasler was sacked by the Sea Eagles.

The man says he was dragged onto consulate grounds and attacked after staff took offence to a poster of President Xi Jinping.

A man accused of helping to organise the deadly SIEV X voyage from Indonesia to Australia has pleaded not guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court.

A Queensland woman says she spends her life in constant pain after a hysterectomy at Mackay Base Hospital last year.

Ross Lyon’s potential return to St Kilda as coach is growing momentum after he met with the club’s top brass on Monday for more than four hours.

Fishers in South Australia are hoping that the state’s ban on snapper will finally come to an end in January.

A woman and her two young children have been taken to hospital in serious conditions after being struck by a car in Brisbane's north.

From above, the devastation wrought by the floods saturating northern Victoria is clear: we can see ruined crops and fencing, stranded livestock, and inundated homes, sheds and businesses.

Australian captain Aaron Finch played his best innings in 19 months, but Australia collapsed to lose a practice match against India.

The court also heard Liberal senator Linda Reynolds asked the lawyer for Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins, for a transcript of her evidence.

Rupert Murdoch has a long history of unexpected corporate moves and his latest one should not be ignored.

Indian superstar Virat Kohli stunned Australian batter Tim David with a direct hit run-out in their World Cup warm-up game.

Rail transport operators responsible for the safe running of the XPT Sydney-to-Melbourne service allegedly failed to ensure train drivers were aware of a temporary track change before a service carrying 153 passengers crashed at speed.

An inquest in the NSW Coroners Court is examining the deaths of a pilot and five British tourists, whose plane crashed in Jerusalem Bay, north of Sydney, in 2017.