The Dictionary of Lost Words has been named book of the year in the independent bookseller’s awards.

Thousands of residents across Sydney may be forced to evacuate as two weather systems bring more rainfall and flooding.

The former Parramatta star had the world at his ever-magical feet. Now, he’s facing jail time after being found guilty of sexual assault.

Mitch Duke is in red-hot form for Western Sydney Wanderers - but if it earns him a Socceroos recall in June, it could stop him from playing in the A-League finals.

The Wallabies coach arrived in Sydney on Monday - and he wasn’t the only member of the national team’s staff to spend time with the embattled Waratahs.

Indian financiers are agitating for Cricket Australia to open up the domestic T20 competition to foreign investment. The governing body must reject their overtures.

RV has counter-appealed trainer Richard Laming, who is on a stay of proceedings after he challenged the severity of his three-month cobalt presentation suspension.

A proposed takeover of Crown Resorts by the American investment giant Blackstone will not easily fix the regulatory woes that threatens its ability to operate casinos in three Australian states.

Healthcare experts say European regulators’ move to “jump the gun” and halt rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine will have a lasting impact on patient confidence.

Having withstood the worst effects of COVID-19, Ho Chi Minh City authorities have their sights on an epidemic of a very different kind.

Players subbed out of matches under new AFL rules could yet be fit enough to play this week after recovering better than first feared.

Labor has tabled a letter from Boris Johnson to Scott Morrison, who thanked our PM for his personal commitment to net zero and said he looks forward to him setting down a timeline.

The Bureau of Meteorology said around 10 million Australians in every mainland state and territory except Western Australia were subject to the weather warning.

A federal Liberal staffer who reportedly took a video of himself performing a lewd act over the desk of a female MP in her office in Parliament House has been sacked.

A series of bombshell evidence and allegations arose from day one of the three-day coronial inquest into Ms Phillips’ disappearance.

The AFL has left the door ajar for an increase in crowd numbers for Thursday night’s crucial game between arch-rivals Carlton and Collingwood.

More rain was expected to inundate Queensland’s south-east on Tuesday, with flooded roads after days of downpour prompting a plea from Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Experts say the rollout of vaccinations means mandatory two-week hotel quarantine may soon be replaced, but the state government is pushing ahead with plans for more facilities.

Mandatory hotel quarantine has generated the most COVID-related complaints to the NSW Ombudsman.

Bureau of Meteorology updates severe weather warning to include entire NSW coast.

Activists are calling for more action to combat climate change and are planning three days of disruptive protests in Perth this week.

Scott Morrison had a chance to speak plainly last week about the review he ordered into what his office knew of the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins. But the Prime Minister botched it.

Matthew O’Kane and Christa Avery are the latest Australians detained by Myanmar’s military regime since the February 1 coup.

Consumer watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says examining toppling furniture, quad bikes and button batteries are among its 2021 product safety priorities.

Josh Morris’ side blew away the Wests Tigers on Sunday, but the 34-year-old veteran was still subjected to a social media tirade from an angry punter.

The Mid-North Coast has been one of the hardest-hit areas in the past few days, experiencing a one-in-100 year event. But a break in the weather may come on Wednesday evening.

Santiago Sierra piece will see the British flag dipped in the blood of First Nations people from colonised territories.

Just a couple of days after postponing the Golden Slipper for the first time in 58 years, key officials hope the track will be out of a heavy range by raceday.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denied misleading Parliament over his department head pausing an inquiry related to rape allegations made by a former staffer.

Promising NSW playmaker Will Harrison has been one of the scapegoats for the Waratahs’ woeful run of form in the Super Rugby AU competition.

Prison is no place for a child and will have a profound and long-lasting negative impact on their life.

The ICAC has recommended seeking legal advice about the possible criminal prosecution of the former Wagga Wagga MP.

Three young men charged with murdering a 20-year-old tradesman, who was shot dead while visiting a friend’s home, have pleaded not guilty and been committed to stand trial.

Homeowners close to the Nepean River are mopping up muddy water and blasting air blowers in their homes after floodwaters rose about a metre up their walls on Sunday.

The former footballer was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at her home in Fletcher, a suburb of Newcastle, in September 2018.

The first words from the first Aboriginal elder to get his COVID-19 vaccine were those of love and gratitude for his people and those who kept them safe during the pandemic.

Inner-Melbourne councils have told a state parliamentary committee they are struggling to provide enough parks and green space for their communities.

A manager at a Victorian farm skimmed at least $300,000 from migrant workers through sham labour hire companies by arranging for farmhand staff to pack broccolini and asparagus on low hourly rates, a court has heard.

ASIO has recommended a number of extreme right-wing groups be declared terrorist organisations but they haven’t made the cut because Australia’s legal definition is narrower than in some other countries.

Telstra will establish a new holding company and separate its international division into a new subsidiary as it moves ahead with its biggest makeover since privatisation.

Dangerous flooding and extreme weather has disrupted precious COVID-19 vaccine doses bound for roughly 50 GP clinics in NSW.

US businesses have been offering their staff incentives to get the COVID vaccine, but one business has gone a step further.

A list of road closures has been provided for drivers to avoid the dangerous floodwater in south-east Queensland.

The Dangerfield-Kelly incident shows that the high-speed bump - in which the players meet at some velocity, due to one’s choice - can’t be executed without a massive risk of suspension.

“We know what it would mean for people but we also know that many New Zealanders are nervous,” New Zealand’s Prime Minister says.

Their forward line isn’t firing, they’ve got personnel problems in the forward line and the midfield and they looked off the pace against the Bulldogs. Where to now for the Pies?

Raising the dam wall by 14 metres - as proposed by the state government - would likely have had little impact on the current flood, according to experts.

Volatile markets may impact gig economy startup Airtasker’s $255 million listing after it was delayed by a day due to mistake by the ASX.

Patrick Dangerfield says he didn’t think he had a realistic alternative than to bump Adelaide’s Jake Kelly in the incident which has him staring down the barrel of a tribunal sentence.

Through his vision, NSW Fisheries grew in the 1960s to 1980s. He would later turn his attention to his Hunter Valley vines.