People living in Chinese-speaking households make up a substantial portion of the voting public in Chisholm. Their approach to the election is crucial for both parties.

On this day every year for more than a century, Australians have gathered to remember the many people, from all walks of life, who have served the nation in times of war.

New research shows half of Australians are concerned about losing touch with their family’s military history.

“What do we know about Liberal Gladys Liu?” a male voice says in the ad, with an ominous-sounding background track. 

Bondi-born and bred world champion surfer Pauline Menczer took her first surf there in 36 years on Sunday. Now a mural at her former home will immortalise her and a surfboard will take her name.

After they uprooted their lives when war broke in Ukraine, Svitlana Solovey was grateful to be spending Easter this year with her family in Melbourne’s north.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is in Sydney today to unveil a tax plan, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese remains in COVID isolation and the final preparations are under way for Anzac Day.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Western Australia has risen to 44,955, with 239 people in hospital and eight in ICU.

Residents in Melbourne’s inner north say graffiti is getting worse because the City of Yarra council leaves residents and business owners to clean tagging off buildings themselves. 

The home at Sylvania in the city’s south, which was used to traffic drugs, was forfeited to the Commonwealth this week after an order by the NSW Supreme Court.

The NSW Veterans Minister says there’s “a genuine feeling of vulnerability” among Afghanistan veterans who returned home after the fall of Kabul last year.

Divers are working to dismantle the wreck of the former Manly ferry before it can be removed from Sydney Harbour.

Canterbury Bankstown mayor Khal Asfour says his council has been forced to accommodate more homes than affluent areas such as Mosman and the northern beaches.

In the lead-up to Victoria ending its requirement for international travellers to isolate, the purpose-built COVID-19 quarantine facility in Mickleham doubled its capacity with an extra 500 beds.

After Scott Morrison’s endorsement of Katherine Deves, it seems Scott Morrison is calculating on a new political future for the Liberal Party.

The agency running the NDIS has been criticised for wasting money and in many cases failing to meet the needs of clients.

More public space would be made available and the golf course would get smaller, but keep it’s nine-hole format, if the council accepts the state government’s compromise proposal.

The Japanese would broadcast on her frequency, “We are coming to get you, Ruby.”

The concern is that all our hard work and sacrifice could be so readily undone over the approaching and threatening winter.

Dentists warn lockdowns have exacerbated delays and forced huge numbers of patients to wait years to have tooth decay, gum disease, broken fillings and cavities treated.

The final travellers to quarantine at Mickleham will leave this weekend, prompting the question about what will happen to the facility next.

Sydney is struggling to house its growing population as developers squabble with state and local governments over where to build more homes.

Drag queens Paris, Tomi and Fairah will provide a unique twist to the traditional gambling game on Anzac Day.

Almost one-third of Sydneysiders are forced to find respite in public spaces like shopping centres as high energy costs make people think twice about using airconditioning.

Lifeline is opening its first crisis support centre in the eastern suburbs after Daisy Turnbull pitched the idea to attract more volunteers to work the phone lines.

Priya Murugappan says her family has been punished by the Coalition government for four years, so the government could stay in power.

The grass is always greener in the neighbour’s frontyard: lockdown and a rise of social media pages pitched at lawn fanatics have contributed to a new zeal for the perfect lawn, and an interest in new grass types.

When it comes to representing a community, it doesn’t matter where you live or what clubs you have joined. It’s about sharing the values of your constituents.

What enables we humans to leave the past behind and yet carry it within us? It’s the invisible threads we forge along the way.

A controversial position adopted by the Greens has split the party’s Aboriginal membership, with some saying it gets the Uluru Statement from the Heart wrong.

“I used to punch the boys and the girls out, but now I’ve learnt to use my mouth,” says the Greens senator who has made enemies inside and out of parliament, and even within the Aboriginal community.

Adverse human-induced climate change is here, and young people know it.

A waterfront park, campus-style offices and a cultural venue will transform Central Barangaroo. But residents fear a planned 21-storey tower will block views.

Brittany Evans has been joining her grandfather, Air Force Veteran John Curdie OAM, for the Anzac Day dawn service as long as she can remember. This year they’ll both be in uniform.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target.

Researchers have sequenced the genome of a wild-born dingo pup and revealed that pure dingoes are an “intermediary” between wolves and domestic dog breeds.

An Australian spy agency was involved in Solomon Islands draft security pact leak in a last-ditch effort to stop the deal, as the US warns it will fast track a new embassy in the Pacific nation.

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Service with a smile returned to Melbourne as hospitality and retail workers enjoy a rare mask-free shift.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese covered a lot of ground during the second week of the federal election campaign. There will be plenty more photo opportunities in the weeks to come before Australia chooses its next...

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“I’m sorry I ever heard of Melbourne,” declared architect William Butterfield at the height of his exasperation over the construction of St Paul’s Cathedral.

LNP Senator Paul Scarr’s office had contracted Australia Post to deliver the postal vote applications at a cost of $13,000. 

There are 248 people with COVID-19 in hospital and seven are in intensive care. The updated numbers come after it was announced one of Premier Mark McGowan’s children was hospitalised after testing positive.

Punters in NSW have two more days to indulge in the Anzac Day tradition, after the state legalised it for the entire long weekend in recognition of the years lost to the pandemic.

Talks will be held with the cruise industry over how it could use the state’s quarantine facilities, as uncertainty continues over how they will be used now quarantine has been scrapped.

At least 10 Greek Orthodox churches in Melbourne’s city and suburbs were allegedly targeted over the Easter long weekend.

The 59-year-old man allegedly thought he was communicating with the mother of a child. Instead, police say he was speaking to a detective.

While confirming he will recontest his mayoral position in 2024, Tom Tate has urged federal candidates to support three major Gold Coast projects “for all of Queensland”.

A teenager will remain behind bars until June after he allegedly violently sexually assaulted a girl he met on social media.