Victorian Labor Premier Daniel Andrews has secured a third term of majority government in a victory which delivered an electoral disaster to the Liberal Party.

The deafening noise of the divisive pandemic era — leading into a toxic election campaign — had continuously amplified the voices of the angriest, most-disgruntled Victorians, but quiet voters had the final say, writes Patricia Karvelas....

In front of his home crowd in Brisbane, world number three Cameron Smith outclasses the field to clinch a three-stroke victory at Royal Queensland.

For 41 years, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki has been spruiking science on the ABC, trying to counter the growth of misinformation and even saving a listener's life.

The federal government's centrepiece industrial relations legislation appears set to pass parliament this week, with support secured from key crossbench senator David Pocock.

After feeling a hard lump under her rib cage, Sarah Shaddick was diagnosed with a rare incurable form of cancer at 23 weeks pregnant.

Data reveals a list of suburbs where house and unit values have slumped back to pre-COVID-19 levels. With prices tipped to fall further, is it a good time to buy?

Having their innocence snatched from them when they were little boys, Father Damian Barker’s alleged sexual abuse victims – now men – still struggle with the ripple effects of crossing paths with the man of God as they all tell a simil...

A senior Victorian National Party member pushes for his party to reconsider the Coalition agreement after the Labor's Party election victory. 

Opposition leader Matthew Guy announces he will step down as party leader after a second consecutive crushing election loss for the Victorian Liberals under his leadership.

Led by inspirational captain Daisy Pearce, Melbourne is crowned AFLW premiers after prevailing by four points in a nail-biting grand final against the Brisbane Lions in Springfield.

A premiership player at last, Melbourne's Daisy Pearce lets her guard down in celebration of the Demons' breakthrough AFLW flag.

As a Socceroos win sends fans crazy at Fed Square, one superstar is Argentina's saviour while another is driving France into the next round, while a national coach has a war of words with a former star striker / manager turned pundit. Che...

Social media videos show protesters chanting "lift lockdown for all of China" and asking President Xi Jinping to step down as anger at tough anti-coronavirus measures grows.

As Russia targets Ukraine's energy grid, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges people to save power with freezing temperatures and heavy snow forecast this week.

Former US president Donald Trump draws fire from the White House and within the Republican Party after sharing a meal with Kanye West and a prominent far-right figure at his Florida home. 

The wife of a man killed in a suspected hit-and-run in Melbourne's south-east has urged the person who was driving to come forward to police.

In an Australian first, medical students in NSW will soon be given paid positions in hospitals to bolster the workforce and ease the pressure on staff.

A crop planted by Hermidale students has yielded enough wheat to make 290,000 loaves of bread, and raise $50,000 for school excursions.

The praise for paramilitary volunteers known as the Basij comes as a eye doctors warn a rising number of demonstrators have been blinded by security forces during anti-government protests. 

Belarus' foreign minister, Vladimir Makei, was a longtime associate of President Alexander Lukashenko and often came under criticism, particularly for allowing Russia to use Belarus to attack Ukraine. 

While Sea Shepherd's mutiny is dividing the conservation group, exiled captain Paul Watson is plotting a comeback.

In 2008, Moscow sent its military into Georgia to back separatists in two regions. Some analysts say the West's weak response to the invasion emboldened Vladimir Putin to eventually invade Ukraine.

Residents of this NSW town have been trapped for weeks at a time by floodwaters, but the council says it doesn't have the money for a bridge.

What can we learn from the worst phase of flooding in Australia's recorded history? We need to properly address some of the mistakes of the past, according to one former emergency chief.