Competitors of the V8 Superboats have been taken to hospital after a crash in the NSW town of Temora.

The Royal Melbourne Philharmonic choir holds the world record for most consecutive performances of Handel’s Messiah, a three-hour epic famous for the Hallelujah chorus. They’ll perform it again on Sunday at Melbourne Town Hall.

What is colloquially called ‘choking’ during sex is increasingly seen as normal by many young people, experts say, but they are unaware of the risks of brain damage or delayed stroke.

ACT Health has told people to be alert to the symptoms of the disease after a case was detected at Canberra Hospital.

A young man has died from injuries he allegedly sustained in a fight in the Brisbane suburb of Ormiston overnight.

A man has died after a dog attack in Queensland this morning.

A group of Indigenous women protecting the Great Barrier Reef have won a $1.8 million prize days after a report warned the reef could lose its world heritage status.

Police are investigating after two people were struck and killed by a car while standing on the ANZAC Bridge in Sydney overnight.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is trying to quell a power struggle with the states over a plan to lower energy bills.

Remote communities are calling for more consultation before a referendum next year on Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

The Socceroos are hours away from their shot at World Cup history.

The insurer confirmed it had failed to reach an agreement with Healthscope, which runs hospitals and mental health services including Knox, La Trobe, Ringwood and The Melbourne Clinic.

Flood peak preparations are underway in South Australia after the river in Renmark hit at its highest point in 50 years.

Baggage handlers have been filmed throwing and slamming suitcases onto the carousel.

Calvin Wijeweera, 17, has been identified as the HSC student who died after he was hit by a car at Carlingford.

Fire crews have lost control of a hazard reduction burn on Sydney's northern beaches.

Australia’s astronomers are calling on the government to invest in the largest telescope in the world, which is under construction in the middle of the Chilean desert.

A 20-year-old woman has sustained serious head injuries after colliding with a police car in Perth’s CBD overnight.

A project in planning for a decade and three years in construction the Art Gallery of NSW opens its new $344 million wing.

The sector is hopeful for a more normal holiday season with smaller outbreaks and guaranteed access to visitors, but is asking the public to remember the risks.