Eurobodalla Mayor Mathew Hatcher and GIVIT colleagues enjoy private audience with Her Majesty during Canberra visit ...

The sports may have been modified for the aged participants, but the competitiveness and vocal support on show displayed plenty of youthful exuberance.

Collingwood foundation player Stacey Livingstone has announced her AFLW retirement, saying it's bitter-sweet to say goodbye.

An Australian diplomat's partner at the centre of a drunken fight and immunity storm in New Zealand has finally been charged and summonsed to face court.

When adorable golden retriever Pip suffered tick poisoning she was so sick that she was put on a ventilator for five days.

A Sydney council has issued a stinging warning about lithium batteries after four garbage trucks caught fire in just one month. Carla Mascarenhas is the NSW correspondent covering breaking news, state ...

The Victorian Greens co-deputy leader Sam Hibbins has resigned from the party room after admitting to an affair with a staff member from his office. Anna Houlahan reports on crime and social issues ...

The Liberal National Party has unveiled its first Queensland cabinet in almost a decade, featuring major changes and ministers tasked with newly minted departments.

British actor Sophie Turner says starring in the new TV drama Joan, based one of Britain's most notorious thieves, is "very near and dear to my heart".

Voice of Real Australia is a regular newsletter from the local news teams of the ACM network, which stretches into every state and territory. Today's is written by ACM group editor Kathy Sharpe.

The NSW government has admitted it failed to provide a safe workplace after two officers were stabbed with shivs and one suffered chemical burns during a prison ambush.

The father of a boy killed when a car crashed into a primary school has shared his grief over the loss.