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Hundreds of thousands of South Australians have lined Adelaide’s city streets for the 94th Christmas Pageant to launch the festive season.

China’s espionage efforts are intensifying in its backyard as Beijing continues to expand its military footprint in the South China Sea.

Before he was killed in France, Septimus Kelly feared he would die with his greatest works still in his head. Musicians are finally bringing his surviving scores to life.

A truckie who says Labor is stuffed; a cleaner raising three kids with his Samoan ex-partner; a unionist who turned his back on Labor. These are the people voting for One Nation.

With schools facing deregistration if they fail to overhaul anti-bullying rules by year’s end, Winmalee High is showing how restorative justice works.

Orijol Rukaj has been arrested near Cape York, seven months after escaping from custody while attending his brother’s funeral in Keilor East.

The man was swimming at Umina Beach when he was struck by lightning on Saturday afternoon.

Jason Gillespie claps back at Usman Khawaja over criticism directed at the former Test quick in his book.

David Warner makes a sensational claim regarding Cricket Australia's internal investigation into Sandpapergate.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Energy Minister Chris Bowen were caught on camera joking about phone radiation and private parts during a break at the COP31 climate summit.

Latrell Mitchell has been ruled out of the World Cup final due to illness, with James Tedesco taking his spot on the Australian bench.

WA Premier Roger Cook is having a growth cut from his nose after revealing he has skin cancer and urges Australians to get checked.

A homicide investigation is underway at a rural property south-east of Perth after a man was allegedly shot dead and another man was taken into police custody.

It was a heart-warming act within an extraordinary fiery clash, in which Sydney ultimately secured their maiden AFLW semi-final win. In Saturday’s later game, the Blues held on in a thriller over the Hawks.

Kaylee McKeown storms home to snatch victory in the women's 50m championship race at the inaugural Swim GP.

The Melburnian of the Year has a grand plan to turn most of the station into a hospitality precinct.

Cruise itineraries could often do with a bit of spicing up, so kudos to these companies for attempting the spectacularly different.

Some of Microsoft’s most popular products, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot, stopped working across the world. Burt the company says it is seeing “encouraging recovery progress”.