It's been 20 years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published, but it might never have happened if it weren't for publisher Nigel Newton's daughter.

Queensland musician Jeremy Marou will be changing his rider and increasing the amount of exercise he does after suffering a heart attack.

The cartoonist who created Pepe the Frog kills off the character in a rebuke to far-right extremists who transformed a benevolent internet meme into a racist, anti-Semitic symbol.

A young photographer in the 1950s was sent to a sheep station to learn about the wool industry. In the process, he documented a romantic archive of rural Australia.

A pro-Israel organisation uses a full-page ad in the Washington Post to call singer-songwriter Lorde a "bigot" and accuse New Zealand of "growing prejudice" against the Jewish people.

If Sydney ever had a superhero, maybe it was Trough Man: a character who lay down in the urinals at dance parties in the 1980s.

Chef and Melbourne Victory's number one ticket holder George Calombaris apologises for getting involved in an altercation at the A-League grand final in Sydney on Sunday night.

Before cameras even begin to roll, female characters suffer sexism in how they are described on the pages of screenplays. But what can we do to improve this?

Melbourne street artists are using creativity to inject colour into the "ugly grey" anti-terrorism bollards recently installed in pedestrian strips — so what do residents and visitors think?

A man is charged over a sexual assault at the Falls Music Festival in Tasmania after being apprehended in a citizen's arrest by the alleged victim and her friend.

Hobart's Lord Mayor joins thousands of people urging Dark Mofo in an online petition to ditch a performance artist who will used a freshly slaughtered animal in his show.

Scientists think the way bees use their highly efficient visual system to see colour accurately could revolutionise the way robots and drones see the world.

Virtual football players will take the podium next to real-life ones at the 2022 Asian Games, with organisers announcing the inclusion of eSports as a medal event.

Di Elson has no formal literary qualifications but a love of reading saw her chosen as a judge for the Children's Book Council of Australia.

In the wake of WWII a generation of Holocaust survivors moved to the every corner of the planet. Now, a new project brings them together to explore just what it means to be a "survivor".