The High Court finds Devonport Mayor Steve Martin is eligible to replace Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie.

Researchers advise owners to avoid feeding their dogs raw chicken after finding a link between the meat and a potentially fatal form of canine paralysis.

When a Queensland man says he has been locked out of work for 208 days, Q&A panel members are left discussing strike action and its place in modern Australia.

Following a deadly summer on the roads, transport administrators, industry insiders and truckies have been under pressure to come up with ideas to make the roads safer.

Australia's largest banks have confirmed they do not currently have plans to block their customers from buying bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, despite the fact some UK banks have instituted a crypto-ban.

A multi-million-dollar tourism advertisement featuring Chris Hemsworth and an alternative Crocodile Dundee is being touted by the Federal Government as a huge success, just hours after it aired in the US during half-time in the Super Bowl.

Opioids don't work for chronic pain — and they can make things worse in the long-term.

The former high-ranking Army officer used Facebook to share anti-Muslim clips posted by far-right UK group Britain First.

The world's number one jockey Hugh Bowman has had a seven-meet suspension upheld by Racing NSW, likely ruling him out of the next race atop superstar mare Winx.

The dual citizenship debacle is like the dying hour of a drunken Canberra dinner party, where all the guests are pointing the finger at each other about who knocked over the bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon during a meandering argument about who is the most dinky-di Aussie.

Ninety-six-year-old Norma Allerding was just a teenager when she and hundreds of others were swept out to sea while swimming at Bondi but she says it's a day she "will never forget" as hundreds of lifesavers turned out on Bondi beach to commemorate the 80th anniversary.

Adelaide Strikers win their first Big Bash League title, thanks to a smashing century from Jake Weatherald against the Hobart Hurricanes.

Australia is bundled out of the Davis Cup, with Nick Kyrgios's defeat to world number five Alexander Zverev handing the Germans an unassailable 3-1 lead in the tie.

The Sydney Sixers easily chase down a 100-run target to defeat the Perth Scorchers in a repeat of last season's final.

To get 1 million spectators to the Gold Coast, some of Brisbane's busiest commuter rail lines will be replaced with buses, and other services reduced as trains are diverted for the Commonwealth Games.

Australians are sick of watching ordinary people humiliate themselves. Now we want relatively famous people, and these Aussie icons could spice up our reality TV favourites, writes Ben Pobjie.

A tragic experience led former basketball great Cal Bruton to focus on Indigenous kids and basketball — and he is calling for more support for the talent of tomorrow.

The pace of Billy Stanlake and Andrew Tye and the batting of Chris Lynn and Glenn Maxwell gives Australia a big seven-wicket win over New Zealand in their T20 international at the SCG.

It's only one game, but the Brisbane Lions start season two of the AFLW with a big statement, beating last year's premiers the Crows on their home turf.

It's advantage Germany in the Davis Cup as Tim Puetz and Jan-Lennard Struff get the better of Australia's John Peers and Matt Ebden to take a 2-1 lead in the tie.