Desperate Melbourne homebuyers are fleeing the city for Geelong “gold mines” where $500,000 still buys a house.

Sat inside a Melbourne children’s court late last year, I listened as a magistrate told a repeat offender that he was entering into the most dangerous period of the year — the Christmas break.

About 3000 people gathered on Friday night to mourn 22-year-old Aidan Becker: the man who lost his life while trying to save a young stranger.

A woman has been killed in a head-on crash in Lake Wivenhoe, west of Brisbane. Added14 minutes ago A morning swim has taken a frightening turn off Western Australia’s north-west coast, after a swimmer ...

Not that The Irish Times team needed any help crossing the finish line first to claim victory in the annual Dublin Rape Crisis Centre corporate quiz night ...

Queen Mary and King Frederik have made a surprise visit to Perth before travelling to Uluru to officially launch their long awaited state visit to Australia as monarchs.