Patti Fawcett is one of the latest alumni of Class Clowns, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival program that spots talent in schools all over Australia.

AFL Saturday reaches round two with four bumper games.

One new case of community transmission has been linked to the Brisbane landscaper who tested positive to COVID-19 on Thursday. There have been no new cases recorded in Victoria.

Losing her brother when she was 19 meant devastation for Eliza Robbins-Brown. A first-time funding arrangement for the Transport Accident Commission helped her heal.

Ms Zampatti, 78, was attending the opening night of La Traviata at Mrs Macquaries Point on Friday night when she fell on the bottom two steps of a staircase.

The Kangaroos have defeated Fremantle by a single point in a damp contest at Arden Street on Saturday, to lock up a place in the AFLW finals.

Coach Trent Robinson will start debutant Sam Walker and Drew Hutchison in the halves and name Joseph Suaalii as the Bondi club’s casualty ward grows.

Adam Bandt says Labor is “very unlikely” to win a majority government in its own right but could “turf the Liberals out” if it agreed to address climate change and economic inequality.

The pop star and his family managed to leave their accommodation near the Hawkesbury River on the last road that had not been closed off due to rising floodwaters.

While mounting scandals envelop his government, the Prime Minister is trapped in a mindset of grudging minimalism with any attempted remedial action.

The old White Bay power station is a rare opportunity to do something great for Sydney. The Planning Minister’s vision sounds less than great. Here’s a thought: move the MCA there and surround it with a Hyde Park-sized jewel of harbour-front space, still leaving more than 60 hectares for money-m...

Sotheby’s said there had been a glitch with its online bidding system during the first sale of the painting, which had been out of the public eye for a century.

Liberal MP Lucy Wicks didn’t go to the March For Justice outside Parliament House because the events of this year have stirred up the pain of her own past.

A national summit will be convened within months to set new goals to prevent violence against women.

Matt Kean wants to encourage electric car users while Dominic Perrottet wants to tax them. It’s a disagreement playing out across the country.

The anguish has gone on too long without turning into action on the broken culture within Parliament and violence against women across society.

Tenterfield residents have been hit by fires and floods and now say they can’t afford insurance. Will this be the new norm as weather events become more frequent and severe?

Egypt’s Railway Authorities said the accident happened when someone activated the emergency brakes of a passenger train, which stopped abruptly and was struck from behind by another train.

Dominion argues the cable news giant falsely claimed in an effort to boost faltering ratings that the voting company had rigged the 2020 election.

Lions coach Chris Fagan refused to blame the COVID-19 chaos or a controversial umpiring decision late in the game for their one-point loss to Geelong.