Three cheers, a gun salute and a vow to dedicate his life to his duties as King. Here are five key moments from King Charles's proclamation. 

As countries scramble to contain the spread of a novel coronavirus, what do we know about what works and what doesn't when it comes to containing pandemics?

The barrister at the centre of one of the biggest legal scandals in Victoria's history explains in a 2015 letter why she became a police informer against some of Melbourne's most notorious underworld identities.

Two tradesmen who ran to help at the site of Tuesday's school bus crash in Melbourne tell of the horrific scenes they faced as they tried to rescue the children.

A Western Australian botanists says some native plants in the Fitzgerald River National Park are not rejuvenating from historical bushfires, and believes more research is required into the impact of all fires, including prescribed burns. 

Male contraceptives have been under development for at least the past 50 years, but they haven't come to market because of the success of the female pill and pessimism about men taking a pill.

Jordie van den Berg, a 27-year-old trained lawyer, is working to turn the tables on landlords and real estate agents with a website featuring more 1,500 reviews of rental properties and owners.

FIFA's congress votes to back the tri-nation bid for the tournament, beating rival Morocco by more than 60 votes.

Cyndi Lauper and Sam Smith perform in front of thousands of people at the White House as the US president signs a law providing federal recognition to same-sex marriages.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $657,105 in penalties in court against the Mining and Energy Union and five then-union officials over conduct including verbal abuse of workers at the Oaky Creek North coal mine in central Queensland.

The heroic actions of a young girl have been outlined in a Melbourne court, which heard the 10-year-old desperately tried to stop a man stabbing her mother to death.

The plan's opponents range from scientists who question the reasoning behind the government's actions to local fishermen who fear renewed damage to their industry's reputation.

NASA's six-wheeled, car-sized astrobiology probe travelled a total of 6.5 metres during a half-hour test spin within Jezero Crater, the site of an ancient, long-vanished lakebed and river delta on the Red Planet.

The Sydney to Brisbane rail line has been cut by a fire in a historic coal loader that lit up the night sky over a northern NSW town. See the video.

ABC journalists Donna Field and John Taylor were enjoying a cruise, anticipating a magical holiday taking in all that New Zealand has to offer. Then a volcano erupted.

New deep-sea technology and different crash theories will be used as two more companies undertake bids to find the wreckage of doomed flight MH370.

More than two decades after his extraordinary "last man standing" Winter Olympics gold medal, Steven Bradbury has been hailed for his bravery after saving four girls in the Sunshine Coast surf.

Near-infrared images of Jupiter's fourth-largest moon taken by the James Webb Space Telescope suggest carbon, a key element for life, can be found in Europa's subsurface ocean.

Cricket Australia will pour an extra $53 million into the women's game and raise the BBL salary cap by 50 per cent as part of the sport's five-year memorandum of understanding.

More than four years on, these two regional Victorian locations are still waiting for promised Foodbanks to be delivered.

Rosie Arnel and Angela Lawrence, who had never rowed on open water and live hours from the coast, become the first Australian women's pair to complete the Atlantic Rowing Challenge.

Ursula Carlile, who was the first and only woman to become the head coach of the Australian swimming team, dies aged 86.

More extreme heat is on the way for fire grounds in Australia's south-east, with temperatures in some of the worst-ravaged regions are set to soar on the weekend.

A Board of Inquiry into historical child sexual abuse at Beaumaris Primary School and 23 other schools has recommended the Victorian government formally apologise to victim-survivors. The inquiry revealed one paedophile teacher was linked to the abuse of 60 individuals.

It's the tiny parasite that has beekeepers on edge, threatening to rip $70 million a year from Australia's honey industry, and still many questions remain.