Melburnians marked Australia Day in varied ways, some attending a protest advocating a change to the date and others enjoying the summer weather on a long weekend.Police were out in force around the CBD as tens of thousands of people marched through the streets at an Invasion Day rally and a few dozen staged a counter-protest in support of the day.

Australia will host Fiji in Newcastle on July 6 in what will be the Wallabies' sole warmup before taking on the touring British and Irish Lions, Rugby Australia said on Tuesday.

Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in her family’s café when arsonists set it alight in the early hours one Sunday in late October.

Virgin has confirmed it will "indefinitely suspend" its Darwin to Adelaide service, so the carrier can add more direct flights between the Top End and other capital cities.

With temperatures in parts of the state, including Melbourne, set to soar to 42 degrees, locals took advantage of the warm morning by heading to the beach. But, true to Melbourne's unpredictable nature, storms quickly rolled in.

A Melbourne man has spoken out after a staff member at a popular St Kilda pub claimed he was “enticing political violence” by wearing a MAGA hat.

The extreme temperatures brought back memories of the catastrophic 2019-2020 "Black Summer" that saw fires destroy an area the size of Turkey, killing 33 people and billions of animals.

Four vehicles and the former home of a Jewish community leader were defaced in Sydney early Friday, with two cars set alight, in the latest antisemitic attack condemned by Australian authorities, who vowed to “hunt down” the perpetrators.

Set to leave Carnival Corporation’s fleet next month, the Pacific Explorer is embarking on its final cruise from Melbourne today. After completing a series of roundtrip cruises from the port, the vessel is now offering a repositioning voyage to Fremantle.

Tens of thousands of Australians protested over the treatment of Indigenous people on Sunday as the country celebrated a national holiday marking the 1788 arrival of British colonisers.

Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country

The Greek Community Cup of Melbourne is adding a women’s soccer tournament to the event for the first time, the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria confirmed on its Facebook fan page.