Mikaela Ortolan

Cruises through the Red Sea and Suez Canal are being cancelled amid escalating conflict in the Middle East. A consumer rights lawyer says there are important things tourists should know.

A graphics expert says Nine News's explanation for how a digitally altered photo of Victorian Animal Rights Party MP Georgie Purcell was put to air is plausible — and raises important questions over the way the technology is used across society.

The relics of the pandemic are slowly fading but four years on, it still haunts the collective consciousness.

A line of people wrap around the century old building unaware parts of it weighing up to 60kg could collapse at any moment. 

The final moments of a fatal plane crash that killed two people in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay last year have been revealed in a preliminary ATSB report into the incident.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has toured Victoria's State Control Centre in Melbourne, as the flooding crisis rolls on. Look back at our coverage.

Residents in flood-affected Victorian towns face an anxious wait to see the extent of the damage after waters peaked Tuesday.  Look back at our coverage.

Victoria has been battered by heavy rain and flooding, with residents in parts of the towns of Seymour and Yea in the state's centre urged to evacuate. Look back at our coverage.

Seven of the eight people believed to have overdosed at Hardmission Festival were placed into induced comas and required breathing tubes. 

A man was trapped under a fallen tree for several hours after an intense storm swept through north-east Victoria, authorities say. 

A woman who jumped into a fast-flowing river in Melbourne's south-west to save her dog has said she believes they were "very lucky" after they were rescued by police.

A giant hail storm hit the Central West of New South Wales blanketing the area in what looks like white snow on Christmas Day, as the weather bureau issues a warning for large parts of interior eastern Australia.

The Italian-Australian furniture salesman is best known for his unique television adverts in the 80s.

Two works by Aboriginal artist and advocate William Barak will go on display this week after being returned to Victoria 126 years after they were gifted to a Swiss family.

Every year in December, countless new festive films flood streaming services — but they're not always quality. What is it about "bad" Christmas movies that viewers love?

Palestinian supporters turn out in their hundreds in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney for another week of action, as families of those taken hostage by Hamas speak of their loss at a Sydney Jewish Synagogue.

Builders will face harsher penalties for not having building insurance, while a bond scheme is on the table for apartment buildings.

A vaccine shortage is causing concern for catteries across the country as they look toward their busiest time of year. 

Leaders in charge of Australia's response to climate change have told an energy summit the country can have "an even bigger impact" by helping the rest of the world decarbonise, as school students around the country fronted up for climate rallies.

Friends and family of the five people killed in a horror pub crash in Daylesford call for ongoing support as they give tearful tributes to their loved ones. 

Train lines came to a halt, cafes couldn't take payment, triple-0 calls didn't go through. The Optus outage was more than just an inconvenience for millions of Australians. 

The five people killed in a crash at a pub in regional Victoria on Sunday night have been identified as members of two families in Melbourne's outer suburbs.

The ABC understands the Victorian government will provide support to a handful of residents who have had a deadly type of asbestos, known as Mr Fluffy, found in their homes.

After the Voice to Parliament failed to gain support, campaigners on both sides are calling for kindness towards Indigenous communities.

The Melbourne-based comedian entered the scene when there were few women in the industry. Her legacy lives on through the many women she mentored along the way.