Here are the main winners from the AACTA Awards, with Margot Robbie recognised as trailblazer, Talk to Me and The Newsreader win big
Here are the 2024 AACTA Awards winners, where Talk To Me, The Newsreader and Deadloch have dominated.
Australia's anti-doping chief issues grave warning over 'grossly irresponsible' Enhanced Games
Australian sport's anti-doping chief slams an Olympic-style event with no drug testing as "grossly irresponsible" and warns of severe ramifications for athletes taking part.
All the stylish looks at Australia's night of nights, the 2024 AACTA Awards
The best and brightest of Australian film and television grace the red carpet for the 2024 AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast.
Why can't you take makeup or sunscreen off with plain water?
Micellar water can be found in bathroom cabinets all over the world and many swear by it as part of their skin care regime. It's a very effective make-up remover — here's the science behind why.
The pressure to look like other divers led Anabelle Smith to a low place
Diver Anabelle Smith felt pressure to look a certain way as a young diver, which affected her mental and physical health.
Here is why not every wind from the ocean is a sea breeze
More than 85 per cent of Australians live within 50 kilometres of the ocean, but the variation in weather across any slice of this narrow coastal band is substantial.
Australian Capital Territory
Outdoor life comes at a price for farmers as they face a greater risk of skin cancer
Living your best outdoor life could be putting you at risk of the "national cancer", health workers warn. Here's why annual checks should be part of everybody's beauty routine.
Best friends Gary and Duncan survived the HMAS Voyager disaster. Sixty years on, their emotional scars are still deep
As survivors mark the grim anniversary of the accident that claimed 82 lives, they describe the lasting impacts and invaluable camaraderie that has helped them come to terms with what they experienced.
Here's everything you need to know about today's AACTA Awards
It's been billed as Australia's answer to the Golden Globes — or even the Oscars, depending on who you ask — and the stars are gathering for the ceremony on the Gold Coast.
Western Australia
Former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey loses preselection battle for Cottesloe to Sandra Brewer
The property council chief wins the preselection battle for the Liberal heartland seat of Cottesloe, defeating former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey.
Factory fire that caused toxic smoke clouds may impact farmers ahead of seeding season, industry head warns
There are concerns a blaze which destroyed parts of an agricultural supplies warehouse may stretch fertiliser and chemical supplies thin for farmers across Western Australia ahead of the seeding season.
Freediver overcomes fear of ocean to recover precious items dropped from Australia's longest jetty
Peter Wissink struggled with a phobia of the ocean after his father died. Now, he's known around town as the man who saves people's precious items when they are accidentally dropped into the water.
Victoria
Red versus blue: Why the right gum tree matters in a healthy wetland
Most of the 1,000 different eucalyptus tree varieties are native to Australia but not all belong in a pristine wetland.
Outdoor life comes at a price for farmers as they face a greater risk of skin cancer
Living your best outdoor life could be putting you at risk of the "national cancer", health workers warn. Here's why annual checks should be part of everybody's beauty routine.
Call for dashcam footage expanded as bushland search for missing Ballarat woman winds back
Police confirm crews have been called off in the bushland search on Ballarat's south-eastern fringe where the 51-year-old mother-of-three was believed to have disappeared on Sunday.
Tasmania
Tasmanian Labor takes back control of its affairs ahead of predicted early poll
The Tasmanian ALP branch was placed under national control in mid-2022, following a year of internal division and a state election campaign marred by infighting. With expectations high that Tasmanians will go to the polls as early as next month, Labor's national executive has voted to end its administration of the state branch.
Outdoor life comes at a price for farmers as they face a greater risk of skin cancer
Living your best outdoor life could be putting you at risk of the "national cancer", health workers warn. Here's why annual checks should be part of everybody's beauty routine.
Here's everything you need to know about today's AACTA Awards
It's been billed as Australia's answer to the Golden Globes — or even the Oscars, depending on who you ask — and the stars are gathering for the ceremony on the Gold Coast.
South Australia
Brand new car rolls through beachside home after driver reportedly forgets handbrake
Police say the car was unattended when it rolled downhill through a house south of Adelaide, before exiting out the other side, off the balcony, and landing in the front yard.
Town's decade-long labour of love restores 131-year-old butter factory to former glory in SA
Thousands of donated hours, countless sausage sizzles and a donation to assuage a former scout's conscience over a stolen cheese wheel, have breathed new life into this historic South Australian butter factory.
Outdoor life comes at a price for farmers as they face a greater risk of skin cancer
Living your best outdoor life could be putting you at risk of the "national cancer", health workers warn. Here's why annual checks should be part of everybody's beauty routine.
Queensland
Police declare crime scene after body reportedly found in vehicle at Mackay beach
Emergency services were called to Harbour Beach in Mackay shortly after 1pm following reports of a body being found in a car.
Woman, 26, charged with attempted murder after three-month-old found with reported stab wound
A 26-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder, after a three-month-old baby was found with what police say appeared to be a stab wound to the abdomen.
All the stylish looks at Australia's night of nights, the 2024 AACTA Awards
The best and brightest of Australian film and television grace the red carpet for the 2024 AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast.
Northern Territory
Red versus blue: Why the right gum tree matters in a healthy wetland
Most of the 1,000 different eucalyptus tree varieties are native to Australia but not all belong in a pristine wetland.
Outdoor life comes at a price for farmers as they face a greater risk of skin cancer
Living your best outdoor life could be putting you at risk of the "national cancer", health workers warn. Here's why annual checks should be part of everybody's beauty routine.
How a baseballer from a multi-billion-dollar franchise ended up pitching in the outback
In spring in the northern hemisphere, Blake Whitney trains alongside the best baseballers in the world but in the off-season he's just another player in Alice Springs.
New South Wales
NSW bureaucrat suspended with pay pending corruption investigation into Sydney property deal
The senior planning department official purchased a property in the upper north shore suburb of Gordon within one of the government's planned Transport Oriented Development Zones before the policy was made public last year.
Man dies after crop duster crashes in western New South Wales
A man has died after the crop dusting aircraft he was in crashed into a paddock near Bourke in western New South Wales.
Elderly woman, 80, dies more than a month after alleged assault at Sydney hospital
Police allege the 80-year-old woman was one of three who was assaulted on January 4, she was left in a critical condition and died in hospital on Friday.