The air con is working overtime and mum is heating up Christmas leftovers with the sound of ball on willow in the background.

Everyone has their first. If it wasn't the wooden plank Pop had carved into the shape of a cricket bat, it was dad's ageing ...

Christmas came early for two first-time parents in Launceston, who didn't expect their first-born for seven more weeks.

Carla Mascarenhas is the NSW correspondent covering breaking news, state politics and investigations. She is based in Sydney.

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Twenty-nine people have survived an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan, while the death toll has reached 38.

Rescuers have lost hope of finding alive a teenage boy who was swept off rocks at a popular beach.

Dangerous fire conditions are set to sweep across several states as the nation's southeast braces for a Boxing Day scorcher.

Australians are projected to spend $1.3 billion on Boxing Day this year and a further $2.4 billion during the last days of ...

Master Lock Comanche will resist the urge to dream of a rare line honours and handicap double win as the Sydney to Hobart ...

Researchers are creating artificially intelligent companions to help people get through challenges but that does not ...

The wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of survival, ...