The batting prodigy lasted three balls in Saturday night’s Big Bash derby, a day after being named in Australia’s Test squad. He couldn’t wipe the smile off his face...

 Australians whose flights are cancelled should be entitled to a full refund, while passengers who suffer more than three hours’ disruption should get help to book another option...

 Two days after Virat Kohli berated a female reporter at Melbourne Airport, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was declared off limits to Australian reporters on Saturday...

 New guidelines, which took effect on Friday, bar the projection of international flags, texts, logos or emblems and corporate logos from the sails...

 You have to go back almost 30 years to find an older halves pairing than Brisbane’s likely round one combination of Adam Reynolds and Ben Hunt...

 A woman was pulled unconscious from a south coast beach by 13-year-old members of Gerringong Surf Club...

 An 18-year-old has died after a brawl in Kurunjang in Melbourne's west, while a 60-year-old man has died of a gunshot wound in unrelated incident in Campbellfield...

 Aller had previously been found guilty of manslaughter for fatally stabbing his girlfriend...

 All you need to know to pick a winner or two in Sunday’s NSW feature meeting...

 Former jockey turned trainer Lauri Parker will head to Moruya on Sunday with three strong chances lining up...

 Australia's newest Test debutant speaks for the first time after being dropped from the national side after just three games against India...

 The new legislation extends government funding until March 14, provides $US100 billion for disaster-hit states and $US10 billion for farmers...

 Halls Gap resident Trish Ravenhall says she is prepared for the possibility she might not see her home for four or five weeks as a bushfire rages through the Grampians...

 Sick customers who bought some cold and flu medications have been falsely assured their nasal congestion would be relieved, an Australian class action alleges...

 Christmas is still a few sleeps away but the festivities have already kicked off on the Australian calender with many around the country celebrating what's become known as "Gravy Day...

 Wildlife rescuers have fielded almost a call a minute, and some services are reducing their hours, as demand soars for help for injured wildlife...

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 A "big spike of sugar" discharged from a chocolate factory hit a sewage treatment plant. Here's why that is bad news for swimmers in Hobart...

 The Israeli Defense Forces said it failed to intercept the strike, which fell in the town of Bnei Brak in Tel Aviv...

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 A South Australian police officer has been taken to hospital with injuries after allegedly being struck by a man with a sword...

 A man says his truck displaying the Palestinian flag was burned outside his inner-Melbourne home,  as also investigate a separate incident involving an anti-Semitic sign that was displayed outside state parliament...

 Queensland's Domestic and Family Violence Minister says the review will investigate how DVConnect spends its funds, whether it is adequately resourced, and if the service meets expectations...

 An emergency warning to evacuate immediately was also issued for a small town in the Macedon Ranges early on Saturday afternoon...

 The X owner, an unelected figure, not only used his outsize influence on the platform to help sway the US Congress, he did so without regard for the facts...

 A NSW court refused consent for the luxury development over housing supply concerns, in a decision quoting the Rolling Stones’ 1969 hit and Coldplay’s Fix You...

 On a gloomy afternoon at the SCG the cricketing prodigy proved that he has what it takes...

 Police in Sweden are investigating the hip hop star's death and a video shared online appearing to show a person carrying a handgun and firing multiple shots...

 Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has fired at shot at the national selectors, declaring that axing Nathan McSweeney could end his career and the batter “deserved the summer...

 A decade after Raina Thaiday killed eight children in a tragedy that shocked the nation, a family spokesman says Indigenous access to mental health support still isn't good enough...

 Enjoying career-best form ahead of the Boxing Day Test, Travis Head barely recognises the batter who walked out onto the MCG four years ago against India...

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 Their wedding ceremony even took place immediately after their weekly pilgrimage to their local parkrun in Canberra...

 Australian humanitarian supplies arrive in the quake-hit Pacific nation of Vanuatu, as RAAF flights take more stranded Australians home...

 Paty was killed by an Islamic extremist in 2020, after showing his class cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a mandated lesson on freedom of expression...

 At opposite ends of the planet, a tale of two whale species has emerged — giving researchers hope and concern in equal measure...

 Crispin Butler, the senior coroner for Buckinghamshire, said Mosley's death "was most likely attributable either to heat stroke (accidental) or non-identified pathological cause...

 The state forestry body reported a $29 million loss in its hardwood division for 2023-24 and a productivity report has found the industry is economically unviable...

 From Hooked on Classics to country compilations, K-Tel was a '70s and '80s music business success, synonymous with popular compilation albums, TV ads and early infomercials. Then the music stopped...

 People travelling to the Randwick races, Carols in the Domain and Big Bash cricket are being warned of delays up to 40 minutes as industrial action rolls on...

 Most of WA's iron ore is processed overseas, producing huge amounts of carbon emissions, but a new project aims to turn it into "green steel" in Perth. Here's what experts say about its feasibility...

 In August, $200,000 worth of century-old weapons were stolen from the Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum. The exhibition is now on the verge of closing, throwing the future of thousands of UNESCO-listed items into doubt...

 In a move illustrating the changing face of live sport programming, Netflix secures the US rights to the Women's World Cup in 2027 and 2031...

 Donald Trump urged the US government shutdown to “start now”, but Speaker Mike Johnson got a deal through that ignores the President-elect’s main demand...

 Wildlife volunteers are conducting "black walks", systematically scoping the aftermath of WA's Cervantes fire to find injured animals, and record the dead...

 Research on a remote Pilbara island has shed new light on turtles' treacherous journey from egg to ocean, but some say "functionally extinct" rookeries further south warn of mismanagement...

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 F. W. Murnau’s vampire classic has cast a long shadow over horror for the past 100 years. Now, The Lighthouse director Rober Eggers has put his own dark spin on the terrifying tale...

 An Italian court on Friday acquitted Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of illegally blocking migrants on a rescue ship in 2019, after a lengthy and high-profile trial...

 Cautiousness and a creeping self-doubt that stems from poor performances and heightened scrutiny: it’s the story of every great batter who faces the inevitability of time...

 The holidays are a social time, but can also leave many feeling alone. A range of grassroots programs in the Northern Territory are working to bring people together and stop loneliness this Christmas...

 John Pesutto has declared the divisive saga over ousted MP Moira Deeming to be over, but many MPs, Liberal members and donors remain frustrated...

 It’s been 21 years since the two combined to conjure the most loved Christmas movie of the 21st century, but now they have turned to a new “blood and baubles” genre...

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 Alex loves his music therapy sessions but changes to NDIS funding could make them too costly for his parents...

 France’s anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty four years ago...

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 A press photographer has created an innovative way to share his passion for black and white film photography with a new generation...

 I first visited Port Douglas in the 1980s, before mega-resorts came and changed its character. Thankfully, tourism operators today have a different approach...

 Two people have been rescued after their car became trapped in floodwaters in the Whitsundays as flooding rains shift south after drenching Townsville . North Queensland is enduring intense soaking rains with more than 300mm falling in six hours...

 Shares have suffered heavy falls to end the trading week, and some economists say a trending change in markets could mean the rout is not over yet...

 More Tasmanian families are travelling interstate to access publicly funded IVF services, something that's not available to them at home...

 Following the abandonment of the first match due to rain, Australia and New Zealand face a crucial Game II of the Rose Bowl. Follow live...

 Victorian emergency services have warned Halls Gap residents to leave immediately and holiday-makers to stay away, with a fire in the Grampians almost tripling in size in the past 24 hours...

 Hundreds of cases of flesh-eating Buruli ulcer have been reported in Victoria this year, a new study has named a NSW tourist town as the next potential hotspot and has warned of possible spread along NSW coastline...

 Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, is the leader of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham that led a push to oust Bashar al-Assad from power...

 All of the nine people who have caused a fatality after driving into southern Queensland floodwater since 2021 have been men...

 Although police were confident they had caught the Ether Man, no charges were ever laid...

 A bus driver has died and several passengers are injured after the bus they were travelling in and a truck had collided on the Hume Highway early this morning...

 So much of what we hope and expect from Christmas is performative, and springs from the presentation of a perfect family holiday that inevitably is unattainable. It's hard to pick the fake when everyone is so desperately in search of the real...

 A snowball effect of work bans on the Sydney train network is expected from Saturday onwards, with more than 200 bans notified from the combined rail unions...

 It has been almost a year since severe thunderstorms lashed the Gold Coast and parts of the Scenic Rim, damaging thousands of homes. Many residents have battled through insurance claims to rebuild, but for others it was easier to sell up and leave...

 NSW will have nearly a million more people by 2034 and most of them will be living in Sydney, with no suburbs spared an increase. How the city copes with this uplift in population depends on its ability to use innovative housing and healthier transport, experts say...

 There's growing concern about how people stop taking antidepressant medication, particularly if they have been on it for a long time. Researchers say the process needs to be slowed down...

 The Boxing Day tsunami interrupted a civil war, triggered the worst rail accident in history and shattered the lives of millions. Twenty years on, those who escaped certain death share their stories...

 It started as a quick job to replace a rotting model boat at the entrance to the town of American River on Kangaroo Island, but it grew into a much bigger project: to build a full-size, operational replica of the sailing ship...

 In the midst of his 22nd season, LeBron James claims another NBA milestone as he helps Los Angeles Lakers defeat Sacramento Kings 113-100...

 Over 10 years, the notorious "bicycle bandit" terrorised innocent bank tellers at gunpoint. His identity remained a mystery for almost two decades until police used a game changing forensic technique to unmask the culprit...

 Tom Robinson's record setting adventure across the Pacific changed him forever. Now he's hoping to inspire other young Australians to follow their dreams...

 A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German news agency dpa reported...

 A car was driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German news agency dpa reported...

 At least two people are dead after a car was driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday...

 At least five people are dead after a car was driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday...

 At least four people are dead after a car was driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday...

 The trial that focused on the horrific sexual assault of Gisèle Pelicot saw 51 men convicted, but she wasn't the only victim. WARNING: This story contains details of sexual abuse...

 Emergency services were called to the scene on Saturday morning following reports a bus and a truck had collided...

 Indonesia's new President Prabowo Subianto wants to make the country one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. But data shows the country's middle class is shrinking...

 The ACCC's supermarket inquiry has shone a spotlight on Coles and Woolworths' high prices. But 76 per cent of shoppers still head to either store for their primary grocery shop...

 Scientists are fortifying a national park at the southern tip of Australia's mainland to keep invasive predators away from endangered native plants and animals...

 Dehydration, a double century, and disputed decisions. The 1986 Tied Test between India and Australia was one of the most dramatic cricket matches in the sport's history...

 While many Australians await the arrival of Santa Claus, kids in outback Australia are celebrating with their own unique Christmas icon...

 While most Australians will enjoy settled Christmas Day weather, conditions leading up to December 25 and from Boxing Day onwards are looking extreme...

 The French president has been forced to deny accusations by Le Monde of making racist, sexist and homophobic comments in private conversations with colleagues...

 Anglers are reeling in plenty of barramundi from a Queensland dam that could lose some prized stock if more rain forces it to spill...

 Melbourne indie bookstore owner Leesa Lambert deliberately does not play Christmas carols in her store to try and decrease stress for last-minute shoppers...

 Campaigners say the case of Gisèle Pelicot is proof France’s rape laws need to be changed as the current legislation is insufficient...

 A new rule to enforce a more civil discourse on campus has been backed by the university. It’s caused alarm within...