The Roosters entrench themselves in the top four with a win over the Bulldogs at the SCG after Manly defeats the Dragons at Brookvale.

Gold Coast junior Riley Parsons shares his love of cricket, by refurbishing old gear to give to kids who need it.

The AFL's supporter crackdown is being felt by those in the stands, but without confirmation one way or another from the AFL, the supporters are filling the void with questions of their own.

The Victorian Government prepares to reintroduce a bill which would make it easier for people to alter the sex recorded on their birth certificate to male, female or any other gender descriptor of their choice.

Christina Vithoulkas always had a positive outlook on life, but when she crashed her motorbike and broke her spine her positivity only increased.

An Adelaide woman who sued Channel Seven over a Today Tonight story which portrayed her as a "welfare fraudster" wins her defamation case on appeal, almost eight years after the report aired.

The family of missing man and suspected murder victim Michael Purse makes an emotional plea for information on his fate, with his mother breaking down as she described her anguish.

A congestion charge for driving in the CBD during peak hour is once again being pushed, and a new report says it would be easy, cheap and speed up traffic across all major cities.

Adelaide police say two men turned up to a victim's house with an eftpos machine demanding money after earlier calling him pretending to be from the tax office. The man has told the ABC that he "knew they weren't legit".

The family of an elderly man posts a video of him crawling on his hands and knees to the toilet and claims he was discharged from an Adelaide hospital without proper treatment.

Letters released by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption show he was refused $2 million to fund an evaluation of the Central Adelaide Local Health Network.

CCTV footage captures the moment a pedestrian is struck by a car, with the alleged driver facing charges of assault and four counts of endangering life.

The details of a secret recording of a conversation between accused Adelaide wife killer Peter Dansie and his son are revealed in court.

Accused wife-killer Peter Dansie was engaged in online chats with two women and was ready to fly to China with a bag of sex toys and condoms shortly after his wife's death, it can now be revealed.

A man who has previously claimed he is the nephew of rock legend Jimmy Barnes pleads guilty to assaulting two journalists outside an Adelaide court.

A coroner's inquest hears a drug-addicted Adelaide car thief whose body was found weeks after he crashed a stolen vehicle was an expert at hiding from police.

South Australia's Chief Justice accuses the Attorney-General of undermining the administration of justice by failing to appoint two replacement judges to the Supreme Court.

Police are searching for a man who was wearing a Joker-style mask and armed with an imitation gun when he held up a Subway outlet in Adelaide and assaulted a teenager.

A man is being transported to the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) with pelvic injuries following a crash between a car and a truck just north of Port Wakefield, about 100-kilometres from Adelaide. Diversions are in place for those travelling to Port Augusta.

Outside a pre-polling booth in Manly, Tony Abbott refused to elaborate on a previous statement he made about the Bob Hawke. Mr Abbott has been criticised by both sides of politics for politicising the late prime minister's death. May 17, 2019.

Bill Shorten addresses the Labor caucus after the election defeat, urging the party to continue to think big and progressive.

John Setka has denied he made disparaging remarks about Rosie Batty, saying the allegations were made as part of a political campaign against him and there was "no reason" for him to resign.

Hawthorn captain Ben Stratton will come under fire for repeatedly pinching his Essendon opponent, Orazio Fantasia, throughout their match.

A council in regional Western Australia is the latest to join the list of local governments around the country to allow ratepayer money to fund defamation action against members of the public.

A 22-year-old geology student pleads guilty to stealing from one of Australia's biggest gold mines, saying he wanted a "memento" to motivate him to finish his degree.

It is not every day that the rise and fall of an obscure Adelaide mining company mirrors the plot of a deeply trashy 1970s disaster movie but, happily, for this story, the comparison works.

Police say half a tonne of gold concentrate found in a Kalgoorlie man's backyard came from a commercial mine. The 48-year-old says he found it at the local rubbish tip.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says plans are underway to test 100,000 people over the next fortnight for COVID-19 in order to make an informed decision on which restrictions could be rolled back after the state of emergency ends on May 11.

Internet search giant Google is ordered to pay $40,000 in damages to Melbourne lawyer George Defteros after a Supreme Court of Victoria ruling found the internet giant was a publisher, and had defamed the man.

The Victorian Opposition is calling for Deputy Chief Health Officer Annaliese van Diemen to resign over her comments comparing the "terror" of COVID-19 to Captain Cook's arrival in Australia.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews responds to the state's Deputy Chief Health Officer's tweet comparing coronavirus to Captain Cook's arrival in Australia at a press conference on May 1, 2020.

Shane Fitzsimmons was nicknamed the "nation's father" for his leadership during the catastrophic bushfire season. As he departs his post as NSW RFS chief, he explains how he went from a troubled teenager to a celebrated leader, earning respect and saving lives along the way.

Six weeks into the biggest shakeup of the Australian workplace since World War II, one economist is warning the adjusted work arrangements could be widening inequalities among workers.

Victoria's health department counsels Annaliese van Diemen over her tweet comparing the impact of COVID-19 with Captain Cook's arrival in Australia, but clears her of breaching the Victorian public sector code of conduct.

Organisers of the national cattle industry expo say it's 'full steam ahead', despite not knowing when the ban on mass gatherings will be lifted

Doctors label medicinal cannabis prescriptions a "bureaucratic nightmare" requiring "a massive learning curve", as patients say people in pain cannot wait months for relief.

Archive ABC News footage from of the Barefoot Crab-Tying World Championships August 2, 1994, at Lims Hotel in Rapid Creek NT. Features 13-time champion Billy Lowery, and competitor Ron Riddle.