Coronavirus has made Australians reassess their taste in luxury goods and opt for the simpler things in life, a Boston Consulting Group survey of 1,000 consumers has found.

When sports mad Melburnians were told US basketball superstar LeBron James was heading to Australia's shores, parents across the city gasped a unified sigh as their kids pounced. 

Basketball Australia and promoter TEG have hit back at the complaints by disappointed fans saying that most revellers had a 'positive experience' and only two people requested refunds. 

Furious fans are seething after forking out thousands for tickets and travel to an Australia versus United States all-star basketball game only to have the biggest drawcards pull out. 

Russell Crowe has joined in with basketball fans who are furious over the seating fiasco as Australia took on the USA in Melbourne on Thursday night. 

Lagree is the workout of choice for celebrities and royalty, from Meghan Markle to Michelle Obama and the Miss Universe Australia models. It is a unique form of training using a 'megaformer bed'.

Netflix has revealed Australia's most watched television shows and movies in 2019.

If England could have chosen an Australian cricketer to make the fatal fumble that may just have handed them the Ashes then the name of Nathan Lyon would have been on many lips.

JASON GILLESPIE: It is very hard to avoid the conclusion we are now in for one of the classic Ashes series, maybe even up there with 2005 in terms of excitement and drama. It's fantastic.

Units in Australia's most elite suburb are so dear it is possible to buy two median-price houses in Sydney for the same money - and still have change left over to buy a Porsche 911 Carrera.

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has called on Australia to implement a Green New Deal. This is also the name of a radical proposal in the US for 100 per cent renewables by 2030.

Chinese tech giant Huawei is hoping to overturn the ban which prevents it from operating the 5G network in Australia.

Martin Parkinson, who last year retired as head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, has described China's economic threat against Australia as a 'wake-up call' and a 'favour'.

Bindi Irwin has suddenly stepped down as the youth ambassador for a lobbying group that argues for a smaller population through the curbing of immigration after six years.

Beauty giant Mecca has revealed the best-selling lipsticks across Australia - and why women are still buying makeup despite working from home during the coronavirus pandemic.

Australia's biggest state would have an economy only slightly larger than Nigeria and the smallest the size of Botswana if federation collapsed and split up the country's $1.8 trillion GDP.

Khloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner have been spotted sporting gorgeous necklaces from one of Australia's most sought-after custom jewellers.

Khloe Kardashian is looking for one lucky Australian to star in her clothing brand Good American's latest campaign in Los Angeles - and anyone can enter.

A debate has erupted online among Australian tea drinkers over when you should add milk to your tea. One side holds milk should be added first while the other is adamant it should be last.

The royal couple are in talks with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to negotiate the details of the trip before he extends an official invitation, it was announced last month.

Beauty lovers in their thousands have shared their favourite facial oil of the past year - and it only costs $25.99. Many of them said it's the perfect skin product to use while you're in isolation.

Pucovski, 21, informed team management of his decision in Perth on Tuesday evening and it was agreed he could finish Australia A's three-day tour game against Pakistan.

Will Pucovski is the third Australian cricketer to report mental health problems to staff in just over two weeks, with Nic Maddinson and Glenn Maxwell both taking breaks from the game.

Fast bowler James Pattinson will miss the first test against Pakistan after choosing not to contest a charge of breaching Cricket Australia's code of conduct during a domestic Sheffield Shield match.

Four years ago, Australian cricketer Steve Smith invested $100,000 for a 10 per cent stake in the then start-up company Koala Mattress.

David Warner etched his name into cricket folklore with a majestic triple-century as Australia declared their first innings closed at a mammoth 589 for three.

Australia completed a comprehensive 2-0 series victory over Pakistan after winning the second Test in Adelaide by an innings and 48 runs.

Last year Australia spent $39.2million of taxpayer cash on various programs to help the country's women and girls as well its water and food security.

The 76-year-old took a swipe at Smith during day four of Australia's second Test against Pakistan at Adelaide Oval on Monday.

Manal Aqrawe, had been living in Mosul, Iraq, when the terror group took over.   After moving to Brisbane she claims landing a healthcare job has been difficult.

An Australian student convicted of being a member of the Islamic State terror group has had her guilty verdict overturned on appeal.

The Australians are among 959 foreign IS fighters and families in Turkish custody in northern Syria.

Three kilograms of the volatile explosive triacetone triperoxide was found by a fisherman in the Leschenault Estuary 150km south of Perth in 2013.

The young child is the daughter of Kirsty Rosse-Emile - a Melbourne woman who travelled with her husband Nabil Kadmiry to Syria in 2014. Kadmiry was an ISIS fighter before his capture.

El Chapo's deadly Mexican drug cartel is flooding Melbourne streets with meth, aiming to cash in massive profits to be made in Australia. 

Miss World Australia 2017 winner Esma Voloder and two other beauty queens headed to Canberra with World Vision to ask Australia to boost its foreign aide budget.

The Chinese Grand Prix, which was scheduled for April, has already been cancelled amid growing fears about the virus but F1 chief Chase Carey has announced it is 'all systems go' for Melbourne.

Italy is currently on on lockdown due to the spread of the coronavirus, with the country's prime minister Giuseppe Conte ordering 60 million citizens not to travel or even socialise in coming days.

It is understood that the team member reported symptoms associated with the disease in the Albert Park paddock on Wednesday morning.

Hamilton said it was 'shocking' that the Australian Grand Prix could go ahead amid the threat of the coronavirus and suggested organisers had put financial concerns ahead of people's health.

JONATHAN McEVOY IN MELBOURNE: The season-opening race has been abandoned here in the early hours of Friday morning after a McLaren mechanic was diagnosed with coronavirus.

Formula One boss Chase Carey has issued a public apology for the last-minute cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix. It was called off 90 minutes before first practice.

McLaren now have all their employees home from Australia after a period in quarantine following a positive test at the cancelled season-opener in Melbourne.

The star was promoting an event during a task for the show in which he is using to raise money for his nominated charity, Starlight Foundation

Chris Brown is scheduled to play in three concerts in Australia this year, but may not be able to play the Vector Arena show he has booked for December 18th in Auckland.

It appears American singer Chris Brown might be unable to perform at his scheduled Australian concert dates after comments made by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The father-of-one now has 28 days to plead his case, as tickets for his December gigs set to go on sale on Monday.

Tickets for Chris Brown's concert One Hell Of A Nite have gone on sale, even though he has been banned from performing in Australia after his conviction for beating up ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

R'n'B singer Chris Brown has not been denied entry to Australia, as rumours surface his visa application was rejected following his conviction for assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

Taking to Twitter to address the issue for the first time since he was barred from the country at the weekend, the hitmaker explained that he is 'not the pink elephant in the room anymore'.