Experts say there's no evidence the weather has an impact on the spread of coronavirus — but with restrictions lifting, what you do when it's hot or cold outside might.

A student who stabbed a classmate at Renmark High School in South Australia's Riverland is found not guilty on the grounds of mental incompetence.

Peacocks are popular pets with people eager to host the showy ornamental bird, despite breeders admitting they are not particularly good companions nor protectors.

Police say poor decisions, not weather conditions, were to blame for a head-on crash between two trucks yesterday, but transport authorities argue it is premature to blame the drivers, given how difficult it can be to pull over to the side of the road.

It is abysmal behaviour and the boys from St Kevin's may need to pay some kind of price, but if we think punishment alone can resolve this issue, we are mistaken, writes Justin Coulson.

Saeed Maasarwe said his family is not motivated by revenge over the rape and murder of his daughter Aiia Maasarwe, as he remembered her as a positive woman who wanted to help everybody.

Rather than Michelle Payne's 2015 win being the game-changing moment it seemed, female jockeys still beg for the crumbs from the tables of owners and trainers who remain dubious about their capabilities, writes Richard Hinds.

The price of water increases to $980 a megalitre for South Australia, as industry bodies expect prices to reach Millennium Drought levels.

This used to be the quiet time of year on Victoria's famous stretch of coastline, but locals say that's changing.

Disgraced Cardinal George Pell will not seek a reduced sentence if the Court of Appeal upholds his conviction for sexually abusing two Melbourne choirboys in the 1990s.

It felt as if the winds of change were blowing through the Catholic Church after the royal commission. But a new defence has rejected some of its key findings in relation to one of its most notorious paedophile priests, writes Louise Milligan.

The ABC understands the Victorian Department of Corrections considers the Hopkins Correctional Centre in Ararat, 200 kilometres west of Melbourne, to be the most appropriate place to send the high-profile cleric.

Around one person dies on Victoria's rail lines every week, with most long-term train drivers experiencing at least one fatality in their career.

This specialist nurse teaches thousands of prostate cancer survivors how to revitalise their sex life after diagnosis, but she is the only one of her kind in an area spanning 48,000 square kilometres.

A child abuse survivor says the priest who assaulted him did so in the 'welcoming' home of another clergyman. His claim comes amid new allegations that paedophiles acted in concert within the Catholic Church.

A Victorian man accused of murdering Adelaide mother-of-two Suzanne Poll at her workplace in 1993 will plead not guilty to the charge, a court has heard.

A ratepayers advocacy group says a damning report into the risk of corruption within local government in Victoria highlights the need for greater scrutiny of regional councils.

The green hills of south-west Victoria couldn't be further from the latest outbreak of the highly contagious viral disease African swine fever (ASF) in Timor-Leste, but pork producer Xavier Meade isn't taking any chances.

Rob Minshull is an avid reader, and the producer of Weekends with Warren Boland

St George Illawarra's season is all but over, but a sensational debut from young winger Jason Saab in the team's latest loss may be a sign of better things to come.

Energy Australia has apologised to a customer for issuing him multiple bills that 'did not make sense' despite his repeated complaints.

With so much of Australia's allure to tourists based on our oceans and waterways, a charity founder has launched a campaign he'd like to see played in airports and pushed via visa applications.

The University of Adelaide says the departures of chancellor Kevin Scarce and vice-chancellor Peter Rathjen have nothing to do with its finances despite admitting it is facing a budget shortfall of $100 million.

The Australian Government joins a small group of so-called "first mover" nations which have been relatively successful in suppressing the coronavirus, to exchange ideas as restrictions continue to loosen.

Social media posts containing fake quotes from Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo have spread on Facebook. The posts claimed that Professor Honjo said the novel coronavirus was "manufactured in China".

Bright, bold and ethereal — the sight of May's supermoon rising behind world landmarks will take your breath away.

Sydney silk Bret Walker SC, who is leading the special commission of inquiry into the Ruby Princess, says he did not take Scott Morrison's criticisms of his "aggressive" questioning of a teary witness as an attempt to interfere with the probe's independence.

Residents on the New South Wales south coast have rejected the finding from a Rural Fire Service investigation into the cause of a deadly fire at Lake Conjola.

Christopher Turner, the contractor responsible for a gas mix-up that poisoned two newborns with nitrous oxide at a Sydney hospital, is convicted and fined $100,000.

The recurring political debate about immigration tends to ignore the demand and employment that new communities create, writes Daniel Ziffer.

The Health Department confirms a massive spike in the number of influenza cases in Western Australia this year, with 3,000 extra notifications and 14 deaths in the past week alone.

South Australian school students are urging adults and national leaders to share the water better in the Murray-Darling River system.

Megan Schutt has no time for the same-sex-marriage haters and her bold online personality is ensuring she is grabbing her chance on the national stage ahead of another ground-breaking WBBL campaign.

A teenager who can be named for the first time pleads not guilty to the murder of a 61-year-old woman in Adelaide's inner north in December last year.

Businesses in SA's Riverland are urged to be on the lookout for fake $100 notes after one was passed at a bakery and two other incidents were reported to police.

The death of Vietnam veteran Peter Verrall in a boating accident on the Coorong is described by a friend and fellow veteran as "like losing another brother".

A pedestrian dies after being hit by a motorcycle and another man is in a critical condition following a separate crash in Adelaide on Saturday night.

SA Police is investigating the sexual assault of a jogger who was forced into the back seat of another man's car south-west of Adelaide last night.

The Member for Grayndler is the only declared candidate currently contesting the opposition leadership position.

Meredith Thompson and Adrian Brown fight to see their beloved relative, after his nursing home denied visits even though he only has weeks to live.

Victoria's COVID-19 tally continues on its steepest climb in a fortnight, as Premier Daniel Andrews reveals 13,000 people were screened for the virus in the state's testing blitz on Sunday.

Advice on whether students should attend schools amid the ongoing coronavirus situation varies widely across Australia. Here's the latest on what schools are doing in your state or territory.

Cardinal George Pell accuses the child sexual abuse royal commission of making findings "not supported by evidence" in its unredacted report, which found he was explicitly told in 1982 of the reason paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale was being moved between parishes.

The husband of murdered outback nurse Gayle Woodford says new protections for nurses named in her honour are necessary, but is worried healthcare workers could still be at risk.

A man who turned up to court in Adelaide on charges of illegally using a motor vehicle is arrested for allegedly driving there in another stolen car.