A local government council in Melbourne's inner northeast has voted to stop recognising January 26 as Australia Day. Yarra City Council has also decided to scrap citizenship ceremonies on the date, despite threats from the Federal Government that politicising such ceremonies is a breach of federal law. The move has angered some locals but Indigenous groups say Yarra City Council had an obligation to act.

A fresh stoush has broken out between the Federal Government and a Melbourne council over its decision to cancel Australia Day celebrations. The Yarra Council in Melbourne's inner north last night became the first in the country to abandon Australia Day in solidarity with Indigenous people. The Prime Minister says he is deeply disappointed by the decision, and is accusing the council of breaching its duties.

Autographs collected by a 1950s Sydney teenager are now on the national record.

CJ reviews two of 2017's best films.

A retired Canberra surgeon is among 15 Australian veterans returning to England to commemorate Bomber Command during World War II.

The Fair Work Ombudsman releases a report revealing widespread breaches of workplace laws by Caltex franchisees.

A newspaper photo saved by a trusted stenographer shows the behind-the-scenes drama of Edward VIII's abdication unfolding in his dominion Down Under.

Johannes Frerck was a friendly man who sold sausages and sauerkraut from his Darlinghurst shop he was also a staunch supporter of Adolf Hitler and branded a spy who threatened Australia's security.

An Australian rifleman who fought in the Boer War was one of eight soldiers awarded a hand-crocheted scarf by Queen Victoria.

The decades-old voices of people teaching and learning the Miriwoong language are preserved in a unique collection of magnetic strip cards.

Farms across North Queensland have suffered stock and crop losses of up to 50 per cent in the wake of unprecedented flooding.

A north Queensland man, whose decomposing and battered body was found in a national park near Townsville in 2015, told friends he owed $10,000 before his body was found in a creek bed, a trial hears.

They're small, feisty and loud and chances are, you have several living in your home. Asian house geckos are one of the most successful invasive species in Australia, and biologists are concerned they're spreading from suburbia into bushland. Curious Brisbane investigates.

How long will cattle producers have to wait for sorely-needed bitumen? ABC Rural takes a look at the Federal Government's significant budget for Territory roads.

A north Queensland man has been sentenced to life behind bars after he was found guilty of murdering 25-year-old Michael McCabe almost four years ago.

Billionaire Clive Palmer is accused of faking entries in a green notebook in a bid to justify draining Queensland Nickel of millions of dollars for anything he wanted before it collapsed in 2016, a court is told.

A Townsville woman's Uber account racks up about $1,500 in fraudulent use across two continents before it is shut down a case that experts warn is indicative of a growing economy in stolen payment details.

South Sydney leaves it late to beat the Cowboys in Townsville, after the Roosters crush the Knights at the SCG and the Raiders get up against Wests Tigers.

On a small bush block some 50 kilometres out of Bowen in north Queensland, a group of anti-coal activists are living harmoniously while also training for civil disobedience.