This bustling city boasts plenty of options for families, writes Monique Balvert-O'Connor.

Singer Julia Deans keeps the slow reveal simple on her debut solo album, finds Paula Yeoman.

The principal of an elite Australian Catholic college has suspended a group of boys allegedly involved in a $6000 theft spree in Queenstown.

Are cracks beginning to show in the glittering career of Kylie Minogue?

Melbourne Storm officials have emphatically denied rumours their players will boycott the rest of the NRL season.

Dannii Minogue and Kris Smith welcomed baby Ethan Edward Smith into the world on Monday.

'I once again express my deep sorrow and offer a sincere and unreserved apology to all victims of sexual abuse,' says Archbishop Denis Hart.

Rachel Grunwell dons a hard hat and takes the plunge into a Victoria gold mine.

The dispute between the Melbourne Storm and the NRL over salary cap penalties could be heard as early as July, a judge has said.

Melbourne police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the killing of Indian student Nitin Garg.

"We are treated like lepers at most of our away games," says the Storm's coach, amid claims that some players knew some of their payments were from third parties.

Up to 55 NZ women may have been exposed to an apparent deliberate attempt to infect them with hepatitis C at a Melbourne abortion clinic.

A woman has died after suffering knife wounds and burns to her entire body in a frenzied attack at a Melbourne petrol station.