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From meal preparation to the conversation over lunch, couples and relationships counsellor Kris Waller says a calm and fun Christmas Day starts with relinquishing any fantasies of perfection.

With all 17 NRL clubs in the midst of training the house down, here's the biggest question your team needs to answer before the 2025 season gets underway.

Australia's summer holiday period often heralds celebration and cheer but, for sobriety coach Noelene Brown and many others, it can make for a lot of "tricky" social situations.  

Athletics made the headlines in Australia multiple times in 2024 because the athletes stepped up to another level, catching the attention and the imagination of the nation.

A proposed club from Vikings Group with 160 poker machines has been met with criticism from a community group and anti-gambling advocates in the NSW region.

Retailers expect shoppers to splurge almost $1.3 billion on Boxing Day itself and $24.7 billion for the entire sales period, which is set to be the biggest on record.

Authorities believe the nation is now "much better prepared" to deal with a tsunami than it was two decades ago, but community awareness is low. 

The Russian Ambassador has been questioned by ABC News Defence Correspondent Andrew Greene on his way in and out of DFAT in Canberra. 

Australian pilot Daniel Duggan will be extradited to the United States to face charges over allegedly working with the Chinese military.

A 75-year-old woman has died after a single vehicle crash in Canberra's south.

From distributing inappropriate images among colleagues, to being told sexual harassment is part of the job, female hospitality workers want change in the industry.

Caitlin Baker is an accomplished sommelier, but that doesn't mean she's always treated respectfully by customers or colleagues.

For many the trek to the nearest Christmas tree farm to choose a tree is as much a part of the holiday season as Christmas dinner.

Elspeth Nicholls and Collin Acton got married immediately after their weekly pilgrimage to their local parkrun in Canberra.

Hundreds of cases of flesh-eating Buruli ulcer have been reported in Victoria this year, a new study has named a NSW tourist town as the next potential hotspot and has warned of possible spread along NSW coastline

There's growing doubt over the Coalition's nuclear power policy after Nationals Senator Matt Canavan labelling it a political fix and MP Keith Pitt resigning, citing concerns about the policy. 

The security deal is part of a broader push from the federal government to reassert its position in Solomon Islands and roll back China's growing influence. 

Nationals Senator discusses the nuclear power policy in an interview with the National Conservative Institute of Australia.

A 50-year-old Canberra man who fled to Spain and hid out for three years to avoid charges including rape and incest allegedly committed against his stepdaughter has his request to be sent to a mental health facility denied.

Australia has struck a new security agreement with Solomon Islands to bolster the size of the Pacific island nation’s police force.

Speaking to Stateline, the mother of five-year-old Rozalia Spadafora, who died at Canberra Hospital the day after her birthday in 2022, says the coronial inquest into her death had too narrow a focus.

The mother of Rozalia Spadafora, who died at the Canberra Hospital in 2022, says she was "left empty handed" by the inquest into her daughter's death.

Today is summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Here's what you can expect from the "longest day of the year".

Politicians, like many of us, are likely to clock off tomorrow for the Christmas break. Chief political correspondent Laura Tingle reflects on where the political year has ended.

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