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Rainbow on the Plains festival celebrates LGBTQ+ pride with colour, a parade and Australia’s largest human rainbow

Disenchanted with Australia in the 1890s, 500 people travelled to Paraguay in search of a better life, inspired by a radical socialist. But their plans for a tropical utopia, with strict rules about booze and sex, were "bound to fail".

Since August an Aboriginal flag has flown outside the Yass Memorial Hall, but some said the decision was made without due process. Now, months after the flag was raised, a decision has been made to keep it there.

It's likely to be wetter than usual along Australia's east coast.

Was this spring good for you? Maybe there was no terrifying flap of wings like last spring?

Heading to Sydney for WorldPride next year but don’t know where to start? Here’s what to see at the LGBTQ+ extravaganza’s first outing in the southern hemisphere

At the peak of a sweltering summer, the idea of plunging into a cool pool is heavenly. Here, we've collected 10 of Australia's best pools. Glamorous, At the peak of a sweltering summer, the idea of plunging into a cool pool is heavenly. Actually doing it even better.Here, we've collected…

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has travelled to rocky outpost the Chatham Islands on a flying one-day visit.

An Alice Springs family of four faces $8,000 in airfares to get to the Coffs Coast of NSW for a holiday, prompting calls for more airline competition to bring prices down.