A 57 year old woman rescued from a house fire on the Mornington Pensinsula was among dozens of Victorians injured over the State's New Year's celebrations.
Enter a frantic scramble for a seat on a train potentially rife with Covid cases, or sit in gridlock traffic for hundreds of kilometres. That's the choice millions people across China will make this week.
Partygoers in Australia and around the world were determined to usher in 2023 in style after celebrations over the last few years were dampened by COVID-19.
A 12-minute extravaganza ushered in 2023 on Sydney Harbour, with the city hosting Australia's largest fireworks display as the new year rolled out across the country.
The Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is warning that someone in Australia will need blood every 18 seconds over "this critical holiday period", when donation rates are known to drop.
After two years of COVID-19 restrictions, this year is promising to be the most spectacular yet, as Sydney's celebrations will be beamed to billions around the world.
A police department and municipal government in the US have agreed to pay a settlement of more than a million dollars after 64 people were arrested over a single bag of marijuana.
Amy Staunton has been remembered as a "beautiful" and "caring" soul days after the 17-year-old drowned after falling off a houseboat in South Australia.
New Year's Eve, which used to be celebrated globally with a free-spirited wildness, felt instead like a case of deja vu, with the fast-spreading Omicron variant again filling hospitals.
Following a series of out-of-control parties across Sydney, New South Wales Police are urging short-term rental property owners to be careful when accepting bookings
Businesses in Sydney fear exploding levels of COVID-19 cases will blunt the economic return of what is traditionally the city's biggest night of the year.
Only one person per two square metres is allowed in indoor NSW hospitality venues for the next month, with people urged to not "mingle" at pubs, clubs and cafes.