New Year's Eve news headlines

The officer allegedly 'forcibly seized cell keys' on Tuesday whilst 'in a state of intoxication.'

Law enforcement officials are reviewing video recordings believed to have been made on the way to the attack.

A New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighbourhood killed at least three people and critically injured 20 others, authorities said.

Gurwinder Singh was forced to pull over in Adelaide as the melee erupted about 8.30am.

As the new year arrived, so did South Australia's first babies.

While most Aussies were glued to the fireworks, New Year's celebrations looked very different for the proud parents of the first little bundles of joy of the year.

Witnesses say they saw a group of men were letting off fireworks before a 17-year-old boy was stabbed in the back in a Guildford park.

Balloons, music and reveling were replaced with a much more muted affair for this town, where hundreds of lives were lost on this day last year.

Forget the fireworks, spectators gathering on the shores of south-east Tasmania last night were treated to a light show of a different kind this New Years, with a spectacular display of  bioluminescent algae.

The incident was 1.6 kilometres from NYC's big celebration in Times Square.

The Bureau of Meteorology has revealed what people can expect on the first day of 2025.

Residents expressed their displeasure with the outages ahead of 2025 celebrations.

Nine tonnes of fireworks, an estimated one million people and an international superstar have farewelled 2024 in spectacular style.

Sydney Harbour looked incredible under the glow of the midnight fireworks.

A large branch of a gum tree fell on two men and a woman from Sydney as they were leaving the shrine about 1.30pm.

Harry Li never thought that an online event he created to celebrate New Year's Eve just for laughs would become the talk of the town.

Preparations are in full swing in Adelaide as the city prepares to mark the end of 2024 with a New Year's Eve celebration with even more firepower than last year.

The year 2024 is set to end with a bang around the country - and here's how you can enjoy it.

While some face a sticky night ahead, other states will see clearer skies. Here's the forecast for each capital city.

Thousands are expected to gather for Sydney's annual celebration, and police will be there in numbers.

Authorities around the country are reminding Australians to stick to the rules when it comes to starting 2025 with a bang.

More than nine tonnes of fireworks will be set off from 264 firing points, including the western side of the bridge for the first time ever.

If you're still planning a last-minute dash to Westfield today, here's what will be open

Speeding drivers had better watch out because from tonight, double demerits are coming to town.

Passengers on a United Airlines flight hoping to travel back in time for New Year's got off to an unfortunate start in 2024.

It's one of the few places in the world with a New Year's Eve party more famous than Sydney. And it didn't disappoint.

As the clock struck midnight and fireworks erupted across Australia, some families grew by one as the first babies of the new year were born.

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.

Aside from a small number of disorder and drug arrests, police are investigating a stabbing involving three men near King's Cross.

Excitement built as the minutes ticked down to midnight and the gathered masses, some of whom had waited more than 18 hours, partied on.

Two children have died after being pulled from Perth's Swan River on New Year's Eve.

Cloud, rain and thunderstorms could hinder New Year's Eve plans tonight.

If you're heading to Sydney to watch the iconic New Year's Eve firework display, the message from authorities is to use public transport.

Two busy suburbs are showing an unusually high volume of cases days before every starts partying.

We've put together a list of when major retailers will be open throughout the last week of 2023.

Here is what we know about the double demerit systems.

Here's a full list of the public holidays in each state and territory for 2024 and 2025.

If you're unsure of how the public holiday period will effect you, here is everything we know.

Viewing spots that charged up to $520 last year will now be free to everyone, as Chris Minns makes good on a key election pledge.

Coronavirus deaths in China are forecast to surge to 36,000 a day during this month's lunar new year holiday, newly-released research shows.

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.

Countries around the world are gearing up to celebrate the Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, next week.

A luxury cruise promised partygoers the celebration of a lifetime to ring in the New Year, but it wasn't as glamorous as it sounded.

A group of nude revellers have been caught on camera breaking into the luxury Byron Bay home of "spa king" Eddie Phillips on New Year's Eve.

The Melbourne man had been working a New Year's Eve party before the alleged assault.

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.

Australia's first baby of 2023 entered the world via Westmead Hospital in Sydney as the new year's fireworks were hitting their crescendo.

The packed New Year's Eve celebrations turned scary for some attempting to watch the fireworks in Sydney's CBD last night.

Parents watched on in horror as a seemingly joyous bouncy castle tore its tethers and barrelled towards revellers on New Year's Eve.

The 25-year-old was competing in a "Novice Bull Ride" in Queensland when he fell off a bull, which then struck him.