Investors received a late Christmas present with the ASX 200 rising on the first trading session following the holiday break.

The year has not been short of dramatic events and developments, and here the PA news agency provides a month by month look back on 2024.

Residents in the Adelaide suburb of Plympton have evacuated their homes after waking to the sound of explosions in the middle of the night.

Adelaide's main New Year's Eve celebration will go ahead despite an E. coli outbreak in the River Torrens. Sydney is gearing up for the biggest New Year's Eve fireworks display ever, with the western ...

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