Awards and Prizes

Her novella, Cold Enough for Snow, has seen the Melbourne author win the Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction, while journalist-turned-farmer Sam Vincent won the non-fiction category for his book, My Father and Other Animals.

An increasingly speechless Troye Sivan scoops best solo artist and song of the year on Australian music's night of nights in Sydney. 

Corin Miller's culturally sensitive approach to supporting rural children with behavioural and mental health needs has won national praise.

The ceremony for the music industry's premier awards, the ARIAs, will take place tonight with Emma Memma nominated for Best Children's Album. So are the Wiggles.

Narungga Kaurna woman Janine Mohamed, a pioneer for Indigenous healthcare, has been named Victoria's 2024 Australian of the Year.

The founders of three charities, including Motherland's Stephanie Trethewey, and musician and Indigenous activist Naarah are recognised at an awards ceremony in Hobart.

When the fitness enthusiast discovered that push-ups alone were not enough to help these boys, he set about founding the Men of Business Academy in 2020.

Louis Armstrong was nice, and Ella Fitzgerald was not so nice, according to 109-year-old Eileen Kramer who is not planning on hanging up her dancing shoes.

Blair McFarland has been named the territory's Australian of the Year for his dedication to stamping out petrol sniffing in Central Australia.

NT Australian of the Year Blair McFarland has been acknowledged for his decades-long commitment to improving the health and lives of some of Australia's most disadvantaged youth.

Mechelle Turvey, whose son Cassius was killed in October 2022, is recognised for her advocacy work to prevent violence and in training police officers to show empathy when dealing with victims of crime. 

Environmental scientist and activist Timothy Jarvis says he hopes his new title as South Australia's 2024 Australian of the Year would inspire people to help stop climate change in any way they can.

Batemans Bay's Sculpture for Clyde will offer an acquisitive prize at next year's event to rival Sculpture by the Sea and the Archibald.

A champion for women and girls in the construction industry, Joanne Farrell, is named as the ACT's 2024 Australian of the Year.

A speedy sheep shearer, an accidental dinosaur discoverer and a "Human Rights Hero" are also on the state's shortlist.

The Milli Vanilli lip-syncing fiasco has got to be one of the enduring scandals of the 1980s and 90s. A new documentary gathers the major players together and sheds new light on the fraud and subsequent backlash.

Members of a fitness group in WA's north have been given bravery awards after they saved a young child from an alleged attempted drowning by his father last month.

It follows the official Nobel Prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace that were announced last week.

Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Price for "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran". 

From a friendly-looking bear to an otter auditioning for Swan Lake, animals are full of surprises. Here is a selection of some of the shortlisted images for the 2023 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse is awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable".

The announcement came after Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences appeared to inadvertently release the names of the three scientists earlier in the day, when a Swedish newspaper published a copy of an email its said was from the academy and contained the names of the recipients.

The field of research is currently more about furthering humanity's understanding of the universe than producing practical applications, but the hope is that further developments will lead to more advanced electronics and better disease diagnosis.

When Marleigh was just three years old, she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder. Blood products were key to keeping her alive, so her mum Kate started a podcast to encourage more people to donate.

Scientists Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman have won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries enabling the development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.