Sky News host Andrew Bolt discusses the anti-Australia Day protesters planning a march outside Melbourne Park on Sunday.

The Australian Open is over for the locals. Some Australians impressed and others didn't live up to expectations. Here's how we graded them.

Organisers of Melbourne's Invasion Day rally say they have no plans to disrupt the Australian Open, and misinformation suggesting they did has caused "harm and distress".

Lucky loser Eva Lys felt like she had been hit by a train after a heavy defeat by world number two Iga Swiatek in the Australian Open fourth round on Monday but the German said she had enjoyed the journey in the best week of her life.

Defending champion and top seed Jannik Sinner overcame a debilitating medical episode as well as Dane Holger Rune to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the third time with a 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2 victory on Monday.

Pristine, already-built properties are becoming increasingly sought after along the Gold Coast due to skyrocketing building material and labour costs and uncertainty about future projects.

It took a few years of planning for four Polish university friends living on four different continents but the dream of getting together at the Australian Open finally came true this month.Karolina Minczuk and her friends represent a growing wave of tennis enthusiasts,

Iga Swiatek is dominating her Australian Open opponents the way no one has at Melbourne Park since Maria Sharapova in 2013.

Sam Groth has called for Tennis Australia to conduct a "full Australia Day ceremony" at Melbourne Park on January 26.

Australians Tahlia Kokkinis, Duje Markovina and Ymerali Ibraimi made winning starts to their Australian Open 2025

In 2022, a Captain Cook statue was doused in red paint on the eve of Australia Day. An Instagram post from Disrupt Wars – the protesting group behind numerous pro-Palestine rallies in Melbourne over the last year – said the march was an act of “solidarity with Indigenous peoples in their ongoing struggle for justice”.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A collection of some of the top photos by Associated Press photographers featuring the intense light and shade of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.