Police cars will join the end of queues of motorists waiting to get back into Victoria from New South Wales at midnight, sealing off the state as it enforces a hard border closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. ...

There are 10 cases now linked to Victoria's outbreak, which has seen its border with New South Wales slam shut. Here's what we know.

NSW records three new cases of COVID-19 in Western Sydney, while health authorities identify possible links between the Croydon cluster and a case from Wollongong.

The BOM's preliminary data is in and 2020 was Australia's fourth hottest year on record for mean and minimum temperatures. Rainfall was above average but not one to note in the record books… yet. ...

Travellers from Victoria express frustration and anger with the WA Government, following its move to reimpose a hard border and order retrospective self-quarantine measures in the wake of a new coronavirus outbreak. ...

Queensland's border with regional NSW and Victoria will remain open, but the Chief Health Officer is monitoring the "very concerning" clusters there.

The Chief Medical Officer says the vaccine will not be a "magic bullet immediately" and the PM says a premature rollout of the jab would be "very dangerous". Here's a recap if you missed today's coronavirus press confere...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has been encouraged by the strong response from Australians to a change in Advance Australia Fair that recognises our "timeless land of ancient First Nations peoples". ...

America's crises won't be fixed just because time is passing. The year 2021 will bring more crises, unexpected ones, because crises don't follow a calendar. But now so much depends on whether the country can come togethe...

Three men are being questioned by police over the alleged rape and sexual assault of two 15-year-old girls, who they met on the beach in Surfers Paradise overnight.

Thousands of Victorians have cut short holidays in NSW and are scrambling to make it home before Victoria's hard border closure begins.

Setting a specific goal — say 10,000 steps a day or losing 10kg — can create a sense of failure if you get close, but don't achieve it. An open goal could be the solution you need, writes Christian Swann. ...

Reuben Schoots is building a mechanical watch entirely by hand — a feat accomplished only by a handful of people in the past century. But he is learning more than just a lost craft.

The optimal timing for lockdown in Sydney may have passed even though the potential for COVID super-spreading posed by Christmas and New Years Eve remains, leading epidemiologist Professor Raina MacIntyre warns. ...

Authorities arrest a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing them from refrigeration for two nights.

Almost 250 cabinet papers from the middle of prime minister John Howard's second term in government are released and give a remarkable insight into how Australia was faring at a time of significant national pride. ...

Twenty years is clearly not long enough for a nation to resolve the unrelenting problems of aged care, Indigenous reconciliation or emissions trading.

After years of negotiations, missed deadlines and extensions, the UK struck a deal last week with the European Union on Brexit at the 11th hour. Here's what we know about what will change in the UK from today. ...

More than seven decades after the suspected mafia killing of Giuseppe "Fat Joe" Versace, official files on the murder case have been opened to the public.

Arrests this New Year's Eve spiked in Western Australia compared with last year, with police saying they had to deal with a large number of disturbances at residential properties as many chose — or were forced — to r...

Once you're sunburnt, you can't undo the damage to your DNA and skin structures, and you can't speed up skin healing. This is how to treat the symptoms.

If a new year means a big clean-out, here are some important points to get started.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly condemns the killing of Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee, who had spent 12 years on death row after being convicted based on what Amnesty International calls forced confessions. ...

Georgia Republican senator David Perdue is in quarantine just days before the state's Senate runoff elections, after announcing he was exposed to a coronavirus case.

This is a big month for stargazers, especially if you're heading bush for the holidays. We asked five astronomers and astrophotographers to highlight what to look for.