When Nicole Clark prepared to set off from coastal New South Wales for Adelaide the same day as a hard border came into effect, she had no idea of the traumatic journey she was about to embark upon. ...

Two children have died and others have been injured after being hit by a car near Dubbo in the NSW central west. Police say the driver then left the scene.

Victoria urges the other states to follow its lead on quarantining and testing international flight crews after it was found they were returning positive coronavirus tests at a much higher rate than overseas travellers. ...

COVID-19 testing is ramped up in regional NSW and several venues are on alert after an 18-year-old from Sydney travelled through Broken Hill, Orange and Nyngan on a camping trip while he was infectious. ...

Victorian authorities say it is "exceptionally positive" that three new locally acquired coronavirus cases were already quarantining, but warn against complacency as the list of exposure sites continues to grow. ...

A woman who walked free from prison yesterday after fleeing hotel quarantine in Perth is back behind bars after allegedly providing the wrong address on her bail application.

International flights to the United Kingdom and United States are brought forward by a few months in response to growing optimism over the production and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines around the world. ...

A former childcare worker faces a committal hearing over the death of a three-year-old boy left on a childcare school bus for about six hours.

The Senate races are a pivotal test for the long-term future of the Republican party and whether Donald Trump will maintain influence over its base, write Emily Olson and Jill Colgan.

Queensland police and SES volunteers are scouring dense bushland near a Capalaba industrial estate, after new CCTV vision showed Natarn Auld walking alone at 3:30am on December 14.

The chairman of the right-wing Proud Boys group is arrested in Washington over the torching of a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a church during violent protests.

An emergency warning is in place for a bushfire threatening a number of communities north of Perth, with residents of Ocean Farms Estate urged to evacuate.

The heightened coronavirus threat prompts the Victorian Government to order its public health team to reconsider plans to start allowing more people back into workplaces next week.

The SCG Test between Australia and India will be going ahead this year with smaller crowds, new protocols in place and residents from some areas of Sydney banned entirely.

South Australia will continue to allow travellers from a 100-kilometre buffer zone in western NSW to cross the border, but authorities are "closely watching Broken Hill" after a Western Sydney man with coronavirus visite...

The man fell into the Arafura Sea after a gust of wind blew him overboard in bad conditions, but was found thanks to the personal locator beacon in his life jacket.

A world-first clinical trial is aiming to find out whether a common antidepressant can help stop impulsive men with histories of violence — including domestic violence — from reoffending. It's raising hopes — and e...

Canberra's only alpaca therapy program winds up after 17 years of helping anyone from stressed university students to sexual assault victims.

Regional South Australians say they're worried about the amount of rubbish and faeces being left by visiting tourists, as the state's tourism chief urges visitors to "leave no trace".

Australia has "just months" to fix major problems with the electricity market, according to a blistering assessment of the state of the energy sector.

James Bond and That '70s Show actor Tanya Roberts falls at her home and is hospitalised in Los Angeles, but is mistakenly reported dead by her publicist.

Nick Cain has been visiting a beach near his family's holiday shack for more than 20 years, but had never seen anything like the "absolute monster" they found washed up on the sand.

The South Australian Premier has approved an exploration company to "damage, disturb or interfere" with Lake Torrens, saying he is confident the company will minimise disturbance to Aboriginal heritage. ...

The average house in Australia only rates about two out of 10 stars for energy efficiency, but with a smart retrofit the rating can be tripled, slashing power bills at the same time, the CSIRO says. ...

COVID-19 has turbo-charged the shifts taking place and China has finished 2020 in a significantly stronger position compared with the US than when the year started, writes James Laurenceson.

Heavy falls of up to 300mm could lash the north Queensland tropics over the next couple of days as ex-Tropical Cyclone Imogen hovers over the region.