Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says the AstraZeneca vaccine will "save lives" after a scientist questioned Australia's plan to use it to inoculate the wider population.

A woman has died and five people have been taken to hospital after emergency helicopters were sent to Bushrangers Bay on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula to rescue multiple swimmers in trouble.

Victorian health authorities order anyone in the state who completed their 14 days of mandatory hotel quarantine in Brisbane's Grand Chancellor hotel on or after December 30 to immediately isolate and contact the coronav...

The US Vice-President says the 25th amendment shouldn't be used "as a means of punishment or usurpation". But not everyone agrees. Here's what you need to know.

A foreign military official and the partner of another official test positive to coronavirus while undergoing a fortnight of mandatory quarantine in Darwin's CBD.

Tony Wittmann, 44, today appears in a Melbourne court accused of tying up a Melbourne animal shelter worker and pointing an assault rifle at her.

Alexei Navalny, who fell ill in August 2020 with what was later confirmed to be Novichok poisoning, announces on Instagram he has almost fully recovered and it is time to return to Russia.

Freshwater floodplains around Australia's largest national park are being visibly transformed as rising sea levels push further from the coast into their river systems.

NSW Police charge a man who allegedly assaulted a security guard and stabbed another person during an argument over a face mask at a shopping centre in Sydney's west.

The new coronavirus variant sweeping the UK is bad. But just how bad?

Philanthropist Peter Freedman gifts the Sydney Festival the largest single donation from an individual in the event's history, with the incoming festival director saying the money will allow her to commission major new w...

A warning is issued to staff at the Australian National University about an email falsely claiming new cases of COVID-19 had been detected on campus.

Authorities are moving quickly to address a coronavirus cluster in Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor with a massive people-moving operation now underway. These are the new measures being put in place. ...

One thing that should make it very clear where Angeli's politics lie are his tattoos, which he displays to full effect, writes Tom Birkett.

Bella Laughton-Clark found the remains of a child after a summer barbecue on the beach. Unearthing their origin involved a trip deep into the past.

The US Government executes convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, after the Supreme Court clears the last hurdle for her death sentence to be carried out.

US Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour says her magazine felt a "much less formal picture" of the incoming vice-president "reflected everything the Biden-Harris campaign is trying to achieve" after Kamala Harris team sa...

The FBI says that in the six days since the attack on the US Capitol, more than 170 investigations have been opened, and that these are "just the tip of the iceberg".

Many older Australians are deciding against keeping companionship animals despite the wellbeing benefits. Some fear a new pet might outlive them, while others simply don't want the responsibility. ...

It is a picture-perfect beach — until you take a closer look to see thousands of tiny polystyrene balls, reportedly from someone bringing a bean bag to the beach. Now, the effort is on to clean it up and minimise the i...

Americans are being urged not to come to Washington DC for the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris after last week's riot at the Capitol Building.

New international passenger caps introduced by national Cabinet to reduce the risk of exposure from the highly contagious UK strain of coronavirus are seen as being behind the latest airline ticket cancellations. ...

People who have already spent two weeks in hotel quarantine at Brisbane's Grand Chancellor — where a cleaner tested positive to the UK variant of the virus — are told they will have their quarantine extended with 129...

The NSW Senior of the Year demands an apology from her local Federal Member as a group of Indigenous leaders in the Riverina warn the Acting PM that his words may have consequences.

Australia coach Justin Langer says the commentary around Steve Smith and Tim Paine after the third Test against India has been "rubbish" and accusations of cheating are "ludicrous".

Cheer Cheese will hit supermarket shelves in July, following criticism over the racist connotations of its previous name.

The Arctic is changing faster than any environment on Earth. The old, established order is being swept away, leaving scientists to ask: What's coming in its place?