Homicide detective investigate the deaths of a mother, her three-year-old son and her two daughters, aged five and seven, whose bodies were found at their Tullamarine home in Melbourne's north-west. ...

An accommodation facility at Calliope in Central Queensland known as Homeground Villages is flagged as a possible quarantine facility for returned overseas travellers — the same site considered to house NRL players dur...

A swimmer suffers serious injuries to his leg as he is attacked by a bull shark at Point Walter Reserve in Perth's Swan River, with two kayakers recounting how they helped rescue the man from the water. ...

A Vietnamese man receives a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to breaching laws designed to protect the community from COVID-19 transmission.

The CNN pundits are right, this is a solemn moment: it could signify American renewal but it could just as well signify American ruin, writes Stan Grant.

Addressing her supporters on Instagram Live, US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she was personally involved in a "traumatising event" during the siege that she could not disclose due to security concerns. ...

US President Donald Trump becomes the first American president to be impeached twice after he encouraged loyalists to "fight like hell" against election results.

A group of Adelaide scientists are turning the single-cell organisms from the ocean into "ecofriendly superfoods", to create sustainable and ethical alternatives to animal proteins.

Speculating about who will come out on top in the Gabba Test is futile, with Australia and India each facing challenges with the series locked at 1-1, writes Geoff Lemon.

Experts have long known about the link between diabetes and eating disorders, but with no official name for the condition, there are still big gaps in public awareness and support for those affected. ...

Graeme Walter, 34, will serve a community-based order and be included on the sex offenders register for the next 15 years after sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in the bathroom of the restaurant where he worked. ...

Senior Constable Kelly Foster died while trying to save a young woman, who also drowned, during a canyoning tour earlier this year.

The diplomatic defensiveness and tight control of research so far in China doesn't bode well for hopes of a fully transparent investigation into the origins of the coronavirus, writes Bill Birtles. ...

American tennis professional Tennys Sandgren is on a chartered flight to Melbourne for the Australian Open, after being cleared to travel to Australia despite recently testing positive for coronavirus. ...

After guiding the Maroons to a remarkable men's series victory last year, the master coach relinquishes the role to focus on South Sydney's 2021 NRL campaign.

Australia Post worker Aida Hamed, 45, is identified as one of three people who drowned at Victorian beaches on Wednesday. Meanwhile, there are concerns people have been seeking out remote — and potentially dangerous â€...

Police investigate after a group of young people is seen balancing and taking selfies on a 12th-floor ledge of Sydney's Hyatt Regency, in an incident described by a hotel spokesperson as "a first". ...

Police arrested eight men and three women for "assisting offenders," accusing them of helping the Hong Kong youth who were detained at sea last August while attempting to sail to Taiwan, according to the South China Morn...

A resident living above The Westin hotel in Brisbane says hotel quarantine guests who were evacuated from the Grand Chancellor came within metres of other residents. She says residents of The Westin were not warned about...

The Federal Government accelerates plans to develop the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory, investing a further $173 million dollars into a gas reserve its own strategy says could face "serious challenges". ...

Growers in Victoria's Lindenow Valley have dumped crops due to a drastic shortage of seasonal workers caused by the COVID-19 travel bans.

How much vitamin D should a person take? The answer has long been a point of contention in the medical industry. Now a five-year research trial finds vitamin D supplements do not protect Australians from catching colds a...

Donald Trump is looking down the barrel of another impeachment trial. But will a conviction happen? Here's what you need to know.

China reports its biggest daily jump in new COVID-19 cases in more than 10 months along with one new death, marking the first increase in its death toll since mid-May.

Jack Dorsey says banning President Donald Trump from its social media platform after last week's violence in Washington sets a dangerous precedent but also that the ban was the "right decision". ...

The Justice Department says it has brought at least 70 cases in connection with last week's riot, with the FBI arresting a man clad in a 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt, a Proud Boys supporter and Olympian Klete Keller. ...

These young Australians heard the Government's plea to help farmers pick their crops this season. In return, they were promised high wages, opportunities for exciting Instagram content and even the chance to find love. H...

A teenage boy sustains critical head injuries after falling off a cliff while attempting to evade police, who had been trying to stop him for a random breath test, in Sydney's inner west.

British tennis player Francesca Jones, who was born with a rare genetic condition that affected the development of her hands and feet, qualifies for Australian Open.

Secret documents accessed by the ABC show a massive uranium mine planned for a remote part of WA — which experts say will cause the extinction of a species — was approved just days before the 2019 election after rele...