Australian Open players have started arriving in Melbourne, while the nation braces itself for more arrivals carrying the highly contagious UK strain of the coronavirus.

Frustration grows in the 'red zones' as state government offers apologies to stranded Victorians but still no timetable to return home.

Transport Minister Andrew Constance said the Victorian government’s decision to push ahead with the Australian Open highlighted inconsistencies with their border restrictions, which were hampering business and freight, as well as separating familie...

An obscure bylaw designed to stop buskers disturbing the peace has been used against people protesting outside state government offices.

Daniel and Vicki Schembri heard police cars pulling up and then saw neighbour Tomislav Perinovic sitting ashen-faced, 'just numb', in his front yard.

Niche year 9 and 10 electives such as game design, the history of the universe and ideation will also be cut as the government puts the broom through the curriculum

"Joe" the pigeon was thought to have flown or hitched 15,000 kilometres from the United States - a heroic act that could have condemned it to death.

A fire in Perth's foothills that damaged at least one house and put others under threat in High Wycombe has been brought under control by firefighters. 

A 17-year-old boy has been refused bail after his alleged involvement in a string of vehicle thefts and police chases was revealed in court.

Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria all recorded no new community cases on Friday, spurring hope Western Australia could start relaxing hard border measures in the near future.

The Queensland government has announced two new projects to build affordable units for shift workers, health workers, police and emergency services.

Savindi Wimalarathne is among thousands of 2020 WACE students to be offered places at the state’s four major universities from this week.

Paramedics went to a home on George Street at Mortdale just before 2pm on Friday after reports that a child had fallen about eight metres from the window.

A week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial Review photographers.

Art might be about escape but no one can escape the complications of 2021, including border restrictions and sponsorship controversy. Still, the shows go on!

A mother found dead with her three children at their home in Tullamarine is responsible for all their deaths, preliminary police investigations have found.

It's no Scotland, where jurors have been sitting in cinemas, but as jury trials recommence in Victoria, courtrooms are being remodelled for the age of coronavirus.

Behind the scenes at Hamilton's Australian costume workshop.

The charges are the latest to be laid in the Australian Federal Police's investigation into an online network of alleged child-sex offenders first detected in February last year.

Paramedics also rushed to the scene and, together, they managed to bring the man back to life.

Police say the fires were lit by people with extensive knowledge of the business and carried out in a similar fashion, where the offenders break the shop windows which allows access accelerant to be poured into the shop and set alight.

A former chef who raped a 16-year-old girl at a Victorian restaurant and then asked her to help conceal the crime from his wife has avoided being jailed.

The Porsche driver accused of filming a dying police officer after the fatal Eastern Freeway crash is set to fight separate charges over an incident in which he allegedly threatened to kill a woman.

Large hail is likely in severe thunderstorms predicted for Saturday and Sunday as steamy weather settles over south-east Queensland, the Bureau of Meteorology warns.

Victoria has officially clocked up a nine-day run of zero locally acquired coronavirus cases as the Health Minister says it's still too dangerous to let Victorians home from the Brisbane and Sydney 'red zones'.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll also responded to criticism from the police union over a lack of communication from Queensland Health to officers forced into quarantine.

The state's chief health officer has defended not making the information public sooner, saying there was no risk to the public and all protocols were followed.

Samer Marcus was shot at a home in Sydney's south-west on November 6. He has been associated with Assyrian street gang DLASTHR.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she would like to see higher test rates after 16,070 people came forward in the last 24 hours for testing.

All 129 guests evacuated from a Brisbane CBD hotel at the centre of a coronavirus cluster have tested negative, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has revealed.

A nearby paddleboarder and kayakers rescued the swimmer by pulling him onto a board after hearing screams and seeing blood in the water.

An Australian surfing great has picked up a 4.5 hectare rural Yallingup block in the red hot South West property market.

Detailed plans have now been released for six new public spaces in the Subiaco Oval area including an indigenous heritage trail and a family-friendly woodland.

The government has shut down four businesses since the start of the pandemic and 320 penalty notices have been issued, the Customer Service Minister says.

For Aboriginal people across this country, January 26 marks a day of mourning.

Scientists claim the AstraZeneca vaccine could not meet public expectations of getting Australia to the point where “the virus dies out”. But it's unlikely COVID-19 will ever die out.

Yes, Twitter limited Trump’s freedom of speech. But in the circumstances, it was clearly trying to prevent further attempts to undermine American democracy.

Why won't the PM condemn the absurd assertions of Craig Kelly MP and others about coronavirus remedies, as the Chief Medical Officer has done?

Heard the one about the Kiwis? Live and let rot policy for Finger Wharf, and boys slow down if mum lights up.

Forty years ago, Australian-raised actress Pamela Stephenson was creating a furore with her incisive impersonations on the satirical Not The Nine O'Clock News.

Trivia and word buffs: test your knowledge with today's superquiz and Target.

The Prime Minister and his team have locked in a range of vaccine deals but cannot shrug off the big question: are they enough?

Premier says he has hope but not timetable for travellers trapped in "red zones" to return home as city prepares for the arrival of 1200 tennis players and support staff.

Premier Daniel Andrews revealed that the state had approached the Commonwealth about using Defence sites, but that the ADF had not been enthusiastic about the idea.

Four relatives were washed off the rocks by a rogue wave on Wednesday at Bushrangers Bay, which had been advertised in sponsored content as a "lesser known swimming spot to explore".

A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13,000-kilometre Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to find a new home in Australia. Now authorities consider the bird a quarantine risk and plan to kill it.

The council ordered the cross-river ferry fleet to go slow after 70 complaints about noise from the five new KittyCat vessels.

A senior police union official has criticised the lack of communication given to officers forced into quarantine by the Brisbane hotel COVID-19 cluster, as health authorities were forced to reject reports of a breach.

Year on year house rents were up 13.5 per cent and unit rents jumped 12.9 per cent, greater than any other city.

Richard O'Brien has recounted the horrifying moment the waters of the Swan River turned red after his mate and swimming companion Cameron Wrathall was attacked by the large shark.