Josh Frydenberg says Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine shortages overseas are unlikely to affect Australia's planned COVID-19 vaccine rollout, with vaccinations still scheduled to arrive next month.

Canberra medical doctor Clara Tuck Meng Soo, who has worked with many LGBT patients, is returning her Order of Australia Medal in protest against the awarding of the nation's highest honour to tennis great Margaret Court...

A woman who had travelled to Spain and the Netherlands tests positive for COVID-19, the first case in the community in New Zealand for more than two months.

South Australian authorities have issued an emergency warning for an uncontrolled bushfire in the Adelaide Hills, while a fire on the Fleurieu Peninsula has been downgraded.

The man is in a serious but stable condition after the attack, which Marine Rescue's Malcolm Druce said was the first at Lake Macquarie since the 1970s.

Days after authorities call off the search for Robert Weber, Member for Gympie Tony Perrett keeps looking over his cattle property and finds the missing man waving at him by the side of a dam.

In his first fight in a year, Conor McGregor is stunned by Dustin Poirier, who avenges his 2014 loss to the Irish MMA great with an incredible display in Abu Dhabi.

The 30-year-old man is arrested in Whitton, about 40 kilometres south of Griffith, after investigations into dozens of fires which were determined to have been deliberately lit between November to January. ...

Tse Chi Lop is arrested at an Amsterdam airport by Dutch police acting on an Australian arrest warrant. The 57-year-old is the alleged leader of drug syndicate Sam Gor, also known as The Company. ...

Monday marks a year since the first case of coronavirus was declared in Victoria. These are some of the lessons learnt by those involved in the state's response to one of its biggest ever challenges. ...

Authorities are urging people to be careful on the water after a spate of drownings in Victoria and New South Wales. Seven people have died in Victorian waterways in the past 10 days alone, while several others have drow...

After the arrest of an Australian man by German police over the DarkMarket site shutdown, officers from the Australian Federal Police raid properties in South-East Queensland and seize a laptop, mobile phones and thumb d...

The Australian men's number one says he is using the challenges he faced last year as motivation to lift his ranking and achieve his best result at a major this season, starting with the Australian Open. ...

Joe Biden's inauguration was a chance for the 46th president to put his own stamp on the role. But if you paid attention, you likely heard him reference another president.

Dieticians say well-meaning parents worry too much about food and are discussing dieting in front of children at the same time as an increase in eating disorders.

Officials rebuked claims that the 2021 Tokyo Olympics were set to be cancelled this week, but with spiralling costs and diminishing public support on top of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there are questions about wha...

Getting a meeting with Ivanka Trump was no mean feat, even for then-foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop, freedom of information documents reveal.

A 34-year-old man is arrested for allegedly taking part in the storming of the US Capitol and threatening to assassinate congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska appears certain to miss next month's Australian Open after her appeal against a provisional doping suspension is rejected.

With Australia's largest city facing 50-degree-plus summers, experts say its suburbs must be radically redesigned and rebuilt in order to remain liveable.

How long will the debate over the future of Australia Day continue? Local data and overseas examples tell us it could last for generations.

Pavithra Wanniarachchi, who promoted an unscientific 'COVID syrup' as a life-long inoculation against the virus, tests positive for coronavirus.

Half of the 22 workers trapped underground in China are rescued after being stuck for two weeks following an explosion.

It's a popular sport in Europe, but Nordic walking strikes many Australians as downright odd. But a group of passionate walkers are hoping to bring the pastime to others as a way of healing pain and overcoming injury. ...

Two Australian states are under siege by mice. In Queensland, the rodents have destroyed thousands of dollars of crops, while in NSW, farmers fear for theirs.

Authorities in Chile blame a technical error for mistaken messages warning people to evacuate coastal areas following an earthquake in Antarctica.

The new series from the makers of The Secret Life of Us and Love My Way has broken streaming records for Stan, charming its way into viewers and critics’ hearts alike.