Grace Tame, who helped lead the fight to overturn a law preventing sexual assault survivors from speaking out, is named the Australian of the Year for 2021.

The Federal Government suspends quarantine-free travel for New Zealanders arriving in Australia for 72 hours amid fears of a South African strain of COVID-19 across the Tasman.

While the Pfizer vaccine has been given the green light for use in Australia, most Australians are expected to receive AstraZeneca's vaccine, which is much easier to distribute but not yet approved. ...

More than six years after Australia first lodged a request, former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer is extradited from Israel to face sexual abuse charges in Australia.

Donald Trump is vowing he will be back "in some form". Could he form his own party? Will his daughter Ivanka run for office? Will he simply be too tied up managing his business? Here's how Mr Trump's post-presidency days...

Perhaps you've heard mRNA vaccines cause autoimmune disease, or connect you to the internet. Now the Pfizer vaccine has been approved in Australia, it's important we iron out these misconceptions. ...

Authorities in a north-eastern Chinese city come under fire for their poor handling of a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, as anger mounts over a shortage of food and medication amid lockdown measures. ...

This is how coronavirus tore through our workplaces, schools, hospitals and nursing homes in spite of lockdowns, testing and quarantine.

With unprecedented support from global governments, the stock market has boomed, driving up billionaire's wealth even while the real economy has faced the deepest recession in a century and the poor have gotten poorer. ...

Despite Beijing's increasingly hostile trade war, Australia sold a lot more goods to China (particularly iron ore) in December. The Australian share market begins its shortened trading week, ahead of Australia Day, with ...

Robert Weber says "a moment of madness" searching for a shortcut home led to his 18-day survival mission in the Queensland bush. He says ants were his "worst predator" and he lost 10 kilograms, but believes he would have...

Sweltering conditions have eased in much of Victoria and South Australia, but the heat is expected to continue in New South Wales and Queensland into Australia Day.

Do you know when January 26 became a national public holiday, and how good is your knowledge of other events that have occurred on this day throughout history?

A police prosecutor tells a murder committal hearing there is "sufficient evidence" for a man accused of throwing his girlfriend from a Gold Coast high-rise to stand trial, eight years after her death. ...

A Nowra-based crew makes Australian history by becoming the first all-female flight team to operate an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter.

For many of us, Google is the internet. But the tech giant is threatening to pull its search engine from Australia. So, what does this mean for you? And could we all soon be relying on Ask Jeeves? ...

Police warn those planning to attend an Australia Day protest at The Domain tomorrow they could be fined or arrested if the event breaches coronavirus restrictions.

New Zealand authorities confirm a woman who tested positive for COVID-19 while in the community likely contracted it from another returned traveller on the same floor of her quarantine hotel.

Donald Trump's border wall might be more well known, but China is reinforcing its own walls along its borders with Vietnam and Myanmar. Here's why.

Two houses have been destroyed in the Cherry Gardens bushfire, which is now contained, as investigations continue into whether the blaze was deliberately lit.

Police say an elderly woman in Concord was subject to a "heinous" and "appalling" attack early Saturday when a man allegedly broke into her home, sexually assaulted her and stole her purse.

Powderfinger's My Happiness' won the Hottest 100 of 2000. Twenty years on, the song has influenced countless musicians and remains part of the everyday soundtrack of many Australians' lives.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders was tipped to run for the state's top job after she left the White House in 2019, but sources say she plans on officially announcing her bid shortly.

Australia is joining international efforts to prepare for a changing climate ahead of the UN climate change conference in Glasgow later this year, but critics are still demanding that it make new commitments to actually ...

Australia has approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for use — and it couldn't come soon enough. Here's what you need to know about the process.

Heatwaves and severe storms are predicted to become more frequent and more intense. Here are some changes you can make to your home that could help you weather the highs and lows of summer — and even save you some mone...

Traffic is brought to a standstill on the Eastern Freeway after a truck carrying toilet paper bursts into flames, sending thick smoke over nearby suburbs.