The family of Katherine Leadbetter and Matthew Field say they are "forever heartbroken" by the death of the couple and their unborn boy, who were killed in a crash while walking their dog at Alexandra Hills, east of Bris...

With relations between Australia and China at an historic low, Trade Minister Dan Tehan says he will wait "patiently" for Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao to engage in discussions on a series of trade disputes. ...

Authorities in New Zealand breathe a sigh of relief as a female returning traveller in quarantine and a worker at her hotel both return negative COVID tests, despite being caught in a "20-minute inappropriate encounter"....

WA Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup refuses to let one of his candidates answer questions about her views on homosexuality at a press conference just a day after another candidate was forced to resign over her views on 5G an...

At the first opportunity to try to halt Donald Trump's impeachment trial before it begins, all but five Senate Republicans took it. And the reason is obvious: Trump has left Washington, but his influence in the Republica...

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian lobs another grenade in the ongoing feud with Queensland, suggesting Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is a victim of her own hard border closures.

GameStop shares tank as trading platforms including Robinhood and Interactive Brokers rein in trading in the video game retailer, before rebounding in after-hours trade as some of the restrictions are relaxed following a...

When Reddit broke the stock market this week, lots of people were introduced to a bunch of new slang words. Here's your quick guide to talking like a newly paper-rich Redditor.

The travel plans of many Australians attempting to flee the coronavirus-stricken United Kingdom are in disarray after the British Government banned flights from the UAE, effectively barring major carriers Etihad and Emir...

Mayhem marks the start of Australia's long-anticipated summer of tennis, with world number one men's player Novak Djokovic taking to the court mid-match in Adelaide after pulling out of the event a short time earlier. ...

COVID-19 travel restrictions ease across Australia following extended periods of no community transmission. Here's a quick guide to the situation as it stands.

Air crash investigators say photos taken by a passenger of a doomed seaplane played a "crucial role" in determining what happened before it plunged into a creek north of Sydney on New Year's Eve 2017. ...

A Wiradjuri man from southern New South Wales describes a $1,500 fine for the destruction of hundreds of Aboriginal artefacts at a solar farm as disgraceful.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls for greater funding to be put towards security in Congress, saying there are members "who want to bring guns on the floor and have threatened violence".

Jayden Moorea is committed to stand trial for the murder of former girlfriend Breeana Robinson, who died after plunging 11 storeys from a Southport apartment block in January 2013.

Novavax, one of three companies the Federal Government has struck a deal with to distribute COVID-19 vaccines in Australia, says its offering appears 89 per cent effective based on early findings from a British study. ...

The head of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission James Shipton will step down from his role at the corporate watchdog in the coming months.

Australia joins several Western nations in warning Myanmar's military against staging a coup in the aftermath of an election the army said was fraudulent.

With just over a week left before the Australian Open, hundreds of players are being released from hotel quarantine. But not everyone is allowed out just yet.

Residents of three regional Victorian towns are urged to get tested for coronavirus after viral fragments were detected in wastewater samples.

Dodgy employers have signed up jailed criminals, people living outside Australia and the dead to receive $1,500-a-fortnight JobKeeper payments — and are now being pursued over rorting of the $90 billion wage subsidy pr...

There is about a month's delay before families can receive funeral services for their loved ones at California's Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary.

Flash flooding is forecast in the south-east today as heavy rainfall and cool conditions set in. But it is a nation of contrast as tropical rain persists in the north and the heat builds again in the west. ...

A World Health Organization team visits a hospital where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago, as part of the experts' long-awaited fact-finding mission on the origins of the coronavir...

When Anthony Albanese on Thursday compared his situation to that of Joe Biden, it sounded rather desperate, writes Michelle Grattan.

The speedy development of multiple coronavirus vaccines is a spectacular achievement. Here's how it happened.