A hotel quarantine security guard whose movements are being tracked after he contracted COVID-19 has the highly contagious UK variant of the virus, authorities reveal.

After being detained in an early morning military coup, the leader of Myanmar's democratically elected ruling party urges "people not to accept this, to respond and wholeheartedly to protest against the coup by the milit...

Fire crews battle an out of control bushfire in the Perth Hills suburb of Wooroloo which is unpredictable, as authorities confirm three houses are believed lost and residents in Chidlow and Wundowie also at risk. ...

An investigation is underway to find the weak link in WA's hotel quarantine system after a security guard tested positive to COVID-19, plunging most of the state's population into a five day lockdown. ...

WA Premier Mark McGowan says Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton should not be criticising his state's lockdown, adding that NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro is "obviously wrong" in his criticisms of the hard border. ...

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire says he will not stand down after a leaked report found the club guilty of "distinct and egregious" systemic racism, claiming today is "a day of pride" for the club. ...

Just two months ago, Aung San Suu Kyi was celebrating a huge victory for her party in parliamentary elections. Now she is in military custody and the fate of Myanmar's fledgling democracy is uncertain. ...

Some of Australia's biggest media companies plead guilty to breaching a suppression order over George Pell's since overturned conviction for child sexual abuse. In exchange, charges against individual journalists and edi...

He may have toppled one of the Liberal Party's most conservative stalwarts, but former special forces commando Keith Wolahan says he's no "moderate".

The face masks at yesterday's media conference with Mark McGowan made it clear what was about to come. What is less obvious is whether WA's lockdown will succeed in preventing an outbreak, writes Jacob Kagi. ...

Alleged killer Wendie-Sue Dent will face a second Supreme Court trial over allegations she poisoned her partner with prescription medication after her murder conviction was quashed on appeal.

The resources sector says it is working to ensure essential operations can continue but is taking a conservative approach and will limit FIFO worker movement where possible.

Newly published records reveal Chinese businesswoman Sally Zou was the single highest donor to the SA Liberal Party during the 2019-20 financial year.

Laura Jean McKay's debut novel The Animals in That Country wins the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature and the $25,000 Prize for Fiction.

Three of the four men charged with drugging and gang-raping two teenage girls in Brisbane's south last December, face court on more than 40 offences each.

The fallout from an exposé accusing then-Labor MP Adem Somyurek of running a widespread branch stacking operation continues, with former Victorian minister Marlene Kairouz and the Mayor of Banyule, Rick Garotti, both be...

Serena Williams wins her first match of the 2021 tennis season with a straight-sets victory over Daria Gavrilova, while Bernard Tomic suffers a setback ahead of the Australian Open.

With large parts of WA under a snap five-day lockdown, people travelling across the state have been waiting for clarity on the latest rules and restrictions. Here's what you need to know.

A case of being in the right place at the right time sees a citizen scientist photograph a rare golden sun moth in Wangaratta.

The Electoral Commission releases its latest donations disclosures headlined by millions of dollars from Clive Palmer's Mineralogy company to his United Australia Party.

Australian house prices hit record highs, surpassing their 2017 peak despite the COVID-19 pandemic, on the back of super low interest rates and government stimulus.

The Government will put another almost $2 billion towards the coronavirus vaccine rollout, to help hospitals, GPs and pharmacies on the frontline deliver the jabs to all corners of the country. ...

Fresh food exporters are struggling to get their produce to market as a shortage of food-grade shipping containers and lengthy delays at international ports take a toll.

Donald Trump announce his new lead impeachment lawyers just one day after parting ways with his previous defence team. Where does he go from here?

The Murray Darling Basin Authority says the accumulation of sediment in the Barmah Choke is the result of historic mining practices rather than poor management, but a local leader says the agency is "clutching at straws"...

Federal Attorney-General Christian Porter is given an exemption to leave self-isolation in Canberra to attend Parliament and a ceremony at the High Court.

A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic spends more than four hours at Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Hubei, where the outbreak emerged in late 2019. ...

Detectives charge a 28-year-old man with murder a day after officers discovered the body of 39-year-old Stephen Mowchanuk at a house in the Brisbane suburb of Bracken Ridge.

Over the course of 50 years, at least 14 vessels were sunk in a row in a Tasmanian river. The environment has since adapted to the manmade barrier, so why was it done?