The AFP have been notified after Prime Minister Scott Morrison and two senators received a letter detailing an allegation of historical rape against a Cabinet Minister.

More than 120 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine are thrown out after a possible storage error at nursing home in Melbourne.

Police confirm missing businesswoman Melissa Caddick is dead, after her foot is found by campers on a beach more than 400km from where she was last seen in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

Police thought missing Sydney woman Melissa Caddick was still alive — a "fortuitous" series of events combined to prove otherwise.

Mask rules and caps on social gatherings in Victoria will be eased from midnight tonight and offices will be allowed 75 per cent of their workforce on site, Premier Daniel Andrews confirms.

Seven weeks of investigations and comments are bringing clear points of security failures into focus, including intelligence sharing, confusion over the chain of command and poor leadership.

Police have charged a 52-year-old man with assault after he allegedly hit a man several times who was volunteering on Labor MP Sabine Winton's re-election campaign in Wanneroo, in Perth's northern suburbs. ...

The Senate Minority Leader says there is still "a lot to happen between now" and the next presidential election, but says he would "absolutely" support Donald Trump if he were to win the Republican nomination again. ...

Rotating its mast 360 degrees to take dozens of images, the Mars Perseverance rover provides a panoramic look at the Jezero Crater site on the Red Planet.

A 32-year-old woman dies after her car was struck at a level-crossing by an express train at Lindum station, in Brisbane's east.

A New South Wales judge has been urged not to deliver a "crushing" sentence to Cody Ward, who sold the drugs online from his south coast beach house, disguising them as lollies.

Coronavirus restrictions will ease from midnight, but masks will still need to be worn in some settings. Here is a breakdown of the changes.

Three men are found guilty for a second time of killing a Perth mother of three who was dumped critically-injured outside a hospital campus after falling out of a moving car.

The government got its bargaining code, news businesses will get their cheque, and Facebook gets a few key concessions. So who won and who lost the battle of the media bargaining code?

United States President Joe Biden directs the US military to conduct airstrikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the US says were Iran-backed militia.

Military drones are evolving quickly. What do they look like and what role will they play in conflict? Here's a short guide from an expert in the field.

The monarch, who received her first dose of a coronavirus vaccination last month, says the process was "quite harmless" and urges people who have never had a vaccine to "think about other people rather than themselves". ...

It's estimated as many as 3 billion animals were killed or displaced in the Black Summer bushfires. Animal rescue groups raised almost $200 million, but will the donations save Australia's unique wildlife from the next m...

AFLW player Sophie Abbatangelo's mental health was "spiralling" until she reached out for support from North Melbourne's club doctor. Now, she wants more players to be able to get that sort of help. ...

The financial regulator says they want investors' funds returned urgently and Melissa Caddick's fraud case must continue after police revealed her decomposed foot had washed up on a beach and she was dead. ...

Organisers of the Royal Adelaide Show approved the ride which killed eight-year-old Adelene Leong to run despite its operators never returning a safety checklist.

A group of Russian diplomats used a hand-pushed rail trolley to leave North Korea this week, amid Pyongyang's strict anti-coronavirus measures.

The fiancee of a Sydney man who was killed with a samurai sword after breaking into someone's home unleashes on his attacker in court, saying he had "villainised" her former partner and had shown a lack of remorse. ...

A man described as a lout and a hyena who killed a man on a drunken night out in western Victoria is jailed as his victim is remembered for his "heart of gold".

An independent review into Western Australia's hotel quarantine system is underway to determine whether ventilation is adequate, after a security guard tested positive for COVID-19, sparking a five-day lockdown in Perth ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week became one of the first Australians to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. His vaccination unleashed a wave of anti-vaccine misinformation on Facebook.

Three decades of satellite images show a stark difference in vegetation on each side of Australia's dingo fence, and the culprit isn't what you might think.

The pop star's dog walker was also shot when the dogs were snatched and remains in hospital.