Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia is in no rush to open its borders to international travel as he calls on people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Loose monetary policy and government spending have supported the economy during the coronavirus pandemic and the banks are smiling.

The Victorian government will throw open the doors of its three mass-vaccination hubs for people who have previously only been covered by the Commonwealth's coronavirus vaccine rollout.  

Three people in one family catch COVID-19 while staying at the Adina Apartment Hotel in Sydney's CBD. Health officials say they contracted the virus from a family of four staying in the adjacent room.

The Victorian Premier says he will not return to the job until at least June as he makes "slow and steady progress" to recover from a broken verebra and fractured ribs.

A bilateral energy and emissions agreement which will increase South Australia's gas target and is worth more than $1 billion has been struck between the state and federal governments.

The Victorian opposition is pushing for an informal reporting option for sexual assaults, to bring the state in line with the rest of the nation.

Prince Philip's funeral was relatively low fuss as royal funerals go, and full of personal touches that honoured his legacy of service to Crown and country.

While the UK came out of its national period of grieving with the conclusion of the funeral, for the royal family, and particularly the Queen, it's just the beginning of processing their loss.

When Zack’s abuser was jailed, some important things were kept from the court. Now, he's setting the record straight

The Kangaroos face the daunting task of playing the Cats in Geelong. Earlier the Demons posted a 50-point win over the Hawks and the Dockers got home by 12 points against the Crows. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stat...

North Queensland leave Canterbury winless after six rounds following a 30-18 triumph in Townsville, while the Warriors post a 20-14 victory over the in-form Dragons.

Just months out from the Olympics, the Tokyo-bound high jumper sets a national record at the Australian track and field championships in Sydney.

Two teenagers are dead and five injured after their car struck a tree last night in Kalgup, near Busselton, in Western Australia's South West region.

Calls by NSW Deputy Labor leader Yasmin Catley to "play fair" prompt the Nationals' state office to "relinquish" the domain names of websites discrediting by-election candidates. 

Detectives have charged a 27-year-old man with attempted murder after he allegedly drove over a woman "repeatedly" in Caboolture overnight. 

Former Collingwood vice-captain Sharni Norder says a lack of support continues to turn women away from sport.

There was an Australian among the small number of people allowed in St George's Chapel for the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh.

The United States and China, the world's two biggest carbon polluters, have agreed to cooperate with other countries to curb climate change.

A 24-year-old Caboolture man is charged over a double-shooting murder north of Brisbane yesterday.

At the height of the French Revolution in the late 1700s, a boy sat on the steps of the Notre-Dame cathedral playing a lilting tune on his wooden recorder. Now his skeleton is kept in a storage room in Melbourne.

Sitting alone throughout Prince Philip's funeral, Queen Elizabeth II experiences the heartache of millions around the world who've been kept apart from loved ones at times of great personal grief, due to COVID-19. 

The royal family is seen in public for the first time since Prince Philip's death as the Queen joined her family for his funeral. 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the state memorial service will no doubt take place in Andrew Peacock's "beloved Victoria".

It was the first time the brothers had been together in public since Prince Harry stood down from royal duties and moved to the US.