Advocates are calling for greater public awareness of risk factors for liver cancer, which sees fewer than one in five survive for five years after diagnosis.

The man, who has no known links to the virus or hotel quarantine, returned a positive result on Wednesday morning. 

Brisbane City Council has approved an expansion of the twin-operator e-scooter fleet from 1000 to 1500 ahead of its finalised mobility strategy release next month.

Agriculture Victoria has declared a control area in the waters off Portland to prevent a herpes-like virus from wrecking the state’s $16.5m abalone industry.

Police say the man offered the woman a lift home before driving to a location on nearby Rowe Street, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her.

Security sources speaking on the condition of anonymity but who are familiar with the attack said Russian ransomware Avaddon was behind the breach.

A 73-year-old Australian man in India has launched a Federal Court challenge to a travel ban that has prevented him from returning home.

The man’s parents were granted permission to attend from Pakistan, but strict conditions meant they could only view the body briefly.

Kym Page was working at Haileybury College’s Berwick campus when he suffered fatal head injuries from a falling tree branch in 2018.

David Gellvear, 38, faced a Brisbane court after he was arrested at the Novotel in South Brisbane on Tuesday.

The football and media figure has described finding his wife dead in their Docklands apartment and attempting CPR as he waiting for ambulances to arrive.

The woman openly disclosed homicidal and suicidal thoughts but there was confusion over who was managing her psychiatric health when she killed her three-year-old, then herself.

A baby boom at City Hall and a shake-up of meeting arrangements during the coronavirus pandemic has prompted a Brisbane City Council move to “family-friendly” hours.

Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire speaks with health reporter Rachel Clun about the increasingly dire COVID-19 situation in India.

The author and ABC presenter will return to Brisbane in May to discuss his book, The Golden Maze, a history of the Czech Republic’s capital.

Principals are reporting that some students – particularly those now in years 7, 8 and 11 – are having difficulties with readjusting to life at school.

A Brisbane man who allegedly used fake service medals, including the Order of Australia, to conduct business operations has been charged by police.

The brother of Stuart MacGill’s partner has been arrested and charged over his alleged involvement in the Australian cricketer’s abduction on Sydney’s lower north shore last month.

The ‘red card’ system to deal with aggressive school parents is a good step, but it will need support to be successful.

Trains are running around Sydney’s City Circle stations after they were stopped for a police operation which concluded shortly after noon.

In a statement, WA Health said the man in his 30s who returned a very weak positive result was not considered a threat to the community health. 

Dreamworld Resort guests would also have offers to access the theme park, along with WhiteWater World, throughout their stay.

A Victorian public servant in charge of infection control in hotel quarantine has been stood down after reports emerged they had refused a COVID-19 test and not replaced their face mask.

A father shot dead outside a west-suburban pool hall may have been the innocent victim in a feud between bikie gangs, who are ‘generally not rocket scientists’ when it comes to identifying their targets, police say.

Western Australia has recorded no new community cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, setting the Perth and Peel regions up for restrictions to ease over the weekend.

Defrocked Catholic priest Paul David Ryan has been indicted by Virginia’s Attorney-General over fresh sexual abuse allegations.

Sydney is on the edge of a low pressure system bringing “dicey” weather and rainfall totals of more than 100 millimetres to southern NSW.

One in 10 women experiences intimate partner sexual violence, a rarely discussed form of family violence. Most are convinced they are the source of the problem.

Amritesh Kumar Maurya is completing a masters in economics at UQ thanks to a scholarship, but the pandemic is keeping him based in his home in the Delhi slums.

Severe thunderstorms with large hail have been predicted for south-east Queensland on Wednesday.

Many of Australia’s quarantine facilities for returned overseas travellers are far from full as the Indian flight ban continues to leave thousands stranded.

About a dozen laser pointer strikes on aircraft over Sydney have occurred in recent weeks with one alleged attack blurring a police officer’s vision.

This has been a strange, evolutionary sort of week for the West Australian government’s response to the pandemic. The lesson? Trust our systems.

Contrary to last year’s expectations that we’d face horror deficits in future, next week’s federal budget will include some big spending.

The investigation into the culture of gymnastics in Australia is two decades overdue.

All horses owned by multimillionaire businessman Sean Buckley and his company Ultra Racing are barred from nominating for Victorian races until “otherwise advised”.

Australia risks becoming the laughing stock of the world if state governments impose electric vehicle taxes too early, according to NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance.

Gas appliances including heaters, hot water services and cooktops would be phased out under a proposed moratorium on new gas connections to households.

The reasons Australian citizens may be in India are immaterial.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Annie Louisa Dowell has been convicted on a charge of deceiving by a subtle craft.

It’s been three years since Chris Lucas, owner of Chin Chin, instituted a cross border poaching raid on Martin Benn and Vicki Wild of Sepia.

The Australian government has an opportunity to win the hearts and minds of its constituency in a time of utter crisis for many.

Foot traffic in Perth’s CBD is still down by half this week after dropping by as much as 60 per cent since the city was plunged into lockdown.

That’s asking for a battering.

A tip-off from Chinese authorities has led to the arrests of a teenage girl and 23-year-old man, charged with drug offences.

The chief of the National Disability Insurance Scheme believes it has become too bureaucratic, with participants having to “explain and justify” every aspect of their lives to a stranger.

New figures reveal the winners and losers across Australia when it comes to interstate migration, with COVID lockdowns, affordability and lifestyle the biggest drivers.

Lawyers have been secretly embedded in Melbourne medical clinics to help victims of family violence get assistance without the knowledge of their abusive partners.

The annual reports of Victoria’s public universities, published on Tuesday, show extreme cost-cutting has avoided deep deficits at many institutions.