An Australian man who is one of the 40 people who tested positive to COVID-19 and will not be able to return on a repatriation flight tonight says he did "everything to protect himself" from the virus. 

The head of neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Network is arrested at gunpoint in a counter-terrorism raid on his Melbourne home.

Mert Ney, the man who murdered Sydney woman Michaela Dunn before terrorising the city’s streets with a knife, is sentenced to 44 years behind bars, for what a judge described as a "violent, terrifying and chaotic rampage".

Telstra has been hit with one of the most significant fines in Australian corporate history for its treatment of Indigenous customers. It might never have happened if brave people didn't speak up. 

Residents in northern Gaza report heavy artillery fire and dozens of Israeli air strikes as Hamas fires more rockets into Israel's commercial heartland. 

Adam Brooks resigns on the eve of re-election to the Tasmanian Parliament, with Queensland police saying he has been charged with being in possession of a handgun, unauthorised explosives and false driver's licences. 

The NSW Building Commissioner says he wants to know why an apartment complex being built in the Sydney suburb of Castle Hill has "structural issues", and will refer the principal engineers to the industry's peak body.

Elon Musk says Bitcoin is bad for the environment, and some very big numbers are behind it.

Christian Porter's defamation case against the ABC stalls while a judge decides whether his barrister has a conflict of interest in the case.

There is always tension in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, but recently they have intensified and this week, they erupted. We look at the region's history, what's happening now and what all sides are saying. 

A judge rules the reputation of Racing NSW boss Peter V'landys was not damaged following an ABC program that exposed animal cruelty and wastage in the industry. 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States will not leave Australia alone in the face of economic coercion from China, and that such behaviour towards US allies will hamper improvement in US-Sino relations.

Liz Cheney is gone from her leadership role in the Republican Party, but she might have got something even more powerful in the process.

A Perth woman is charged with stealing some of the money her son received in compensation from Dreamworld's Thunder River Rapids ride disaster.

The Wests Tigers are out to break their a six-game losing streak against the Knights, while the Sea Eagles hope to back up last weeks' victory against the Broncos, as Magic Round gets underway in Brisbane. Follow our ScoreCentre for all the ...

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers accuses the government of using slush funds in the budget as independent senator Jacqui Lambie calls out the government for leaving future generations with a trillion dollars worth of debt.

A group of Australians fly out of Fiji before a snap lockdown in the capital Suva, as a COVID-19 outbreak linked to the Indian variant continues to worsen.

A 34-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant and infected with COVID-19 begs Indians to take the coronavirus outbreak seriously in a video message recorded six days before she died.

A concerning injury list, lack of fan engagement opportunities and an unfavourable draw doesn't make for an exciting lead up to NRL's Magic Round.

The Duke of Sussex accuses his father Prince Charles of passing on traumas from his own childhood and calls royal life a "mixture between The Truman Show and being in a zoo" in a frank new interview.

With the edible insect industry set to boom, researchers want more Australians to consider enriching our diets with cricket powder and witchetty grubs.

A Country Fire Service volunteer of more than 35 years, accused of lighting bushfires that destroyed homes and nearly 3,000 hectares, was found with a half-filled wine glass and cigarette lighters when his car was stopped by police, an Adel...

At Port Fairy's East Beach, even in the bitterly cold months of winter, it's a normal sight to see a group of people in nothing but bathing suits submerging a man right into the ocean in a wheelchair. 

The Victorian Government is expanding its vaccine program to include an extra 400,000 people across the state.

In this week's CoronaCheck, airlines debunk rumours of travel bans for inoculated passengers and we fact check an LNP Senator quoting British writer C.S. Lewis about the value of "homemakers".