Barnaby Joyce says he is "humbled" to be elected by his National Party colleagues back into the top spot at a vote this morning.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says it's likely the existing coronavirus mandates in Greater Sydney, including the wearing of masks, will continue beyond the planned five-day period. Follow live.

The ACT's Director of Public Prosecutions receives a partial brief of evidence in former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins' alleged rape case.

When Marion Barter left Australia in 1997 for the trip of a lifetime to Europe her family had no idea she had changed her name and they would never see her again. An inquest is now trying to uncover what happened to the mother of two.

The country's Chief Medical Officer is urging all Australians who have received an AstraZeneca jab to "not delay" getting a follow-up dose.

Every member of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith's squadron was given an engraved glass replica of a prosthetic leg of an Afghan man shot dead during a 2009 mission, a Sydney court hears. 

As Barnaby Joyce resumes leadership of the Nationals, he now takes on the difficulties of keeping the party relevant, united and electable as we head towards the next federal election, writes Geoff Cockfield.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says current COVID-19 restrictions in Sydney will likely be extended after two new locally acquired cases infections are confirmed.

The Tokyo Olympics will go ahead with local spectators after Games organisers agreed on a cap of 10,000 fans at events, but those attending cannot cheer the athletes.

A small error in the way police tested their speed detectors will cost the NT government more than a million dollars, with thousands of drivers to have fines revoked.

Barnaby Joyce is back. Here's all you need to know to get up to speed quickly on his return to the Nationals' leadership.

NSW's growing COVID-19 outbreak has prompted health authorities to release more exposure sites — see the complete list here.

How did a woman contract COVID-19 from a cabin crew member staying on a different floor of hotel quarantine in Brisbane, despite returning three negative tests? Your questions answered.

The 27-year-old runs the fourth fastest time in the world this year, dipping under her previous national mark just over a month before the Tokyo Games get underway.

Tasmania's public health officials say the state's travel restrictions on people in metropolitan Melbourne will lift at midnight tonight.

An Adelaide man was killed in his own home by his wife's lover because "he was in the way", South Australia's Supreme Court is told.

The ABC's much-loved weatherman of more than two decades Mike Bailey is being remembered as a man who was "superb at his craft" and had a "cheeky glint in his eye".

Millie Boyle says attempts to equalise the expanded NRLW by asking marquee players to switch clubs are unfair to the Broncos, who won the first three premierships in the women's competition.

Family of Meen Meen Chiu express sadness and disbelief over her drowning near the Port of Brisbane after the tinny she was in with her husband capsized on Saturday night.

A close friend of the Tamil asylum seeker family who are in community detention in Perth has expressed hope newly elected Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce stands by calls for them to return to Biloela in regional Queensland.

A 49-year-old man who set off two explosives at his home because he believed people were occupying his roof space has been released from jail after waiting 18 months for sentencing.

The US navy releases video of a "full ship shock trial" of the USS Gerald R Ford, one of the largest and newest aircraft carriers in the world.

It's June, your commute is dark and you're already done with winter. So what does the winter solstice mean for your morning?

A group of 14 men being held in a Melbourne detention centre have been on a hunger strike since Thursday night, demanding to be resettled in the community.

Aboriginal Heritage Officers have lodged a joint submission with the Hobart City Council against the kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car proposal, criticising the Aboriginal heritage assessment conducted by an interstate consultant.