Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong enter lockdown for a fortnight from today until July 9 in an effort to stem the spread of Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak. 

Three travellers from New South Wales are arrested in the South Australian outback after earlier trying to fly into the Northern Territory.

Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong enters a COVID-19 lockdown for two weeks in response to a growing virus outbreak, while social distancing is being ramped up in all other parts of NSW — this is what you nee...

Authorities are so concerned about a COVID-19 outbreak at a seafood wholesaler in Sydney's inner west, they’re ordering entire households that got deliveries to isolate and get tested.

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says there is insufficient evidence to show the driver or his employer breached public health orders.

A major gold mine in the Northern Territory is in lockdown and 900 FIFO workers who have left the mine in recent days have been told to isolate after a worker tested positive to COVID-19.

Theories are emerging about how a Florida apartment building collapsed without warning in the dead of the night.

Travel between Tasmania and Greater Sydney is on hold with borders to close because of the growing coronavirus outbreak.

Queensland police hunt a driver who hit and killed Senior Constable David Masters, who was laying tyre spikes in front of a stolen car on the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane early this morning.

Stay-at-home orders introduced earlier this week by ACT Health are expanded to include all those who were in Greater Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong, on or after June 21. 

With community cases of COVID-19 detected in three states, travel restrictions are changing quickly ahead of the imminent school holidays. Here's a list of where you can and can't travel.

The PM's absence this week, when the government's assertion it had nailed the national COVID response seemed to be crumbling alongside any semblance of unity in the National Party, was unfortunate to say the least, writes Laura Tingle. ...

Australia's Department of Defence says it has no protocols to record or analyse UFO sightings, despite a report urging the US government to give more attention to military sightings.  

Victoria records one new locally acquired case, a close contact linked to the Southbank apartment outbreak, and no new infections linked to a man who attended a "superspreader" party in Sydney.

Port Adelaide host Sydney Swans, after Fremantle claimed a 12-point victory over Collingwood and North Melbourne came out on top with a nine-point win over Gold Coast. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results. ...

A new survey has found most Australian women of colour don't feel safe at work, and many don't feel like they can speak up because of potential repercussions.

The pool area at Speedo Fitness Club's at Bondi Beach, Casula's Crossroads Hotel and the fod court at Macquarie Shopping Centre in North Ryde are among new COVID-19 exposure sites released by NSW Health.

Regardless of which side succeeds in this case, both legal teams have presented distinctly unflattering pictures of the Australian Army's elite SAS regiment, certain to tarnish the image of a professional, highly disciplined and drilled figh...

Raman Pratasevich and his Russian girlfriend, who were arrested after being pulled off a flight that was diverted to Minsk, have been moved but are still considered "hostages". 

Homicide squad detectives investigate the death of an apparent intruder during a confrontation in Melbourne's south-east this morning. 

Emergency workers and residents comb through wreckage in southern Czech Republic after a deadly tornado rips roofs off buildings and sends cars flying through the air.

Scientific developments and big tech investment might be bringing us closer to immortality. But some people are concerned about the implications of an extended human lifespan.

A year after the alleged domestic violence murder of Karen Gilliland, a retired couple and their son adjust to their roles as guardians of her three young children.

Former ABC radio and television presenter David Hawkes dies in Perth aged 83. He worked for the public broadcaster and commercial networks in NSW, Queensland and WA for more than four decades.

Swimming Australia says it has been working to address issues dating back decades, but says new allegations being aired in the media were not put to it before publication.