The man in charge of the leading the vaccine rollout just gave us a stack of information about how he sees it playing out this year. Here's what we learned.

Funding was promised for the pool in the WA electorate of Pearce, which the Liberals feared might be taken by Labor in the May 2019 election, instead of going toward female sports programs.

NSW Health has apologised after an "error" saw Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines administered to boarders at a prestigious Sydney Catholic school, despite most students in Australia not being eligible.

Senator Richard Colbeck is concerned aged care workers will leave the sector when vaccination against COVID-19 becomes mandatory in mid-September, with just over a third having received a first dose. Follow live.

Some reports suggest the new Lambda variant could be fast spreading and difficult to tackle with vaccines. What is this strain and should we be worried?

There's still a lot of coronavirus news happening right across Australia. Let's get you up to speed quickly on everything you need to know.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she hopes to announce on Wednesday whether lockdown will be extended or not after the state recorded 18 new COVID-19 cases.

After repeated breaches of the COVID-19 protocols, Paul Vaughan is sacked, effective immediately, for hosting 12 other Dragons at his house during a lockdown.

The Reserve Bank governor is not ruling out an interest rate rise before 2024, saying it is "dependent on the data not the date", but believes Australia will lag other developed nations in moving away from record low borrowing costs because ...

Victoria records another day of zero local coronavirus cases as authorities warn against breaking quarantine rules after residents return from outbreak zones.

The race — normally held in March — had already been postponed to November in the hope that a deal could be reached to bring the event to Australia.

A 22-year-old woman is fined in Cairns after allegedly scaling balconies to escape hotel quarantine yesterday to go to her mother's place, police say.

Hong Kong police arrest nine people on suspicion of engaging in terrorist activity after uncovering an alleged attempt to make explosives and plant bombs across the city.

Retail staff are bearing the brunt of people's unwillingness to adhere to New South Wales' public health order to wear masks.

The gambling watchdog was meant to keep Crown Casino crime-free. Five former inspectors tell Four Corners how it failed spectacularly.

The NSW coroner will launch an inquest into the death of a Barkandji man following a police pursuit in Broken Hill earlier this year.

Trials of a four-day working week in Iceland are lauded an "overwhelming success", with research revealing the initiative helped increase productivity, and led to an overall improvement in workers' wellbeing.

Thousands of close contacts caught up in Queensland's latest COVID-19 outbreak say they have been left devastated and confused after being forced into mandatory home and hotel quarantine.

As the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, victims' relatives are pressing the courts to answer what they see as lingering questions about the Saudi government's role in the 2001 devastation.

Despite making a written apology, a man who's been jailed for 20 months for bashing two teenage girls at Pyrmont on Mardi Gras night, continues to blame his victims and their associates, Central Local Court is told.

Italy, Spain, England and Denmark have progressed to the semi-finals of Euro 2020 in unique ways, setting the scene for two semi-finals that promise yet more twists and turns. 

China accuses Australia of "planting" consultants in Papua New Guinea to obstruct the authorisation of Chinese-supplied jabs in the country, as the Pacific becomes caught up in a vaccine diplomacy battle between the two countries.

Emergency surgery overnight is likely to save a Sunshine Coast surfer's arm, after he was attacked by a white shark on the NSW Mid North Coast. 

This year's NAIDOC Week theme, Heal Country, is a call for stronger measures to recognise and protect all aspects of Indigenous culture and heritage.

Police reveal the death of a woman found in a charity donation bin near Baldivis shopping centre in Perth's south appears to be a "tragic circumstance of events", saying she became trapped and was unable to free herself.