The next nine days will determine what the rest of 2021 looks like in NSW as authorities consider the possibility the state's COVID-19 outbreak may never be controlled.

The 10 health workers did not have time to put on personal protective equipment before providing treatment to the patient.

A Chinese official has openly declared that Beijing has singled out Australia for economic punishment, saying the federal government cannot profit from China while "smearing" it.

Eileen Cummings was taken from her family as a child. Now she is the lead claimant in a class action seeking reparations for survivors from the Northern Territory.

Employers can't currently import skilled labour, but the RBA governor says that will change when Australia's border reopens, removing some wage pressures on Australia's economy, writes Gareth Hutchens.

Announcing a one-week extension of the Greater Sydney lockdown, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian urges people not to mingle with their extended families or leave their homes. Follow live.

Monica Elizabeth Young receives the maximum sentence for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy from a Western Sydney school she taught at.

A staff member is in isolation and dozens of patients and other staff are being required to get COVID tests following a breach of protocol at Geraldton Hospital where an infected crew member from a bulk carrier was being treated.

Queensland renters and advocates say tenants need greater protections than the state government's rental reform bill provides but the Housing Minister and real estate industry representatives say the right balance has been struck.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says tighter restrictions could be forced on three Sydney local government areas as the COVID-19 outbreak spreads to the city's west.

Former ASIO chief Duncan Lewis says although foreign interference in Australia has increased, there has been "an over-egging of some of the claims".

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says a range of businesses, including the company that owns Bunnings and Officeworks, have offered to host vaccine hubs in the future.

Residents and business owners along South Road say they are shocked to learn their properties will be bulldozed for the final stage of the North-South Motorway.

SA authorities are in the process of updating travel restrictions for SA residents travelling to Broken Hill and other NSW cross-border communities, after an Adelaide anaesthetist was left in a state of confusion.

NSW Police say there are still unanswered questions into how the 1979 Luna Park Ghost Train fire that killed seven people started, and hope the reward will encourage those with information to come forward.

Tricia Ray-Kepa has turned a rundown 3 x 1 rental into a charming home, despite its shortcomings. But from next month she will have to pay an extra $100 a month if she wants to hang onto it in a rising tide of housing stress hitting WA. ...

A 43-year-old Sydney man is charged with trespass and breaching COVID-19 directions after he allegedly failed to wear a mask at Parliament House in Canberra.

NSW students from the Central Coast to Shellharbour will be forced to return to online learning next week as the COVID lockdown continues — here's everything you need to know.

Despite battling for long periods against Spain, Italy found a way to hold on and prevail. Now the Azzurri know they don't even have to be at their very best to win, writes Dean Bilton.

There's been lots of COVID-19 news today. If you've missed the morning press conferences, let's bring you up to speed.

It was billed as "Team Trump's" answer to the problem of getting booted off mainstream social media. One week on, experts say it's already doomed to fail.

Restrictions are once again easing in Victoria, as the state continues its slow pathway out of its fourth lockdown. Here's what it means for you.

Wild deer are encroaching on urban areas across Australia and in one regional centre, things just got very real.

An education union says it first complained about the former principal of Milingimbi School — who the anti-corruption watchdog this week found engaged in corrupt conduct — in 2017. 

Ash Barty becomes the first Australian woman in more than 20 years to make the Wimbledon semi-finals after she routs countrywoman Ajla Tomljanovic.