The mother of removalists who travelled from Sydney to Molong while infectious with the Delta strain has died inside her south-west Sydney home.

Premier Daniel Andrews says Victoria has made great progress, but the risk of a further spread of the Delta strain is too great to lift the current lockdown at midnight tomorrow night. Follow live.

Another close contact of a recently returned overseas traveller tests positive for coronavirus in SA, as the state prepares to impose strict and sweeping social distancing measures.

Artists and ordinary Australians come together urging Australians to play their part in a performance of a lifetime — get vaccinated and keep each other safe.  

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the government was "throwing everything" it had at stemming its COVID-19 outbreak after the state recorded 98 new cases.

The brother of a Gold Coast chef says the 26-year-old is still in an induced coma after suffering serious burns while setting up his "dream" cafe.

Former NSW Labor ministers Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald and Obeid's son Moses are found guilty of conspiring over a lucrative mine licence. 

South Australia's latest COVID-19 cases have triggered a heightened state of alert and more social restrictions — with contact tracing ongoing after two close contacts of an 81-year-old man with the virus also tested positive.

Australia's decision to boot far-right commentator Katie Hopkins raises the question of why she was given a visa in the first place — and the answer explains everything from Caitlyn Jenner to Matt Damon.

A man charged with the murder of an 81-year-old woman and the attempted murder of two others told police he was on a "killing spree" and was "going to be famous", a court hears.

Australian tenants are experiencing their biggest annual rent increases since 2009. Canberra was the most expensive rental market, while Sydney and Melbourne unit landlords saw the weakest returns.

The far-right British commentator, who was dropped by Channel 7 after bragging about flouting hotel quarantine rules, will be deported from Australia.

All eight symptomatic crew members from a cargo ship docked at Fremantle in Western Australia test positive for COVID-19. 

Meetings will be held to determine the rules and timelines for lifting the lockdown after the state recorded 16 new local cases, including four cases identified from test results Monday morning.

It's the start of a new week — and that means more COVID-19 news around much of the country. Here's a quick guide to what's new.

Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial will temporarily resume on Monday with the war veteran's barrister telling a court the mental health of military witnesses was declining because of the trial's delay.

In this crisis, as Gladys Berejiklian will attest, you can be hailed in the media as "the woman who saved Australia" in April/May only now to be pilloried for stuffing things up, writes Michelle Grattan.

Ahead of the 2019 federal election, money from a $660m car park fund was allocated based on requests from Coalition politicians and candidates in marginal seats, the national audit office says.

This badly injured frog had its lung poking out of its wound when it was saved by the keen eyes of a vet nurse and the steady hands of a veterinarian.

The former Nissan boss was facing financial misconduct charges when the US father and son team helped smuggle him out of his Tokyo home and into a private jet that flew him to Lebanon, where there is no extradition treaty with Japan.

Police say the Toowoomba-based anaesthetist inappropriately touched three women in their 20s while they were unconscious between November and February this year.

Only 16 current or former politicians have contributed to a review of workplace culture at Parliament House by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins. 

More than 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to roughly 7.2 million people across Australia, according to the latest figures.

Julie's father had a secret that shaped his life. When she found out he had allegedly been sexually abused as a child, she started her own investigation. That's how she found Joe, and his story was remarkably similar.

Information released by the ATO reveals a person, couple or family in Australia currently has saved more than $540 million in superannuation — and the tax trick behind it is costing ordinary Australians, writes Ian Verrender.