A meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Tokyo confirms Brisbane as the winning bid to host the 2032 Games, with events to be staged at more than 30 venues across south-east Queensland.

Patrons at a winery north of Adelaide test positive for COVID as the state's health boss tells residents "it is a time to stay at home and not move". Follow live.

Health authorities warn the Delta strain which has so far spread to the city's eastern suburbs, three LGAs in south-west Sydney is likely on the move again to Western Sydney.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says "we must do better" after the state recorded more than 100 new COVID-19 cases, several regional areas joined Sydney in lockdown and the number of people infectious in the community reached a new high. ...

South Australia records six new cases of COVID-19 with five cases infected at the Tenafeate Creek Winery adding to the cluster.

Acknowledging the COVID-19 vaccine program's bumpy roll out, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the country is now on track, with one million Australians vaccinated against the disease in the last week.

The Japanese ambassador in Canberra has praised Australia's handling of its relationship with China, saying it has faced up to tremendous economic pressure from China in a consistent and principled way.

AFP and Border Force officials search the Central Coast home of former Labor MP Craig Thomson as part of an investigation of an alleged fraud against the federal government.

Australia considers sending repatriation flights to Afghanistan to evacuate Afghan nationals who worked closely with Australian forces during the decades-long conflict.

The man whose advice locked down Victoria, and then shepherded the state through months without widespread community transmission, reflects on a year in the role.

A Melbourne couple who enslaved and brutalised a grandmother over an eight-year period are sentenced to prison for the "crime against humanity".

The man accused of murdering a 30-year-old Chinese woman, whose body was found in a storage box at a Brisbane apartment on Monday, will be extradited to Queensland to be charged.

WA having the lowest vaccination rate of all the states and territories is worrying local businesses who have already suffered through three lockdowns this year.

Pregnant women are struggling to get vaccinated against COVID-19, despite health advice recommending they be offered the Pfizer vaccine.

Victorian authorities say a toxin found in a native plant is behind the spate of dog deaths in the state.

A US couple whose gender reveal ceremony sparked a California wildfire that killed a firefighter are charged with involuntary manslaughter.

This year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue features three women of colour on three separate covers who represent firsts for the magazine.

Three states across Australia are in lockdown and Queensland contact tracers work to prevent another outbreak. Here's what's happening with COVID-19 across Australia by state and territory.

Victoria Police say the trio illegally entered the state on Tuesday, days after three other removalists were charged for breaching the Greater Sydney lockdown.

These women’s lives have been turned upside down by gynaecological surgeries. Now they’re going public on their private pain.

The woman whose complaint sparked the sexual harassment scandal that rocked AMP says years before her mistreatment at the financial services firm she was fired from another job for not sleeping with her boss.

Analysis of public data by ABC News shows how Australia is faring in the fight to suppress the spread of coronavirus.

Health Minister Martin Foley says 16 of the new cases were in isolation for their entirety of their infectious period.

Researchers say the death toll could be 10 times more than the official count, with estimates that millions of people could have died from COVID-19.

A burst of cool and dry air has Queenslanders scrambling for their coats as  "brutal" winds batter the southern interior.