Australia has its most successful Olympic day in history as the Dolphins become the most decorated Australian swim team, and BMX rider Logan Martin secures the country's first land-based gold. 

Twelve residents of a Sydney nursing home are taken to hospital as "a precaution" after testing positive for COVID-19.

Queensland Health is tracing the contacts of a Brisbane woman who made a return trip to Rockhampton while infectious with COVID-19.

Queensland records nine locally acquired COVID-19 cases as the state's south-east is plunged into its first day of a snap three-day lockdown. With the Delta cluster now totalling 18 cases, authorities are pleading for a higher testing tur...

Australia's excellent performance at the Tokyo Olympics continued through day 9 of the Games, with gold medals racked up in a number of events. Here's where we stand on the world stage.

Australia wins two gold medals in the pool, another in the freestyle BMX and has Matt Wearn's sailing triumph confirmed on another remarkable day in Tokyo. Follow live.

Wearn, who had already wrapped up the men's laser event in the penultimate round, makes his win official in the final race to give Australia a record fourth gold medal on day 9 in Tokyo.

Emma McKeon's third and fourth gold medals of the Tokyo Games have been the perfect conclusion to Australia's swimming campaign, a team effort that has lifted national spirits in times of isolation and sadness, writes Russell Jackson.

Emma McKeon wins two more gold medals in Tokyo, taking her medal tally at this Games to seven — the equal most by any woman in any sport in Olympic history.

Australia's Logan Martin wins gold in the men's freestyle BMX, the first time the event has been held at the Olympics.

Vaccines are the answer to the COVID-19 crisis, but many people still have questions about how and how much they protect us. It can be complicated, so we've answered some of your common queries.

The definition of an essential worker slightly differs between some states and has sparked confusion among some in the community. So who does Queensland Health consider an essential worker?

Ambulance staff in South Australia have been told only vaccinated employees will be sent into high-risk COVID-19 job sites, known as "red zones", across the state.

None of the people hospitalised as part of Victoria's latest COVID-19 outbreak had been fully vaccinated, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says.

Brad Hayes lived in a tent on the NSW south coast for six months as he struggled to find any pet-friendly accommodation for him and his beloved dog, Kosci.

Susan Thomson lived a "very reclusive life" in a tiny town with her husband Arthur and mother-in-law Isabella. When they were found dead, a photocopy of a letter she had written years earlier alerted police to her disappearance. What hap...

Strong winds bring down trees and damage powerlines across a wide area of Western Australia, from Two Rocks down to Albany, as another cold front crosses the coast.

Australian families stranded in Indonesia warn their children are "sitting ducks" as the Delta variant of COVID-19 tears through the country.

Scott Morrison has announced a four-phase path out of lockdown but for residents hunkering down in Phase A, Phases B, C and D feel very far away indeed.

From doing deep cleans at exposure sites to picking up abandoned face masks, these are the people who say they are "blessed" to keep Sydney operating amid a COVID crisis.

About half a dozen beach-goers helped the whale swim back to sea earlier this morning, but it became beached again just before midday.

The US gymnast will not defend her Olympic gold medal in the floor exercise, with USA Gymnastics announcing she is withdrawing from the event final at Tokyo 2020.

Australia's Patrick Tiernan has garnered fame in a way he would not have imagined this Olympic Games.

Simon was getting ready for the race of a lifetime when he found out he had somehow contracted COVID-19. This is what happens when an athlete's Olympic dream turns into a viral nightmare.

Superhuman performances still bringing joy and an electric atmosphere inside the Tokyo Olympics track and field stadium despite the crowd element missing.