A 50-plus-page brief details extensive initial plans for how the quarantine facility could work, and challenges such as excessive plane noise, ventilation issues and whether staff will live onsite.

A record 319 infections are identified, five people die and the regional centre of Armidale is plunged into lockdown as NSW endures its darkest day of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Premier Daniel Andrews says Victoria can and must drive its COVID-19 outbreak to ground, as the state records 29 new locally acquired cases that were all in the community while infectious.

Before he caught COVID-19, Richard was the fittest person in his family. But since going into intensive care, he's lost 15 kilograms of muscle mass and cannot stand up without being left breathless.

Australia's men's basketball team will be shooting for its first Olympic medal when they face Luka Doncic's Slovenian team from 9:00pm AEST. Follow live.

All 13 of today's cases are linked to the Delta outbreak in South-East Queensland and were in quarantine during their infectious period, raising hopes the lockdown will end at 4:00pm on Sunday, as planned.

A country train service is declared a COVID-19 close-contact concern as the Armidale LGA enters a snap lockdown with two local cases identified.

The Delta COVID-19 variant could be putting young, healthy people at greater risk of fatal heart complications, according to the director of Australia's leading cardiac research centre.

A shooter is on the run after killing 22-year-old Shady Kanj in Western Sydney and injuring an innocent bystander, in what police believe could be another death in the feud between two crime families.

These Games began with an emerging rivalry: Ledecky versus Titmus. The finale will involve a long-standing grudge match: Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge versus The Clock, writes Paul Kennedy.

Two Belarus coaches who cut short sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's Tokyo Olympics have had their accreditation revoked and been removed from the athletes' village

Melbourne's western suburbs have some of the lowest vaccination rates in the state, but the young, culturally diverse population is pulling together and trying to get vaccinated in the face of the latest coronavirus threat.

Police and health workers are placed outside the south-western Sydney unit block to monitor compliance and help deliver food and other services to residents. 

There were so many fires to put out this week, yet never has it felt quite so much like no-one was holding the hose, writes Laura Tingle.

Another week, another news quiz. Reckon you've been paying enough attention to get 10/10?

Bidding on rentals could be banned in the ACT as the government introduces a discussion paper on residential tenancy reforms.

Kabana sausages and three types of ham made by Adelaide-based Conroy's Smallgoods are being recalled because Primary Industries and Regions South Australia is unable to verify their safety.

For Sunshine Coast five-year-old Marleigh Fisher, life always hangs in the balance, but her donated "milkshakes" had been saving her until the pandemic came along. 

A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report adds to growing laboratory evidence that people who had one bout of COVID-19 get a dramatic boost in virus-fighting immune cells when they're vaccinated.

In her first Olympic marathon, Sinead Diver finishes in the top 10, 11 years after taking up the sport.

Olympic hosts have big dreams of attracting tourists, advertisers and the eyes of the world. But in recent years they have usually been a poisoned chalice, leaving cities littered with white elephants.

Our first female freestyle BMX Olympian competed in Tokyo on one good leg, determined to make the most of the experience.

Investigators arrest two Myanmar nationals as they share details of a foiled attempt to attack New York-based Kyaw Moe Tun, an outspoken supporter of the democracy movement who has refused junta orders to quit.

Looming over the famous McKeon family's rumpus room the past fortnight has been an enormous Olympic rings flag signed by gold medallists from around the world with a funny and mischievous backstory.

Chinese authorities have previously curbed outbreaks within days or weeks by mass testing and strict lockdowns, stopping infection from spreading. But now China is facing its biggest COVID battle since last year.