NSW records its worst day of the COVID-19 pandemic with 830 new cases, three deaths and more than 900 people fined for breaching health orders.

The federal government denies visas to a group of more than 100 Afghan contractors who guarded the Australian embassy, telling them to "contact a migration agent".

Officials say the majority of people are "sick and tired" of the "abhorrent" behaviour of anti-lockdown protesters, but some among the huge crowd insist their freedoms are being trampled.

A cargo ship carrying 16 crew suspected to be infected with COVID-19 is due to arrive off the Perth coast early tomorrow morning, having been diverted from Albany after reporting symptoms among those on board.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison concedes it's "highly unlikely" that Australia will be able to return to COVID zero, as he pushes the states to start relaxing restrictions once 70 per cent of adults have been vaccinated.

A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul's international airport killed seven Afghan civilians in the crowds, according to the British military.

After seven years on Nauru and 18 months under guard at a facility at the Darwin airport, the Maghames family wake to the news they will be flown to Brisbane and released into community detention. 

Shepparton's COVID-19 cases are on the rise, and a High Country mayor says the virus has leaked into his community, which is already struggling.

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In her viral videos, Mary McGillivray reveals secret Sistine chapel insults, explains art movements and uses Renaissance art to dispel the rumour that Italy's winning Eurovision entry was taking drugs.

A new case in Mansfield in regional Victoria has been recorded in addition to the 65 new cases identified overnight. The new cases come after police arrested hundreds of people at an anti-lockdown protest yesterday.

Several thousand people rally in Perth's CBD to express their concern about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan, hours after it was confirmed that more than 300 people were evacuated on Australian flights overnight.

The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a protégé of the Reverend Martin Luther King and a two-time presidential candidate, and his wife, Jacqueline, are being monitored in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.

Manny Pacquiao loses to Yordenis Ugás in Las Vegas WBA welterweight title fight, but refuses to call time on stellar career. Yet.

More than 300 people have been evacuated on a further four Australian flights out of Afghanistan overnight, Scott Morrison says.

Days after her routine surgery, Vickie was in agony in her bathroom and told to say a "final goodbye" to her daughter. Life has never been the same since.

New Zealand Rugby boss Mark Robinson says, contrary to what they're saying, Australian officials were well aware the All Blacks would withdraw from the Perth Bledisloe Cup Test.

The Broncos hold on to beat the Warriors 24-22 at Lang Park to close out round 23, after the Roosters thumped the Dragons in Toowoomba to get into the top four.

After retaking Afghanistan, the Taliban asked everyone — including women — to trust them. But among Kabul's female residents, faith in the conquerors is hard to find. 

A cache of documents obtained by the ABC under Right to Information reveal new details about why Queensland Parks rejected an early offer for waterbombers just days after the bushfire on World Heritage-listed Fraser Island (K'gari) started. ...

Australia's oil and gas champion Woodside was seemingly a company without much of a future. Until this week.

The tradwife subculture offers some a chance to devote more time to family, but gives others a hashtag for sharing racist, sexist and homophobic ideas.

Adelaide and the Kangaroos close out the home and away season after Essendon beats Collingwood and the Saints end the Dockers' finals hopes in Hobart. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.

The small border community of Mungindi has been sawn in half by Queensland’s strict border with New South Wales. Locals cannot get a loaf of bread or bottle of milk without mandatory quarantine.

A street kitchen set up by the Australian Communist Party to help homeless people in the heart of Adelaide's CBD is facing eviction but the group is resisting the push, raising questions about a local businesswoman and high-ranking bureauc...