Premier Daniel Andrews urges Victorians to get the vaccine available to them today, as the state grapples to pull its worsening Delta outbreak under control. Out of 71 new local cases, only 16 were quarantined while infectious.

State leaders who are hesitant to end lockdowns once the country reaches its COVID-19 vaccination targets are warned by the Prime Minister they will do more harm than good.

Australian Defence Force personnel have rescued over 50 Afghan athletes and dependants. This is the story of how a group of Australians came together to orchestrate their daring escape.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the state's "outstanding" vaccination rate means residents are a step closer to freedom, despite 818 new COVID-19 infections being recorded.

A Western Sydney intensive care specialist pleads with young people to "help" health care staff by getting vaccinated as more end up in ICU battling COVID.

Lawyers for the man who filmed four police officers dying on a Melbourne freeway after they were hit by a truck say he should be released from prison after he pleaded guilty to an array of other charges.

Aboriginal people in one of Australia's most remote councils were forced to live without power, make backyard campfires and told to "get used to being in the dark" due to accumulated electricity and water debts, a report finds.

A new Costco warehouse that was set to open this week near Newcastle is now at the centre of the region's most concerning COVID-19 cluster.

Gold Coast police say they could prosecute the horseman who galloped through the crowd during yesterday's lockdown protest on the Queensland-NSW border.

The ACT records an additional 16 COVID-19 cases, as the government announces Canberrans aged 16-29 will soon be able to register for Pfizer vaccinations.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australians have to adjust their mindset away from the focus on COVID-19 case numbers and instead focus on opening up in accordance with the national plan. Follow live.

Police are searching for a man who allegedly stole a car from a Blackburn North residence this morning, before fleeing with Adilla Wally, aged 5, and Bilal Wally, aged 3.

South Australia has begun a home-based quarantine trial for people returning from New South Wales and Victoria. So how will this work and when will it be used for international arrivals?

The federal government will spend an extra $40 to $50 million a week assisting childcare centres during lockdowns.

It's a stunt you'd only see in Hollywood, but this jockey managed to hold onto her horse thanks to the quick thinking of a competitor.

Australians aged 12 and over who are on the National Disability Insurance Scheme will be eligible to receive a Pfizer vaccine from this week.

New Zealand health authorities announce another 35 cases of community transmission in the country's COVID-19 outbreak. 

The family of an Afghan interpreter who worked with Australian soldiers are evacuated from Kabul by the US Air Force, after struggling to complete Australian visa applications and fearing Taliban reprisals.

As the federal government confirms a new visa allowing foreigners to work on Australian farms will be in place from late next month, is New South Wales ready for those willing to come?

The movie Bombshell made Gretchen Carlson globally famous. Now she, along with several other former Fox News insiders, is speaking out about how the cable news network became a propaganda vehicle for Donald Trump.

The parents of 10 Victorian teenagers boarding at Yanco Agricultural High School near Leeton in New South Wales are appealing to the state government for an exemption to allow their children to quarantine at home.

Tasmanian Labor MP and former party leader David O'Byrne says he will not resign from Parliament or the party, despite calls for him to go from Rebecca White and two former premiers.

Near-perfect forgeries of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine digital certificate can be made in 10 minutes using free software, a member of the public has discovered.

A US woman wrongly convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to death in 1693 is on the verge of being exonerated, thanks to a class of year eight students.

NSW Police issue $35,000 in COVID-19 fines after around 60 people are sprung gathering at a Western Sydney church, where the pastor had earlier declared "the lockdown is over".