A woman in her 30s with COVID-19 dies at her Western Sydney home as NSW records 753 new infections and Premier Gladys Berejiklian prepares to relax some restrictions for vaccinated people.

NSW's chief health officer Kerry Chant says hitting the 80 per cent vaccination threshold gives "options and choices" but face masks will likely still be required and high risk venues will be limited to those who are vaccinated.

In the wake of National Cabinet agreeing to make it mandatory for people working in the sector to get at least one dose by the middle of September, 49.3 per cent of workers have now received a second jab. Follow live.

The parents of missing Queensland mother Amy Schulkins say they have received confirmation that the remains found inside a submerged 4WD are that of their daughter.

Police say two children allegedly kidnapped from their Blackburn North home in Melbourne's eastern suburbs have been reunited with their mother, but investigations continue.

Australia's athletes are preparing for their moment in the spotlight as Tokyo hosts the Paralympics opening ceremony. Follow live.

Doctor Jamal Rifi, who has been working to vaccinate patients in south-west Sydney, says a military tribunal in Lebanon has sentenced him to 10 years in prison. He says it's evidence of a "corrupt" system.

Queensland Health says a 70 per cent vaccination rate in the state is the only thing that will see the restrictions lifted before the end of October.

A 47-year-old woman has been remanded in custody to serve 14 days' quarantine after allegedly speeding through a checkpoint at Western Australia's border with South Australia and ramming a police car. 

Sydney neurosurgeon Charlie Teo is ordered to get a second opinion and proof of informed consent before operating on certain brain tumours. 

Authorities are still deciding what to do with a humpback whale carcass that is floating off the northern end of Torrens Island after being broken apart by sharks. WARNING: This story contains graphic content that readers may find distressi...

Enrique Tarrio is sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty to charges including burning a Black Lives Matter banner which was stolen from a church.

Hundreds of former guards and their families were left standing in a moat for hours outside Kabul airport, before being told they did not have the right paperwork.

Hundreds more people are evacuated from Kabul airport aboard RAAF flights, as chaos continues in the wake of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.

Genomic links connect outbreaks at Shepparton, the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Glenroy, as the state waits to see if its current outbreak can be eliminated. Of the 50 new cases detected on Monday, just 11 were quarantined during their infec...

In the US state of Tennessee, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital has had to open its second COVID-19 unit to deal with the growing number of kids testing positive. Many parts of the world are seeing infections among children grow and it's forci...

Anyone aged 16 to 59 will be able to access the Pfizer vaccine under an expansion of the state's vaccination program. Over 60s will be limited to AstraZeneca.

The Tokyo Paralympics are due to start this week and run until Sunday, September 5. Here's how to watch the Games in Australia and when to tune in for the opening ceremony.

Queensland records six new COVID-19 cases, with two truck drivers under investigation but not believed to be a "major risk".

WA appoints Police Commissioner Chris Dawson as the new Vaccine Commander in a bid to increase jab rates in the state, while 20 crew members of a cargo ship in Fremantle port test positive to COVID-19.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr announces the territory has acquired 30 new COVID-19 infections — "a record day of cases" for the national capital.

The ABC is used to looking into dark places to uncover the truth but the subject of this story came too close to home overnight, in the form of a baby brown snake.

Truck drivers around the nation working for Toll Group plan to go on strike on Friday following enterprise bargaining negotiations with the transport giant falling apart. And truckies at Linfox and Bevchain will tomorrow lodge applications ...

First it was leaked, then it came out for real, but why is the internet going nuts over the trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home?

An ABC analysis shows NSW's COVID-19 vaccination rate has surged to rank among the fastest in the world, based on data from the past seven days.