NSW sets daily COVID-19 records for both new infections and vaccines, as Health Minister Brad Hazzard announces restrictions on weddings will be eased next week.

Police say they are treating the deaths of a 46-year-old man and a 72-year-old man in Adelaide's western suburbs as a murder-suicide.

The United States military says "initial indications are that we killed the target" a day after President Joe Biden promised retaliation against those who carried out a suicide attack at Kabul's airport.

Most of Victoria's new cases are linked to existing outbreaks and were in quarantine for their entire infectious periods, but contact tracers remain puzzled by a few.

US intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to a review ordered by President Joe Biden.

Why, after more than two months of lockdown, are COVID case numbers still rising in NSW? And what will it take to flatten the curve?

WA Liberal members and MPs were guilty of "unethical and underhand" conduct in the lead-up to their catastrophic state election loss, according to a scathing internal review which warns the party is "headed for the door" unless urgent cha...

Jaryd Clifford adds Australia's fifth silver in Tokyo as more Australians take to the track, with the Aussie wheelchair rugby team facing USA in a rematch of the Rio gold medal match on day four of the Paralympics. Follow all the action o...

NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo says Rabbitohs fullback Mitchell should have been sent off — instead of sin-binned — for his high shot on Roosters opponent Joey Manu.

Bravus, the company formerly known as Adani, has outlined how it will try to protect the black-throated finch. 

Some overseas companies are making a "mockery" of Australia's foreign investment rules by failing to follow through with promises they make when seeking regulatory approval for investments, a Senate inquiry has found.

There are 82 new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand today. All are in Auckland and authorities are still investigating how 53 cases acquired the virus. 

A total of 20 close and casual contacts of two NSW truck drivers in Western Australia are identified, a day after the men test positive for COVID-19.

The NSW Swifts are Super Netball champions for the second time in three seasons, beating cross-town rivals the Giants 63-59 in the grand final.

Melbourne runner Jaryd Clifford breaks down in tears after finishing second in the 5,000m T13, dedicating his Paralympic medal to his late grandfather, who had bought a ticket to watch him in Tokyo.

A world title shot is now in sight for Tim Tszyu, with the WBO mandating the 26-year-old as the challenger for Brian Castaño's super welterweight belt.

An investigation is underway into the death of a 48-year-old Aboriginal woman in Darwin, after her body is found inside an apartment in the city's northern suburbs.

Sydney hospital staff will be deployed to help fight the COVID outbreak in the state's west, amid calls for urgent changes to border rules to allow fly in, fly out staff.

The Queensland government says New South Wales needs to come to the table on border discussions, on a day in which Queensland recorded no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases.

The ACT records 26 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases associated with the current outbreak to 237.

The Swans' season is over despite launching a mighty effort in the last quarter against the Giants, as Melbourne and Brisbane prepare to face off for a spot in the preliminary finals. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, sta...

Lang Park hosts a double header with the Sharks playing the Broncos, and the Storm facing the Eels, while the Cowboys enjoy their 38-26 victory over the Dragons in Rockhampton. Follow our ScoreCentre for all the live scores and stats. ...

Dozens of Australian nationals and visa holders stranded in Afghanistan were plucked from the suburbs of Kabul this week as part of a tense multinational extraction effort to get foreigners to the airport, the ABC reveals.

Coastal towns around Australia are at risk of dying out if something isn't done about the unaffordable and unavailable housing, locals say.

The COVID imagery of coming months looks dangerously like it could be one of a continuing and increasing unravelling of the authority of our leaders, and the community's willingness to abide by their daily pleas, writes Laura Tingle.