Hasina Safi tells the ABC she made her way through crowds at Kabul airport with her face covered before eventually making it onto an evacuation flight from the country.

Facing ongoing threats from the IS-K terrorist group, soldiers scramble to disable military equipment before boarding the final five planes out of Kabul.

Contact tracers link 45 of the new cases to existing outbreaks, as health officials consider the restrictions that will remain when lockdown is extended on Thursday.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the whole nation needs to move forward together so families can reunite for Christmas as the state records 1,164 locally new COVID-19 cases.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard laments the mixed messaging over the AstraZeneca vaccine, saying those still waiting on Pfizer should be considering the AZ jab. Follow live.

Cameron Dick says the New South Wales government was too slow to respond to the latest Delta outbreak of COVID-19, but now expects other states to "run up the white flag and open the borders".

Police responded to 79 demonstrations around the state, more than a third of which were in the north.

The AFL grand final will be played at Perth Stadium on September 25, after the MCG is officially ruled out due to Melbourne's coronavirus restrictions for a second year running. 

More than 1 million Australians who are members of underperforming superannuation funds will soon receive letters urging them to switch where they invest their retirement savings.

If popping salt and pepper shakers on the table is part of your nightly dinnertime routine, you might want to consider this. A study of 21,000 people found swapping table salt for a reduced-sodium substitute reduced rates of stroke, heart...

James Turner adds to Australia's growing medal tally, winning gold in the men's T36 400m on the track, while the cycling team claims podium finishes in the time trial events. Follow live.

As the Commonwealth renews its pledge to grow Australia's timber supply, its plantations are going backwards as a national plan to plant one billion commercial trees is yet to take root after three years.

One of two Australian Defence Force soldiers who died in a truck rollover in North Queensland is being remembered as a man with a "heart of gold" who "loved his friends endlessly".

It is tempting to say the bullying of umpire Matt Stevic was a childish tantrum, but even kids know better than to bump an ump — who are in dwindling supply, writes Paul Kennedy.

An inquiry finds Brisbane City Council was warned about a swooping magpie five times in the weeks before a baby girl died when her mother fell while being attacked by the bird.

For weeks after the US election, high-profile Fox News anchors peddled Donald Trump's "big lie" that the presidential election had been stolen. Now, Fox's role in amplifying those claims could have major legal and financial consequences. ...

Seven of Daniel Beattie's family members tested positive to COVID-19 after just three of them travelled to Shepparton for haircuts — their experience is testament to just how rapidly the Delta variant spreads.

Locals in Wilcannia aired frustration after rumours circulated its hospital did not have a ventilator, but the head of the Local Health District confirmed it is not the case. There is one.

The ACT's lockdown has been extended for another two weeks, but there will be a few changes to what Canberrans can do from this Thursday.

Singapore will soon send half a million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to Australia as part of a "swap" between the two countries, delivering a boost to the nation's vaccination program. 

Michelle Dowd, a nurse manager at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney's south-west, reveals the tragic realities of families where one or more members have contracted COVID-19.

Doctors, nurses and hospital cleaners should all be made to get the COVID-19 jab, the peak body for doctors says, as high numbers of frontline workers become infected.

The world is not as it seems — and not just because of COVID. Illusions provide a mind-boggling window into how our brain plays with our sense of reality.

Australia's most successful Olympian of all time Emma McKeon puts her competitors on notice by claiming she can swim even faster than her blistering Tokyo times.

A Victorian travel agent with a pokies problem stole close to $670,000 from holidaymakers who were forced to cancel their vacations because of the coronavirus pandemic.