NSW's population is now 70 per cent partially vaccinated, giving health authorities confidence to ease one restriction in Sydney's COVID hotspots despite the state recording 1,288 new cases.

The federal opposition says the government is using vaccine hesitancy as an excuse for low vaccination rates among Indigenous Australians. Follow live.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia's Paralympic medal winners will receive the same financial reward as the Olympians. 

Scott Morrison is ramping up his plea for over 60s to get the AstraZeneca vaccine, sending out hundreds of thousands of letters to those who are unvaccinated urging them to book in for a shot.

The Victorian government halves the wait time for second doses of AstraZeneca in a bid to combat the worsening Delta outbreak, as the state records 176 new cases.

A Logan truck driver tests positive as health authorities seek to test a Gold Coast family of five with "symptoms" who drove back from Melbourne earlier this week.

Jets of blue gas blast out of a cloud of dust in a striking photo of a rare space object released by the Hubble Space Telescope.

A couple ill equipped for a night in the mountains are rescued after becoming lost while searching for a Tasmanian photography hotspot renowned among Instagramers for its pool of turquoise water.

A Western Sydney man, who recently presented to Westmead Hospital, overdoses on Ivermectin and other treatments that he had ordered online.

Another two deaths have been linked to a rare blood clotting disorder caused by AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, as nearly 10 million AZ jabs are administered.

The vaccination gap between the state's younger and older Australians is rapidly shrinking, as vaccine uptake among 16- to 39-year-olds in NSW outpaces every other age group in every other state.

There are eight Australian swimmers in individual finals, including Will Martin who broke his own S9 100m butterfly world record on his way to gold. Follow live.

Arman Abrahimzadeh's father murdered his mother in front of hundreds of people at a function in 2010. Since then, he's made it his mission to end family and domestic violence.

High performance mindset coach Emma Murray's work was made famous when she helped Richmond win three AFL premierships, and her recent work with the Swifts has intrigued netball fans, as the team battled through fatigue, quarantine and in...

Two women accused of negligently causing the death of a Melbourne mother after a homebirth again say they innocent but the prosecutor tells the court they failed to help the victim despite pleas for help.

The regulator has received over 4,000 complaints about an unsolicited text message from the United Australia Party authorised by former Liberal MP-turned-UAP member Craig Kelly.

Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas is not technically breaking any rules by taking toilet breaks that last several minutes during matches, but his repeated lengthy trips to the bathroom are getting fans and other players offside.

The federal legislation will provide a framework to allow projects like Victoria's Star of the South wind farm to go ahead.

In a deeply personal speech to Parliament, Liberal MP Celia Hammond describes her own struggles with anorexia, and called for an end to the stigma surrounding eating disorders.

Four people are dead in New York City and two in New Jersey as remnants of Hurricane Ida bring record-breaking rain to the region, causing severe flash flooding and disruption.

A young man flees for his life through the streets of Kabul, bleeding from a stab wound. Amid the scramble to get people out of Afghanistan, there are fears little attention is being paid to what could be the most vulnerable group of all â€...

Afghanistan's rapid collapse stokes anger within the army's elite SAS regiment, with some soldiers feeling they have been mistreated since the release of a damning war crimes inquiry.

With no hoodies or pyjamas to be seen, the glitzy movie marathon's opening night hints that more glamour is to come.

For Monique Ross, the ongoing pandemic spurred her on to change her career because she suddenly realised some opportunities would not be around forever. Three people who made the leap share what they've learnt from radical career changes. ...

Jiang Zhiping is reunited with his wife for the first time in years after serving five years in prison, after police believed the toilet plunger he designed was a gun grip.