The first of two shipments of Pfizer's vaccines from a major deal with the UK — more than 150,000 doses — lands in Sydney, with the other expected later tonight.

NSW Health authorities will release modelling this week including a foreshadowed peak in cases expected this month, as the state reaches a vaccination milestone of 40 per cent of the population fully vaccinated. 

The busiest Father's Day dining spot in Queensland isn't taking reservations: it's a plastic barricade in the middle of a Coolangatta backstreet.

Victoria records 183 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as the state pushes to get vaccination rates ahead of a rapidly growing outbreak.

Jarrod Luscombe thought he was the only one sexually abused as a teenager by the Christian Brother he was once proud to consider a mentor. But as more cases are uncovered, these men turn to each other for support they say was denied by the ...

World number one Ash Barty is out of the US Open after suffering a dramatic third-set tiebreak loss to American Shelby Rogers.  

Residents say there were plenty of locals out in the line-up for a Father's Day surf when the man, understood to be in his 30s, was bitten.

With coronavirus surging in the US state of Louisiana, authorities knew there was only one way children could safely return to school. The challenge was convincing anti-mask parents to get on board. 

While SA has been on tenterhooks in the past few days, no COVID-19 cases have so far been detected among the hundreds of people now in quarantine after five truck drivers entered the state while infected.

Queensland records one new locally acquired case of COVID-19 — the mother of the four-year-old Logan girl who tested positive on Friday.

There are fears that missing boy Anthony Elfalak may have been abducted, with his godfather saying a "suspicious" vehicle was seen near the family's rural NSW property at the time he went missing on Friday.

The All Blacks, despite being reduced to 14 players for 20 minutes, produce another commanding performance to defeat the Wallabies 38-21 in Perth.

The Titans pip the Sharks for the last remaining spot in the finals after beating the Warriors 44-0, while the Bulldogs thrash the Wests Tigers 38-0.

Madison de Rozario is Australia's 21st gold medallist after winning the T54 marathon by one second at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Soaring demand for electricity in China and India has put a rocket under the coal market with prices for the fossil fuel hitting a record high despite efforts to de-carbonise the global economy.

Friends and family say they hope Eimable Manirakiza is at peace "and feels how greatly he is loved".

How did Greek librarian Eratosthenes accurately measure the circumference of Earth using a stick, a shadow, and a walk?

A 13-year-old died in the biggest single alleged unlawful killing by SAS operators under investigation by the Brereton Inquiry into war crimes. Here is the one photo taken during his lifetime.

The world is anxiously watching as the Taliban form a new government in Afghanistan. Among the bystanders is former president Ashraf Ghani, in hiding in the United Arab Emirates.

If Victoria is heading in the same direction as its northern neighbour, it wouldn't have liked the glimpse of its possible future it got this week, writes Leigh Tonkin. 

The ABC asked healthcare workers on the COVID-19 front line to talk to us about their experiences. These are their stories.

Health authorities say a lockdown in Logan, south of Brisbane, remains a possibility due to fresh concerns over the low level of community compliance in using the Queensland COVID Check-In app.

A narrative that pits the Taliban against the Islamic State in Khorasan terrorist group suits the United States — but that doesn't mean it's that simple, writes Stan Grant. 

Three years after earthquakes destroyed villages in Lombok, Asia's first earthquake-resistant school has been built with recycled plastics.

WA Premier Mark McGowan has laid out a roadmap of his own to opening the border with other states. But as Rhiannon Shine explains, some experts are concerned part of the strategy will only further delay WA's already-lagging vaccination rate...