Family members hug and weep for joy as a rescue chopper spots missing three-year-old Anthony 'AJ' Elfalak sitting in a deep gully drinking muddy water from a creek.

Gladys Berejiklian says modelling shows NSW is likely to see a peak in COVID-19 cases in the next week or so, with intensive care units under the most pressure by October. Follow live.

The Taliban claim to have taken control of Panjshir province, the last holdout following the stunning capture of Kabul and the chaotic withdrawal of foreign troops.

A senior cabinet minister tells companies who profited from JobKeeper to do some "soul-searching" on repaying what they were given, as the government continues to refuse forced repayments.

New advice to shorten the interval between doses of AstraZeneca will speed up the vaccination rollout in Canberra as young people like Kate Balharrie bring forward their appointments for their second jabs. 

Scott Morrison concedes Australia "has a problem" with the way it treats women, on the first day of the National Women's Safety Summit.

The wife of Timothy Thompson has posted a heartbreaking tribute to him on Facebook following his death in a shark attack on the NSW Mid North Coast yesterday.

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.

Drill holes for administering poison have been found in a number of trees along a Hobart beach, with the local council suspecting the culprit may have been trying to improve their view.

NSW releases its pandemic modelling which anticipates a peak of COVID-19 cases next week and a surge in hospitalisation numbers until mid-October as the state records 1,281 new infections.

The woman, who is also accused of trying to light a police officer on fire, refused legal counsel and represented herself.

An Adelaide man is found not guilty of murdering a man, who had just been released from prison, following a fight over a love triangle.

A 22-year-old Victorian man provided "altered" documents to support his claim that he was an essential traveller and gain entry to Tasmania, police say.

One-year-old twins undergo rare and complex 12-hour operation that's only been conducted 20 times worldwide and never in Israel.

Eight members of Afghanistan's female national taekwondo team, who were forced to go into hiding as they fled their homeland, will move to Australia after being granted protection visas.

Maria James's sons say they hope they can finally learn who killed their mother, as a coronial inquest into her death begins.

Hollywood stars are paying tribute to actor Richard E. Grant's wife, Joan Washington, who had previously worked on Oscar-winning films as a voice coach.

Our changing climate could soon make it harder to get a mortgage on the Queensland coast. We had three properties assessed, with mixed results.

Contact tracers have linked 121 of the new cases to existing outbreaks. Rental support payments of up to $1,500 per person will be available to some renters who have lost income due to the pandemic.

General Angus Campbell admits he was wrong to predict the Taliban takeover would take months longer, but defends the success of Australia's evacuation mission.

Environmental groups and businesses connected with electric cars call for the vehicles to be exempt from stamp duty if a tax on how many kilometres they drive passes South Australian Parliament.

The ACT records 11 new COVID-19 cases in the territory. At least seven of the cases were in the community while infectious.

An unvaccinated Aboriginal woman in her 70s, from Enngonia, north of Bourke, is the second person to die from COVID-19 in western NSW.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the risk to the community posed by a cluster which started with a Logan truck driver "is decreasing".

Questions are being raised about a senior constable who was medically discharged from the NSW Police Force just weeks after he pleaded guilty to a string of domestic violence charges. His estranged wife wants answers — and change.