The Health Minister begs people to put their lives before their wages and seek medical attention if they become ill after two people died from the virus without even getting tested.

Just 75 of the new positives have been linked to existing cases, while Commonwealth data shows 40 per cent of Victorians aged over 16 are fully vaccinated.

One family company has held the monopoly on poker machine licences in Australia's poorest state for 25 years. This is how it happened. 

Anne Aly criticises her party for a plan to parachute Senator Kristina Keneally into a safe south-west Sydney seat, calling on Labor to do more than "just pay lip service" to multiculturalism.

Did you hear something snap this week? It was the sound of the last vestiges of any national policy coherence being tossed aside, writes Laura Tingle. 

The ACT has recorded 15 new cases of COVID-19, as Delta outbreak grows

Peter Dutton's comments about Chinese "aggression" spark a furious response from Beijing as the Defence Minister visits Australia's Indo-Pacific ally India.

Parts of New South Wales are celebrating after coming out of lockdown overnight.

A mine worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Adelaide after arriving on a flight from Sydney on Friday.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there will be no lockdown today but the next 24 or 48 hours will be critical for the state.

The Roosters and Titans clash in an elimination final, before the Panthers and Rabbitohs battle it out to secure a spot in the preliminary finals. Follow our ScoreCentre for all the live scores and stats.

A human rights lawyer, and families, are calling for the New South Wales government to step up measures to vaccinate prisoners, while an Indigenous elder says COVID-19 testing in jails is inadequate.

It's been two decades since a group of hijackers brought America to its knees and killed almost 3,000 people. On that day, the Whittington-Falkenbergs thought they were embarking on a trip of a lifetime to Australia.

The owner of a pub frequented by PM Scott Morrison during visits to Tasmania apologises for a "sexist" sign displayed outside his venue — but what replaced the sign in question has angered some people further.

The ATO says it will not recover $180 million in JobKeeper from businesses that made 'honest mistakes' when applying for it, as pressure mounts on the agency to name companies that profited from the program

Home prices are up almost 20 per cent over the past year, with few signs of slowing down. Investment bank UBS warns a record level of so-called liar loans may be a key reason why buyers are able to pay so much.

A group of Queensland police officers and their families is raising money to fight the QPS vaccine mandate, saying it breaches "workplace rights" and "freedoms".

Novak Djokovic is within sight of emulating Rod Laver as a calendar Grand Slam winner. Standing in his way will be Russian Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final.

The next time your phone buzzes, it could be Craig Kelly. And there is nothing that can stop him.

Scientists have high hopes for a decidedly Australian fix for an incurable disease that has crippled citrus producing regions around the world and is a growing threat here.

Sir Kenneth Olisa, who represents the Queen in Greater London, says he has discussed the issue with the royal family since George Floyd died in policy custody in the United States.

In the face of new COVID-19 variants and enduring lockdowns, Australians stranded interstate and abroad say there is no sign of when they will get home.

In the years before September 11, America — the sole world superpower — was basking in Cold War glory, but political fractures were never far from the surface, writes Stan Grant. 

Eucalyptus niten plantations cover 210,000 hectares of Tasmania but could these grey gums be worth more than just pulpwood?

Portable CO2 monitors have long been used to assess the health of workplaces, but some people are now relying on them to reduce their personal risk of catching COVID-19.