Victoria records 473 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as the state government launches a compliance and vaccination crackdown for the construction industry.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian warns there will be different rules for vaccinated and unvaccinated people once NSW opens up as the state records 1,257 new COVID-19 cases.

It has emerged that the New South Wales government waited to lock down all of Sydney until two days after health authorities discovered they had not contained a superspreader event blamed for the Delta outbreak in the city's south-west. ...

The founder of Fitzroy Community School defends the decision not to enforce remote learning requirements as a coronavirus outbreak linked to the campus grows.

Not much has changed since the cruel treatment of abuse victims in the Jehovah's Witnesses was exposed. Now, former members are fighting back.

Two migrant workers "vulnerable and dependent upon the goodwill of their employer" claim they were forced to work 10:00am-10:00pm six days a week, and repay the cost of a visa.

The wife of a man who died after plunging from a zip-line in Far North Queensland launches a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against those she holds responsible.

A doctor says Royal Melbourne Hospital staff are seeing more and more young people getting "really sick" from the virus and are bracing for higher numbers of patients than they saw during the height of the crisis last year.

Aboriginal elders in Wilcannia say they warned authorities a year ago that overcrowding in the small NSW town would be disastrous if COVID-19 ever hit the community, an inquiry hears.

The South Australian government has announced year 11 and 12 students will able to get the Pfizer vaccine at state-run clinics without making an appointment for the rest of the month. And those over 60 can also book a Pfizer appointment. ...

Despite being one of the world's most vaccinated countries, Singapore is being forced to reimpose restrictions and delay opening up due to a surge in infections. So what does that mean for Australia's four-step opening plan, based on 80 per ...

Sydney GP Jamal Rifi has sacrificed his front yard and his retirement to try to protect his community from COVID-19. Now he’s braving the Delta outbreak to home-vaccinate people in multicultural pockets of south-west Sydney.

From the start Dylan Alcott was hard to ignore — but after two Paralympic careers, a string of major titles and now a Golden Slam, the Greatest Showman has transformed wheelchair tennis, writes Andrew McGarry.

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton praises the halo device for saving his life following a crash with rival Max Verstappen during the Italian Grand Prix, which was won by McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo.

You're never too old to learn how to use social media — meet the 'grandfluencers' showing aging can be fun.

Novak Djokovic's quest for a calendar Grand Slam has ended, for now, but Djokovic's greatness — although it might be begrudgingly offered — cannot be denied, writes Simon Smale.

A burst water main sends a "river of water" gushing down a major Adelaide road, creating a sinkhole and causing major traffic delays.

The NRL has rescheduled Melbourne's preliminary final on Saturday week to a twilight match to avoid a clash with the AFL grand final.

Melbourne midfielder Alex Neal-Bullen says a lack of football will not hurt the Demons in Saturday week's AFL grand final at Perth Stadium, as 12,000 tickets made available for the club's members sell out.

The rare footage shows the whales creating bubble nets to capture their prey as they continue their journey to Antarctica.

Months after hundreds of people died in the Hunan floods, Shanghai is bracing for the impact of Typhoon Chanthu, which earlier soaked Taiwan.

Australia Test captain Tim Paine requires surgery to repair a bulging disk in his neck, delaying his start to the season and starting a race to prove his fitness for the first Ashes Test.

The fall of Kabul and the damage wrought by Delta have been occupying the world's focus, but in the waters to Australia's north, foreign navies have been gathering.

In the latest crisis to beset the royal family, the first steps are about to begin in a US lawsuit brought against Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, accusing him of sexual abuse.

After six years of precarious, casual work, a tutor risks her job to speak out about insecure work in universities.