Christian Porter has resigned from Scott Morrison's ministry after revealing he had accepted an anonymous donation to help cover his personal legal fees.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison admits he tried calling the French President just hours before announcing he was tearing up a $90 billion submarine contract "to put Australia's national interest first".

Melbourne will be in lockdown until late October and greater freedoms will be granted to fully vaccinated Victorians once 80 per cent of the eligible population is double dosed, the state's roadmap reveals.

In five stages, the Victorian government's roadmap outlines how restrictions are set to be eased in Melbourne as the state moves past key vaccination thresholds. Here's what's changing between now and Christmas.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces an easing of restrictions for Sydney's COVID hotspots from tomorrow after the state recorded 1,083 new COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths.

One of the tightest Brownlow medal counts in many years is about to get underway in Perth, as AFL stars and their partners arrive in style. Follow all the action in our live blog.

In an unremarkable home, unlikely housemates share the same fear — 'Maybe the Taliban will find us'. 

Twenty years ago, Australia appeared set to be a global player in the solar panel manufacturing industry. Today, with panels in high demand, we hardly make any of them. Here's how we lost our head start.

Cricket Australia and the AFL acknowledge evidence from an 1895 newspaper interview with Tom Wills suggesting the cricket and Australian rules icon may have taken part in the mass murder of Aboriginal people, and vows to consult with Indige...

Victoria's police union says it's concerned its members are bearing the brunt of community frustration with lockdown, after officers suffered broken bones and facial injuries during violent anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne on Saturday. ...

NT Deputy Police Commissioner Murray Smalpage apologises after accidentally live-streaming a video on social media in which he jokingly refers to the collective noun of officers as "a murder".

The Delta variant knocked this Brisbane family around when they were caught in the Indooroopilly coronavirus cluster. This is how they got through it.

Firefighters extinguish a blaze inside a minivan after it crashed into an accountancy firm at Park Holme while carrying a tandoori oven with coals inside to an Indian restaurant.

The first ever civilian-only space flight to orbit earth on board the Space-X mission have splashed down successfully in the Atlantic ocean.

China is a great power and demands to be treated as such. It is clearly not a democracy but that doesn't mean its rise is not legitimate, writes Stan Grant. 

Despite recording another 17 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman says the ACT is seeing fewer transmissions at public exposure sites.

There are no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases recorded in Queensland as people turn out in large numbers to get vaccinated at walk-in hubs.

When I was recovering from a devastating sexual assault, my cat helped me to feel things again. He helped me feel things that were stronger than my urge to die, writes Lucia Osborne-Crowley.

The peak body of immunologists and allergists last year urged the government to stock up on Tocilizumab, marketed as Actemra. Now arthritis sufferers are struggling to access the drug because it is being used to treat COVID.

Malaysia joins criticism of Australia's plan to build nuclear-powered submarines, warning it could spark a renewed arms race in the region, while the diplomatic crisis with France sparked by the decision continues to escalate.

When we closed our borders, and pumped the economy with stimulus, the economic recovery was swifter than expected, writes Gareth Hutchens. 

Some Afghan girls return to primary schools with gender-segregated classes, but older girls face an anxious wait with no clarity over if and when they will resume their studies at the secondary school level.

Jan Cooper was told she couldn't play football because she was a girl. But she has helped transform the AFLW from a dream to reality.

Rolling Stone's latest list of the "500 greatest songs of all time" reflects more than ever the work of women and people of colour with the top three all by African American artists singing songs of respect, revolution and rights.

Lens secures its first Ligue 1 northern derby win over Lille in 15 years in a clash marred by the second major incident of crowd unrest in French football this season.