Police shoot what appear to be rubber bullets, clearing those gathered at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance to protest against the lockdown and mandatory vaccines.

Dan Tehan flags the international border will "hopefully" reopen by Christmas, saying by then states should have home quarantine arrangements set up for returning Australians.

Buildings have been damaged but there are no reported serious injuries after a magnitude-5.9 earthquake and three smaller quakes occurred near Mansfield in Victoria's north-east this morning.

A truck driver who spent 48 hours in WA tests positive for COVID-19, the WA Health Minister says, but no restrictions are being enforced at this stage.

No changes to WA's border are being considered in the wake of a truck driver testing positive to COVID-19 after visiting the state, says Police Commissioner Chris Dawson. Follow live.

Joe Biden says he is not seeking to start a new Cold War; Scott Morrison says we can avoid a new Cold War. But Cold War language of the status quo or revisionism doesn't explain the complexities of this historical moment, writes Stan Grant.Â...

The Lismore and Albury LGAs are among five that will come out of lockdown this week, while the NSW government announces a trial of "vaccine passports" in the state's regions which will start next month.

Far right nationalists, anti-vaxxers, libertarians and conspiracy theorists have come together over COVID, and capitalised on the anger and uncertainty simmering in some sections of the community, writes Josh Roose.

Australia is only rocked by damaging earthquakes like today's about twice a year. Here's how.

The Duke of York is accused of historical sex crimes, allegedly committed at the residences of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

The comments draw condemnation from people including former Nationals leader Michael McCormack, who says the Queensland MP needs to be "brought into line".

Locked-down mayors in northern NSW want the film industry called to account as a crew member is charged after allegedly visiting venues and failing to use QR codes.

South Australian authorities say they are concerned about a COVID-positive truck driver who passed through the state twice, stopping at several locations including petrol stations, while making a return trip from New South Wales to Western A...

Authorities said some of the infected people's failure to isolate "100 per cent" was a contributing factor to stay-at-home orders being imposed.

A teenage boy accused of assaulting Perth soccer player Danny Hodgson, who is fighting for his life in hospital, is facing more than 20 charges.

A magnitude-5.9 earthquake in Victoria's south-east has rocked residents across Victoria, Canberra and parts of New South Wales. 

About 20 workers at two gold mine sites near the epicentre of Victoria's magnitude-5.9 earthquake were underground at the time the quake struck, but have safely returned to the surface, two mining companies say.

Clive Palmer's company Waratah Coal is quietly seeking approval from Barcaldine Regional Council for a new coal-fired power station in Central Queensland.

The financial woes of a developer half a world away wouldn't seem to have much direct impact on Australians' daily lives, but Evergrande's looming default is already sending shock waves Down Under and around the world of finance, writes Dav...

A Corruption and Crime Commission report tabled in WA Parliament accuses former Shire of Ravensthorpe chief executive Gavin Pollock of creating false invoices to pay the sex worker over a 12-month period. 

Under alert level 4 in Auckland's lockdown, restaurants and food delivery services were closed – but that didn't stop these two men from getting their KFC.

The residents of Fowlers Bay in South Australia are grappling with Mother Nature in an effort to save their cherished town from being engulfed by creeping sand dunes.

Fire and sleet on a wild day of weather that saw Queensland record its coldest September day in half a decade.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the state has recorded one new local case in the past 24 hours.

The ACT records 17 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19. At least 11 of the new cases spent some time in the community while infectious.