Up to 10,000 people will be allowed at the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday, November 2, and a live music event will be held at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on October 30. Victoria has recorded 1,890 new cases and five deaths.

A Victorian truck driver was potentially infectious with COVID-19 during his stay in Western Australia between September 30 and October 3.

A teenager tests positive to COVID-19 while in hotel quarantine after being on the same plane as a flight attendant with the virus who also travelled to Newcastle, Sydney and Melbourne. 

Changes making childcare cheaper are being brought forward to March so that families can access the support earlier — a plan that will cost the government $1.7 billion over three years — but what does it all mean for your family? ...

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says Monday will be an "exciting day" as the state prepares to open up after months of being in lockdown. But he warned residents to be safe.

Australian mining billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest unveils plans to build the world's largest green energy hydrogen manufacturing facility in Central Queensland.

President Tsai Ing-wen says Taiwan will keep bolstering its defences to ensure nobody can force the island to accept the path China has laid down that offers neither freedom nor democracy.

Having wrapped up the multi-format series, Australia will not be letting up on India in the third and final T20 international. Follow live scores and stats in our ScoreCentre.

If economists don't understand inflation very well, how can they prepare us for the future?

Bulls captain Usman Khawaja is left unimpressed after the Tigers opt against making a sporting declaration in their second innings in the hope of getting a result in Adelaide.

The Melbourne Cup racing carnival will be used to trial new technology as part of Victoria's move towards its "vaccinated economy".

Scientists in Australia and the UK are trying to determine which trees can soak up the most carbon out of the atmosphere with some surprising results.

Now in Adelaide, Zahra Samar hopes to again take to the air as a pilot after fleeing the Taliban when they violently targeted the academy she was training at in Afghanistan.

The ACT has recorded 30 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19. Meanwhile, a Queanbeyan man and Murrumbateman man have died from the virus. 

Emma's mum was drawn to the idea that her life had a deeper spiritual meaning. But her search for answers led to her a community with dangerous beliefs.

As Aboriginal families in Victoria grapple with Delta and those in NSW struggle to contain the spread, experts urge caution about opening up as only 35 per cent of Indigenous people are fully vaccinated.

British boxer Tyson Fury has beaten American Deontay Wilder in a heavyweight title fight for the ages, knocking his opponent out in the 11th round of a seesawing battle royale.

As the jacaranda trees bloom in Australia, the autumn leaves fall in the US. But this culturally significant marker of the passage of time is in serious danger of disappearing. 

NSW Health says Virgin flight VA1593 departing Melbourne on October 6 for Newcastle is linked with a COVID-19 case impacting five other flights, with one passenger already infected from an Adelaide flight.

A male 37-year-old performer was killed during a set change in a performance of the opera Sadko at one of Russia's most prestigious theatres.

More than 100 athletes are competing in what's often  referred to as the "third Olympics" being held in Perth this weekend. 

Southern visitors are choosing to stay on in central Queensland's coastal twin towns Agnes Water and 1770, as housing demand and population growth reportedly boom.

The Australian Defence Force is again considering what role the Royal Navy could play in developing its next submarines, or whether it will focus on American technology, writes Andrew Greene.

Tomorrow, Sydney will take its first steps out of lockdown after 15 weeks. For many businesses, navigating new rules and policing whether customers are vaccinated is an intimidating task. The ABC speaks to three businesses all taking differe...

Why is Xi Jinping seemingly so obsessed with controlling Taiwan – at the risk of a war that could shatter all China has built, asks Stan Grant.