NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says the state is in a "strong position" despite the Omicron COVID-19 outbreak, standing by his choice to proceed with relaxing restrictions on December 15.

In the space of just four incredible overs, Scott Boland created an Ashes memory that will live on through history. This is how the debutant Victorian did it.

A brother and sister from Sydney have been reunited with their family after spending a night in rugged NSW bushland.

South Australia has broken its daily COVID-19 case count record for the third day running, with Premier Steven Marshall saying the number is "doubling every three to four days". The number of people in hospital has jumped to 36.

England have not been good enough with the ball, in the field or, most tellingly, with the bat in this Ashes series. But these are not new issues for England.

A lone gunman fatally shot four people and wounded three others in a Denver-area shooting spree that unfolded at several locations and ended with police killing the suspect, authorities say.

The Northern Territory has recorded 16 new cases of COVID-19, including nine in interstate arrivals and their close contacts, five connected to the ongoing local outbreak and two of unknown origin.

Wait times at testing sites have caused multiple incidents attended by ACT Policing, who are urging Canberrans to be patient while in the long queues as the ACT records 252 new cases of COVID-19, with three people hospitalised with the virus...

Queensland's Health Minister axes the requirement for travellers to get a PCR test on their fifth day in the state, with anyone currently lining up for the test told they can leave.

Ralph MacIntosh, the 19-year-old who allegedly kept partying at Adelaide nightclub Loverboy despite knowingly being COVID-positive, will face court charged with failing to comply with emergency rules after his arrest this morning.

WA Police appeal for information from the public after a 7-year-old girl is sexually assaulted at her home in Perth's north-east on Boxing Day night, with a window flyscreen and a pyjama top missing from the house.

Japan's defence minister Nobuo Kishi agrees to launch a military hotline with China in 2022.

Victorian fast bowler Scott Boland took 6-7 to rout England for 68 and secure Australia an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Ashes, but the tourists' batting woes stretch well beyond this Ashes series, writes Russell Jackson.

A Sydney pathology unit confirms 486 people who received premature texts advising they were negative for COVID-19 have ended up testing positive.

Both the British and French governments resist drastic restrictions ahead of New Year's Eve despite high COVID case numbers.

The Bureau of Meteorology NT has warned communities in eastern parts of the Top End to brace for heavy rain, strong winds and high tides as a low moves across the region.

Hundreds of properties across Perth remain blacked out as the temperature hits 40C for a fourth straight day, with the Energy Minister apologising for the outages and saying Western Power has fallen short.

Police and fire crews have spent the night mopping up the damage caused by a massive explosion in the Canberra suburb of Belconnen.

Australians are piling into what's known as ethical or responsible investing — and it's said to be a trillion-dollar industry. Let's take a look at how it works.

A Colorado prosecutor is making a rare bid to reduce the prison term for a truck driver who has been sentenced to 110 years behind bars for vehicular homicide, stemming from a fiery 2019 crash along a mountain highway that killed four motori...

Tara and Joven were so doubtful of the negative COVID-19 test result they received from SydPath, they waited seven hours in their car to get retested. They say not everyone would have questioned their result and more cases are inevitable. ...

The details of a protracted legal battle between the Victorian health department and workplace safety watchdog over citizens' personal contact tracing information are made public after a failed government bid to suppress the proceedings. ...

An Adelaide food delivery driver's claim that he suffered discrimination at the hands of a sushi bar, after he failed to comply with its QR code check-in requirements, has been knocked back by a South Australian tribunal.

Platypuses and echidnas have to take the cake for being the weirdest Australian animals.

The tropical north is being warned monsoonal rain and destructive winds could hit the region from early tomorrow morning.