A Bridgetown resident is in a critical condition in hospital and five properties are in ruins in Hester, near Bridgetown, and in Denmark, as two massive bushfires wreak havoc in Western Australia's south.

The Australian curling team has made the most of a "late reprieve", earning its first-ever win at the Winter Olympics in the wake of Tahli Gill's positive COVID-19 test.

The women's moguls competition in Beijing comes to a conclusion with the second qualifying and the finals — three Australians are left in the mix, with Jakara Anthony a chance of gold. Follow all the action in our live blog.

In his resignation letter, men's national team coach Justin Langer tells Cricket Australia he wanted to bow out with dignity and integrity rather than accept a short-term contract to continue as men's head coach.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has forgiven Barnaby Joyce for describing him as a liar last year, insisting he does not care what people say about him in text messages.

Tess Coady has gone from the depths of sporting despair to an Olympic podium in four years, harnessing the knowledge of how quickly things can go wrong to shed her inhibitions and smile her way to a bronze medal.

WA authorities report 31 new COVID cases as Perth's Corpus Christi College says its secondary school will revert to online learning for two weeks in the wake of two more infections.

A woman is taken to hospital after being attacked by a shark at Kelp Beds, east of Esperance, on WA's south coast, the scene of two fatal shark attacks in recent years.

The Northern Territory has recorded its fifth death related to COVID-19, a man in his 60s from the remote community of Kintore in Central Australia. 

International tourists could return to Australia in the coming weeks, with Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews describing the decision as imminent, pending final health advice.

Dry Beijing barely gets any snow, making this year's Winter Games the first to rely almost entirely on the man-made variety. Here's a closer look at its snow-making operation.

After returning from Antarctic voyages without a single krill to use for studying climate change, scientists had a daring idea: to flood an icebreaker and bring the krill to them.

A Sydney University economist is proposing a radical solution to dramatically improve housing affordability for first home buyers and, while other experts have doubts, they generally agree something like it might be worth a shot.

Coronavirus symptoms vary widely between people — and some may not get any at all. So, how likely is it you had the virus without knowing, and how can you find out?

Geoscience Australia reports a magnitude 3.9 earthquake off the coast of Cairns in Far North Queensland.

Kelly Slater has won for an eighth time at Pipeline, 30 years after his first victory at the famous surf break in Hawaii and just days shy of his 50th birthday.

Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street goes behind the revolutionary show that changed children's television forever by fusing education and entertainment with a guiding aspiration to reach inner-city kids and minorities.

When Joe Woods started building his home at Caves Beach in the '60s he had a clear view out to sea and only a handful of neighbours. Things have changed a bit since then.

The death of a man in his 70s is the latest COVID-linked fatality in SA. Authorities are urging anyone with symptoms to seek a PCR test, not a RAT.

The swift arrival of Omicron before an approved COVID-19 vaccine for kids under five has pushed parents to the brink. In the absence of a significant social safety net in the US, women are finding solutions: sometimes, just screaming togeth...

That feeling of malaise you might be noticing is a sign of something very particular happening in your brain.

Queen Elizabeth II offers her support to have the Duchess of Cornwall become Queen Consort in remarks made on the eve of her Platinum Jubilee.

February 6, 1952, is a date etched in the Queen's mind, when everything changed and the 25-year-old princess became monarch — and the world's most famous woman.

The Dockers taste defeat for the first time this year at the hands of the Kangaroos, while the Crows and Bulldogs enjoy their respective victories.

With one interview, televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker sent shockwaves through evangelical Christian circles. Decades on, it's still impacting queer Australians.