Just one month after delaying WA's border opening, Premier Mark McGowan has set a new date for when the state will finally reconnect with the rest of the world while announcing new restrictions to limit the spread of Omicron. 

The NSW Police Force has launched an internal investigation into the ABC's revelations about the horseracing interests of former commissioner Mick Fuller and senior officers.

Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rain swirl across south-east Queensland, with more predicted on Saturday, particularly from the late morning into the afternoon.

Russia is accused of staging "false flag" attacks — including the shelling of a kindergarten — as a pretext for invading Ukraine. So what is a "false flag" operation and who else has used them in the past?

A Victorian woman has been sentenced to more than six years in prison after being found guilty of torturing one victim and tormenting three others. WARNING: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence.

An elite soldier who has told a Sydney court decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith bullied him for years, denies blaming others to avoid confronting his own failings. 

Families like Sharni Attenborough's are among the hardest hit by Victoria's rental crisis. So do they even have a chance of finding a home?

Ralph "Terry" Gibbs is handed a suspended jail term for taking his dementia-suffering partner from a Mandurah nursing home and trying to drive her across the country in heatwave conditions.

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne still doesn't know whether he will face a third trial over an alleged sexual assault in 2018, with the Crown asking for more time to decide whether to pursue the matter.

A young driver will be spared jail over a crash that killed her teenage friend last year, as a court hears heartfelt statements from family and the other driver involved.

Mayor Matt Paterson had an unexpected meeting with the PM after Scott Morrison told ABC Radio earlier in the day he had no time to discuss crime concerns during his brief visit to the centre.

The Prime Minister labelled Labor's deputy leader "a Manchurian candidate" in his attempt to paint the opposition as being soft on China. But what does it mean, and why is it drawing such widespread criticism?

As many as 3,965 vehicles were reportedly on board of the ship which was travelling to the US, including more than 1,000 Porches. 

The NT government has quietly lifted a ban preventing people who have not received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine from entering the Northern Territory.

The IOC president says it was "chilling" to see the "tremendous coldness" between Russian skater Kamila Valieva and her entourage after her error-strewn performance in Beijing.

The lingering volcanic plume from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption has rekindled spectacular sunsets this week. 

The T20 series between Australia and Sri Lanka moves to Melbourne for the fourth of five matches. Check out the live scores and stats in our ScoreCentre.

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has been told that claims to access help have exceeded the department's "capacity to process them".

Office towers, malls and footpaths that are usually bustling with office workers are unusually quiet as a shadow lockdown hits the Perth CBD, with businesses bracing for an onslaught of COVID cases.

Queensland's Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces an independent review into culture and accountability in the state government.

Ralph MacIntosh, 19, was charged late last year with failing to comply with South Australia's emergency management rules.

Indonesia's Tourism Ministry is cracking down on hotel quarantine scams allegedly perpetrated by organised groups, dubbed "quarantine mafia", against foreign tourists. The country's hotels association denies the accusations.

American magazine Vanity Fair is the subject of fierce debate online after revealing a cover shoot featuring a Nicole Kidman many say looks '"obviously distorted".

The shark which fatally mauled Simon Nellist off a Sydney beach this week might never be tracked down, such is their scarcity around the Harbour City, a marine scientist says. 

Waves whipped up by severe storms have crashed through the windows of a commuter ferry in Germany, with the incident caught on camera.