The news, analysis and blunders from day one on the federal election campaign trail, brought to you by Annabel Crabb.

Australia's peak public health committee pitches an end to close contact isolation, as the country grapples with the realities of a COVID-normal future.

A former elite soldier tells a court he felt "threatened" that if he didn't cooperate with newspapers being sued by Ben Roberts-Smith, he would instead be subpoenaed as a hostile witness.

New Zealand will send a C-130 Hercules and 58 personnel to Europe as additional support for Ukraine against Russia's invasion. Follow live.

The first full day of "official" campaigning saw a classic "gotcha" moment. But there's more to the story, writes David Taylor.

Scott Morrison says he agrees with a newly announced Liberal candidate who has been lobbying to stop transgender women from competing in women's sport.

Small "riots" break out in Shanghai as residents who have been confined in their homes for three weeks show their frustration at China's draconian "COVID-zero" policy.

Glenn Martyn appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria over the death of his former partner, Gayle Potter, in the driveway of her Traralgon home in 2018.

Here's a wrap of what to expect around the country and at popular Easter holiday destinations this long weekend.

A 20-year-old Indigenous man, who was shot at six times by a Northern Territory police officer last month, has today been charged over alleged events prior to the shooting.

The former Silverchair frontman pleads guilty to high-range drink driving after recording a blood-alcohol level of more than three times the legal limit after the crash near Newcastle last month.

Indigenous leaders are calling on the next Australian government to hold a referendum on a First Nations Voice to Parliament within two years, saying "the timing is right and it's now".

Anthony Albanese says he made a mistake after being unable to recall key economic figures while trying to spruik Labor's credentials for government. The Opposition Leader says he takes full responsibility for the mistake.

NSW Police lay new charges against William Tyrrell's foster mother who is already before the courts for the alleged assault of a child.

Russian soldiers who occupied the Chernobyl nuclear plant may only have a year to live because of the amount of radiation they will have absorbed, Ukrainian authorities say.

Ralph James Mackenzie MacIntosh today pleaded guilty to failing to comply with South Australia's emergency management rules over his night out in December last year. 

During the widely celebrated mission in East Timor, Australian soldiers detained and abused 14 men and boys in a secret interrogation facility. Years later, the detainees are still haunted.

Meet the young couple living in one of the most remote areas in Australia, where the closest shops are a 12-hour drive away, all in the name of helping save our endangered animals.

The veteran police officer is accused of dangerous driving after racing to the scene of a crash where other officers had been struck on the Hume Freeway.

SA Water has moved to assure people that a major Adelaide dam is safe, despite a report detailing concerns about cracking and its ability to hold up in an extreme flood.

For 144 years, Echuca in Victoria and Moama in New South Wales have been linked by a single bridge. After decades of campaigning, the twin towns on the Murray River finally have a second bridge.

Twitter's largest shareholder, billionaire Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, has decided not to join the company's board, the social media company's chief executive, Parag Agrawal, says.

France's incumbent leader Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen are heading for an April 24 presidential election run-off.

Imran Khan, the first Pakistani prime minister to be ousted by a no-confidence vote, claims a foreign conspiracy is behind his fall from power.

In the last 12 months, just 6 per cent of job seekers in remote Australia lasted six months in employment. But, Brenton Madariaga has been with his employer for a year.