States and territories across Australia are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of people in hospital with COVID, but intensive care admissions are falling.

A major vegetable producer in WA says consumers must continue to pay up or start eating frozen imports as farmers struggle with overhead costs and a lack of labour.

Manly coach Des Hasler's quote that "the NRL is for everyone" should be true, but this week proves the road to reaching that mark is more complicated than we might like, writes Nick Campton.

A social media video showing a group of people being assisted to “snorkel” spirits and beer in Coober Pedy has been labelled “disgusting” by South Australia’s Aboriginal Affairs Minister. 

The mother of three children who were found dead after a house fire in Port Hedland in WA's Pilbara region makes a brief appearance in court accused of their murder, but is not required to enter a plea.

The head of Australia's bank regulator will end his term almost two years early, announcing he will step down from his role at the end of October.

Long queues, flight cancellations and baggage delays at major Australian airports could worsen, with "chronically overworked" ground crew threatening strike action over pay and working conditions. 

The threat of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak is dominating the headlines, but it's not the only risk the nation faces — and some of the others are already here.

An MP says current foot-and-mouth control methods are simply not good enough as stories emerge of travellers cruising through customs, even after declaring things, and not having bags checked.

The sale of accused fraudster Melissa Caddick's Sydney property "should proceed posthaste" a judge has said, as a possible court battle brews between her parents and out-of-pocket investors.

When Donald Trump addressed the nation the day after the Capitol riots, he was reading from a script covered in edits. The January 6 committee have now revealed the words he refused to say.

Gold Coast coach Justin Holbrook says sacked forward Kevin Proctor let the Titans down, but dismisses suggestions the club has a poor off-field culture.

The naked body of 25-year-old Simone Monika Strobel was discovered concealed under palm fronds on a bocce court five days after she was reported missing in February 2005. 

A baseball card from 1952 featuring New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle is tipped to break a sports memorabilia auction record.

A 35-year-old doctor who posed as an Uber driver has been spared jail time for two counts of sexually touching without consent.

The Manly Sea Eagles coach apologises over the club's handling of the inclusion of rainbow colours on the club jersey, saying it was a "significant mistake".

An online petition demanding to "make Instagram Instagram again" has received tens of thousands of signatures, as users voice their frustration with changes made to the social media app.

Tens of thousands of people from eastern Ukraine return to their rural or industrial communities close to the front line at considerable risk because they can't afford to live in safer places.

Dozens of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) send an open letter to Elon Musk, urging him to not invest in Indonesia's nickel industry on environmental concerns.

The ABC understands the girl had a number of tests carried out at the hospital before a decision was made to transport her to Sydney for treatment, but she died before this could occur.

The family of 31-year-old prisoner Bernard Hector, who died at Darwin's prison last year, are disappointed his inquest may not happen until next year.

The US trade job saga continues as documents released to the NSW parliament cast doubt over previous statements given by Premier Dominic Perrottet and Trade Minister Stuart Ayres.

Bridget Archer, who rebelled against the former government on key pieces of legislation, says she is prepared to do so again in support of enshrining a 43 per cent emissions reduction target into law.

ASIC is investigating whether a third lending model set up by "predatory" payday lender Cigno is legal, while the company takes its fight to be exempt from credit laws to the High Court. 

David Trimble, the former Northern Ireland leader who steered the region's Protestant majority into a historic peace deal with their Catholic rivals that earned him a Nobel Peace Prize, dies at age 77.