Queensland researchers have made the breakthrough after a genome study of thousands of severe COVID-19 cases, and have also identified a potential treatment.

Acacia Ridge has long been the nominated northern terminus of the 1700-kilometre Inland Rail project. The public utterances of rail bosses and bureaucrats suggest that could be about to change.

And a Tarantino spiel that isn’t wide of the mark.

The Reserve Bank governor says he’s sorry we listened to him and took his advice. We’d prefer to listen to his resignation speech.

After a brief sunny reprieve, the heavens are once again set to open as severe thunderstorms are forecast for a large swathe of the east coast.

Grieving parents hope drivers will learn from their son's death in a car crash.

Victoria’s public sector financial watchdog is investigating whether bias influenced the state government’s investment in a firm that collapsed after 16 months and burnt $20 million of public money.

When a Melbourne funeral home allegedly refused to open Helen Moraitis’s casket on the day of her funeral, her mother was suspicious.

The Lake Macquarie local's life was tragically cut short last Friday, after she was killed in a workplace accident at Jesmond Woolworths.

Two Adelaide schools have been ordered to mask up once again as COVID-19 cases surge.

With a month until Christmas, time is running out to plan festive feasts, with some favourites already in short supply.

A policeman is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in the Surf Coast town while conducting a welfare check.

A police officer has sustained significant injuries after he was allegedly stabbed while responding to an incident.

Weekend rain was already causing several dams to spill when a peak hour storm swept over south-east Queensland on Monday.

The inquest into the disappearance of Sydney conwoman, Melissa Caddick, is entering its final days.

A Victorian psychologist who tried to steal millions of dollars from her dead partner's family by forging a fake will has been jailed.

The jostling has begun for the Liberal Party's top job, with Opposition Leader Matthew Guy stepping down from the position following his defeat.

Philip Lowe, Reserve Bank CEO, has offered an apology to Australians who took out home loans based on the guidance that interest rates were unlikely to rise until 2024.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of reality TV star and crocodile wrangler Matt Wright, relating to a helicopter crash in February that killed co-star Chris Wilson in the Northern Territory.

A man has been stabbed in a suspected road rage attack in Sydney's south-west.