A Sydney hospital has warned staff not to take naps during night shifts, telling junior doctors it would replace chairs with less comfortable ones to make it harder for them to rest.

As Dr Anthony Fauci prepares to leave his role as chief medical adviser at the White House, the world is in a much better place in the fight against COVID-19. But the infectious disease expert is warning against complacency and says the vir...

The former head of the Department of Human Services is asked if she cared more about people engaging with the welfare system than whether their debts had been inaccurately calculated, the Robodebt inquiry hears.

Brendan Luke Stevens was committed to stand trial for failure to provide the necessaries of life to Elizabeth Struhs in 2019.

Australia's economic growth comes in slightly below expectations, with GDP rising by 0.6 per cent in the September quarter and 5.9 per cent through the year.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data shows that there were 623,000 elective surgeries at public hospitals in 2021-22 – the lowest level since 2010-11.

A coronial inquest has been told the mother of an 11-week-old baby who died in squalor was not engaging with support services — but child protection authorities failed to act on reports about the case.

The biggest names in Australia's film and television industry gather to celebrate the 2022 AACTA Awards in Sydney. Follow live.

Veteran Australian opener David Warner has ended his bid to have his lifetime captaincy ban cut short. 

Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles meet their US counterparts in Washington, discussing the rise of China in the Pacific as well as Australia's defence "capability gap". 

The parents refused the child life-saving surgery to correct a heart disorder on the grounds any blood transfused could have come from a donor jabbed with an mRNA vaccine.

Documents submitted to the Federal Court as part of anti-money laundering proceedings contain details about casino customers allegedly linked to organised crime, human trafficking and sex slavery.

A Sydney pastor tells a court Frank Houston, the father of Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston, was still giving sermons after he was supposedly stood down after admitting to sexually abusing a child.

As China relaxes its COVID-19 restrictions to allow home quarantine, there are warnings over tight supplies as people rush to stock-up on medication.

The majority of young people being held in detention in Alice Springs will be temporarily moved to the notorious facility next year.

A NSW coastal town's Christmas tree, which went viral on social media for being 'embarrassing', has been replaced by a smaller, artificial option.

Lawyers for the former Liberal Party adviser are considering legal action over several statements and reports related to his now discontinued rape trial.

A crime scene is declared at a unit complex in Alderley, in Brisbane's northern suburbs, after human remains were discovered by members of the public.

A Tasmanian man who fell and broke his leg while walking his dog wins his worker's compensation claim, after a court ruled it happened in the course of his employment as he was on-call at the time.

The son of a Queensland MP will spend Christmas in prison after prosecutors revealed to the District Court today he would face fresh charges relating to alleged child exploitation.

Victoria Police release an image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a $10,000 jacket, which was taken out of a store down the suspect's trousers.

A man who denies he intentionally killed his partner told police he started a fire underneath her home to "get back at her" after an argument, a court has heard.

After a fierce backlash, San Francisco has put the brakes on a controversial policy which would have allowed the police to use robots for deadly force.

Research reveals the vital role saltmarsh and seagrass play in protecting Australian homes. 

The NSW Supreme Court finds the man's original sentence, which enabled him to be released on parole next week, was inadequate and did not reflect a "crime of significant domestic violence".