Residents in Geraldton's north have been told to act immediately to survive as a bushfire inches closes to lives and homes in Wonthella. 

A fire raging in Perth's north is merely kilometres from homes at Ocean Farms Estate, despite the efforts of more than 200 firefighters to bring the blaze under control over the past four days.

NSW recorded no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Monday, but two cases were logged after the recording period closed and will be included in Tuesday's numbers.

Lack of national energy policy risks disruption to the power grid and higher electricity prices, industry experts and customer representatives say.

The museum was due to close forever on New Year's Eve but a 10,000-signature petition has led to a trial reopening to test its viability.

The developers want more time to start the Albert Street tower after its basement edged into the Cross River Rail tunnel's territory.

Travellers are going bush to avoid NSW border issues, but the trend has prompted warnings from seasoned locals.

The Health Department exposure site list has changed rapidly over the past few days, with new sites added and then sometimes removed – sometimes erroneously. Dates, exposure times, and in some cases venue names have been changed up to five times qu...

Some have already taken the long way round - via the Birdsville Track - but Victorians will be allowed to drive home through NSW, provided they don't dawdle

The ATP Cup reignited Australia's love affair with the controversial superstar last year but he won't line up in the green and gold this summer.

Shane Mattiske has been appointed the executive chairman of the Newcastle Jets, a club he says has all the right fundamentals in place to be a success.

People have been urged to come forward for testing at Broken Hill and Orange as western Sydney's Berala cluster continues to grow.

Two days out from the SCG Test, Will Pucovski and Dave Warner faced up to Australia's feisty quicks, while one batsman copped a nasty knock on the hand.

The last review was conducted before the invention of Facebook, Twitter and smart phones.

Health authorities vow, from now on, to be "upfront" if official warnings send people "down the wrong rabbit hole".

Victorians with dead or dying relatives have found themselves trapped in NSW and ignored by health authorities.

The PM's office says he won't talk to either Donald Trump Joe Biden, but that is a mistake.

NSW Police said two children died, while two other children and an adult were injured and being treated by paramedics.

The government has warned travellers to not get excited about overseas travel despite Qantas putting international tickets on sale, saying that there's no guarantee they will be able fly.

Airline crews in quarantine in Melbourne have returned positive coronavirus tests at nearly twice the rate of others in quarantine.

Dr Anthony Fauci says the US' slow vaccine rollout cannot be blamed on mistrust: "getting it going into the people who want it is really the issue".

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 43 points and Milwaukee defeated Detroit 125-115 on Monday night to move above the .500 mark for the first time this season.

Josh Frydenberg says the federal and state governments have provided "significant" support and councils have the ability to help local businesses.

A teenage boy is in a critical condition after being run over by a car in Kellyville on Monday night.

The Australian gas giant has given the go-ahead to a $300 million drilling project in the Timor Sea, marking its first new investment decision since last year's price crash.

Sydney mostly dodged a second day of storms, with the worst of the instability buffeting regions to the city's south and areas further up the coast.

The Dragons have boasted a team bursting with stars but Jack de Belin's trial and Paul McGregor's sacking have anchored the Red V to the wrong end of the table.

Cyclists will be diverted along a temporary cycleway through Millers Point for two years, drawing the ire of residents who say there is a better solution.

A cryptocurrency founder charged with trafficking cocaine, ice and other drugs has had his bail adjusted so he can go to his brother's wedding and oversee his chain of souvlaki stores.

The Australian Grand Prix, cancelled at the last minute last year as the threat of coronavirus hit Australia, is again in serious doubt to launch the Formula One season in March.

After a quarter of a century of living out of a suitcase, the Australia coach doesn't see the fuss about a few extra nights locked up in the team hotel.

Last year was full of anxiety for most, but Sydney artist Tina Havelock Stevens found a unique way to cope.

The annual festival starts Wednesday, after losing its sold-out opening attraction to the pandemic.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

The kingdom is seeking to grant the Trump administration a final diplomatic win, curry favour with the Biden administration and isolate its enemy Iran.

We know we should be sun smart but what does that mean these days? What actually happens when the sun hits your skin? And is sun damage reversible?

Batting brute Rohit Sharma is set to return to the Indian line-up for the third Test but just who will make way for him remains a point of debate.

With his presidential inauguration just weeks away, Joe Biden is confronting an economic crisis that is utterly unparalleled and yet eerily familiar.

The White Tiger – an adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s 2008 Man Booker winner – is a mordant satire.

How could one of Australia’s most quirky internationally successful movies be transformed into a one-man piece of live theatre?

The judgment must concern anyone who believes in the oversight role journalists play in a democracy.

After fierce debate and major changes to cut the size of government, we've lost control of the reform caravan.

Australia will not be appealing to Donald Trump to pardon the WikiLeaks founder following a British court's decision to reject a US extradition bid.

"I hope that our great Vice-President comes through for us ... Of course, if he doesn’t come through, I won’t like him quite as much."

Foreign Minister Marise Payne says the embassy asked for assurances that notorious extremist Abu Bakar Bashir would not be a future threat.

I’d fallen for the classic taboo around the word: the “Nigel No-mates” pejorative. Then I heard a new definition which reshaped my understanding of loneliness completely.

The first police officer dived into the water five minutes after the emergency call and nearby surf lifesavers raced to the scene on jet skis.

Jordon Mutch played under coach Carl Robinson at Vancouver Whitecaps and described the Welshman as "the best manager I’ve worked under."

Son of Agung meld many musical genres into hip-hop and are unlike anything this city has heard.

Victoria’s testing chief has apologised for mistakes and corrections that have cropped up on the official list of Victoria’s coronavirus exposure sites.