National cabinet will decide on Friday whether to apply more stringent requirements to international arrivals, particularly those coming from the UK where a more infectious strain of the virus is rampant.

Passengers from Brisbane arriving after Friday will be forced into hotel quarantine, but travellers arriving at Tullamarine from Brisbane on Friday were still in the dark

Cedar Meats, the site of Victoria's first major COVID-19 outbreak, could be sold off amid claims the company walked away from an $11.3 million loan.

A family of four have become Australia’s first COVID-19 cases carrying a highly contagious mutation from South Africa as Brisbane begins a three-day lockdown.

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A spokesman said Mr Albanese was "heavily shaken but he is okay" after the incident in Marrickville on Friday.

Police will allege Luke Lythgoe, 33, posed as a potential buyer before taking the car for a test drive and failing to return it.

People in the NSW Central West town have felt more than their fair share of pain.

The deaths of Sheldon and Shane Shorey have put the spotlight on a town that has faced a long line of heart-rending tragedies.

The emergence of a more contagious variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 underlines a need to maintain strong border defences, experts say.

Residents can go home but are being told to watch the skies for smoke as firefighters may be only halfway through fighting the fire that has raged six days.

With Brisbane in lockdown and Sydney also still a 'hotspot', states and territories have been reviewing border arrangements. Here is the current state of play.

Airlines have been flooded with queries after Victorian health officials said recent arrivals from Brisbane should get tested and isolate at home until Monday.

Michaels Camera store in Melbourne's CBD is closing its doors for the last time on Friday evening due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Despite the coronavirus pandemic disrupting their preparations, International Baccalaureate students achieved results in line with previous years.

West Australians have been asked by the premier not to leave the state unless it is 'absolutely necessary'.

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Western Australia will shut its borders to Queensland from midnight on Friday after a Brisbane quarantine hotel cleaner tested positive for the more contagious UK strain of COVID-19.

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Daniel Andrews has successfully lobbied other jurisdictions at today's national cabinet meeting to adopt Victoria's rigorous testing procedures and masks will be made mandatory on all international and domestic flights.

Two men who shot and rammed police vehicles, forcing officers to bunker down in a fast-food outlet, have had their cases sent to a higher court after a magistrate deemed their offending too serious to handle.

Supermarkets inundated minutes after Chief Health Officer advised there was no need to panic buy ahead of Greater Brisbane's three-day lockdown,

NSW has recorded four new cases of locally acquired COVID-19 in the most recent 24 hours.

Almost 2.4 million Greater Brisbane residents will go into lockdown for three days after a cleaner working at a quarantine hotel tested positive for the UK strain.

DFES' Greg Muir says firefighters are entering the worst fire weather in recent days and can't risk sending people home.

The move is in response to to the "incredibly infectious" strain of UK coronavirus discovered this week in a female hotel quarantine cleaner.

Like running a sprinkler in the height of a summer’s day, better resourcing fire services will be a tireless task made all the more dangerous with the growing global climate crisis.

Gingin Volunteer Fire and Rescue captain Nikki Woods was deployed to Dingo Road on Monday night when flames rose above treetops in "the most hectic" spectacle the veteran has ever seen.

It was also among the 10 warmest years on record for average maximum and minimum temperatures recorded during 2020.

The number of people arriving in Australia with the COVID-19 continues to increase in line with infection rates abroad. See where the cases are coming from.

The Prime Minister provided the President and his administration with valuable international credibility.

With riots in Washington portraying a sad day for democracy we should be grateful for the manner in which our election processes work here in Australia.

It has no supermarkets, no roads and is a ferry trip away from the rest of the world. When the lockdown came, the villagers of Coasters Retreat revelled in their safety.

The high price of marriage breakdown has led to litigation funders - usually associated with class actions - moving into family law to pay fees upfront in exchange for a percentage of the settlement.

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One of the viruses that escaped hotel quarantine mid-2020 during Victoria’s second wave was a mutant precursor of Britain's new viral variant.

Sleeping in the car is looming as the only option for stranded Victorians who have spent thousands on emergency accommodation in NSW on top of rent for homes they can't get to.

We must not become complacent about testing for COVID-19. It is the most effective way of potentially stopping its spread.

Auslan appreciation one of the only good parts of 2020.

Scott Morrison has called a national cabinet meeting for Friday to discuss whether to tighten precautions on international arrivals in response to fears that travellers from the UK will spread a more infectious mutant coronavirus strain.

Genomic testing has confirmed a casual cleaner at a Brisbane hotel quarantine site to be infected with the more contagious strain, as authorities rush to trace her movements across the city.

There was plenty of emotion in the audience when musician Dan Warner stepped onto the stage at the Lomond Hotel after a nine-month hiatus, but the pub's live-music resurrection has hit a hurdle.

Families locked out of Victoria by the state's sudden border closure have told of continued confused messaging and incorrect advice from the government as they desperately try to return home from NSW.

The Department of Health has confirmed the woman in her 80s, who had returned from the United Kingdom on January 2, has the new strain of the virus.

NSW Police have handed out a dozen fines in two days to people across Sydney’s suburbs for failing to wear face masks on the city’s public transport network and in shopping centres.

The pair discovered the body of the 28-year-old Toowoomba man in Preston, about 10 kilometres southwest of the city, just before 9am on Thursday.

Mr Mehajer faced Parramatta Local Court on Thursday, where his lawyer said he has "no control over what his sister's texting".

The 24-year-old Spring Hill man, who was employed at the Capalaba massage practice, allegedly touched a 21-year-old woman 'inappropriately' during a session.