Facebook's head of policy in the Asia-Pacific argues it was the government's proposed law — and not a failure to test their algorithm — that pushed them to "inadvertently" block emergency services pages during bushfi...

Fake news is spreading while Facebook blocks trusted news sites, leading to concerns of a spike in vaccine scare stories on the eve of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Around 240 aged care facilities across the country will be some of the first places to have the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine rolled out, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says.

The eight-time champion is heavily favoured to reach another tournament decider at Melbourne Park, but he needs to get past the plucky Russian qualifier to do so. Follow the live score.

Facebook has restricted access to news in Australia. The tech giant says news makes up less than 4 per cent of people's feeds, but you may notice a difference today. Let's unpack what the changes mean for you. ...

Facebook's decision to block access to health and emergency services pages will damage its reputation, according to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

Police continue to respond to a siege at a Sunnybank property on Brisbane's southside where specialist officers are negotiating with an armed man and other occupants inside a house.

I'm just another woman with a family violence story. Telling it will not change the fact more women will be murdered in Australia in 2021, but as the momentum to criminalise coercive control grows, it's time to add my vo...

Facebook's news ban is being rolled out across Australia, and so far the tech giant is taking a pretty broad definition of "news". Here are some of the other pages that appear to have been caught up in the stoush between...

After going down to Naomi Osaka in the semi-finals, a tearful Serena Williams ends her media conference amid questions about whether she may be farewelling the Australian Open.

The Pfizer vaccine rolls out to high risk people in Australia from next week. And many of these frontline workers will be women. Here's what we know so far.

Australian swimmer Shayna Jack makes an emotional public plea for help as she prepares to once again fight to clear her name of doping allegations, saying she's "heartbroken" every day.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews writes to the Prime Minister to confirm international flights into the state are on hold indefinitely as Melbourne council calls off Moomba.

RSPCA members are seeking donations to help clean the bird, which was initially thought to be a black swan, while the cause of its sudden colour change remains unclear.

Former sports star and government minister Seiko Hashimoto will take over planning the Tokyo Olympics after her boss was forced to resign for claiming that female board members talk too much.

The Australian art community mourns the loss of painter Jason Benjamin, found dead in the Murrumbidgee River in western NSW.

A WA tour guide accused of raping six women told one of the alleged victims that a man who was harassing her would leave her alone if she had sex with him, a jury has heard.

Former judges and legal support services express their dismay at the "devastating" passage of legislation that will see the Family Court combined with the Federal Circuit Court.

Mark McGowan accuses Facebook of "behaving like a North Korean dictator" over its nationwide ban on news content as the WA Opposition Leader's page is wiped clean for 12 hours just weeks out from an election. ...

World number two Rafael Nadal says tennis players "need to think a little bigger" when it comes to their attitudes about hotel quarantine.

There are plans to permanently close Wollumbin (Mount Warning) National Park, famous for being the first spot on the Australian mainland to see the sun each day.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, long seen as a homogeneous redoubt of elderly men, now wants more women at its key meetings — provided they don't do the talking.

Indigenous health and media groups fear the shutdown of community pages may have a "devastating" impact on regional communities during the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.

A teenager who breached WA's strict quarantine laws last year and then did exactly the same thing four months later, after returning to Perth by falsely claiming she was going to a funeral, is sentenced to six months jai...

Former Collingwood footballer Shae McNamara uses a barrage of tweets to single out teammates and coaching staff failing to speak up over the treatment of Héritier Lumumba while he was playing AFL. ...

US authorities fear that about 6,000 frontline health workers have been using knockoff face masks that "have no utility whatsoever", according to Homeland Security, potentially exposing them to the coronavirus. ...

A three-year-old cat has had his leg amputated after his owner found him bleeding heavily from a suspected gunshot wound in Canberra's south.

When Francesca and her family all got COVID during Melbourne's second wave, she was worried about her children. But as the days went on, she started monitoring the family's health for a different reason. ...