The Tasmanian Greens leader says a Liberal staffer now employed by the federal government called her a "meth-head c***" when he was working for the then-premier Will Hodgman.

Australians over the age of 70 will become eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccination from Monday but plenty are struggling to actually book an appointment, with some GP clinics saying they did not know they were part of the rollout.

From next week, GP clinics across Australia will offer the COVID-19 vaccine to Australians aged over 70 and some critical and high-risk workers — but how will it all work?

Police say they are alarmed by a growing "phenomenon" of young people getting radicalised online, after arresting two men and a 16-year-old boy in a counter-terrorism investigation in Melbourne's north.

James Davis's five partners, including one who is pregnant, supported him in a NSW court today where his lawyer argued that he could be "years away from trial".

Australia's domestic spy agency will avoid referring to "Islamic extremism", instead changing its language to refer to "religiously" or "ideologically" motivated violent extremism.

Henry Hammond, who used a tree branch to beat Ms Herron to death in a Melbourne park, is ordered to spend 25 years in a secure psychiatric hospital — an outcome Ms Herron's father says fails to deliver justice.

Police say the majority of the victims are women of Asian descent, but have not yet given a motive for the shootings. Asian Americans across the US have faced increased attacks during the pandemic.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced Australia will share 8,000 vaccine doses with Papua New Guinea, but experts warn the country is already on the precipice of a COVID-19 catastrophe.

Australia will send 8,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine supply to Papua New Guinea, in response to a worsening outbreak of the virus in the country.

Labor frontbencher Penny Wong says retiring Liberal MP Nicolle Flint is being "unfair" in criticising how Labor handled reports of harassment against her during the last election.

Some islands in the Torres Strait are just a short dinghy trip from Papua New Guinea, and the community on the Australian side of the border is ramping up efforts to protect people from the possibility of coronavirus crossing over.

JobKeeper is ending in less than a fortnight, but thousands of businesses and their staff are still relying on it. These are the hotspots, and people who work there, that will be hit hardest when the subsidy winds up.

Patricia Byers wants South Australia's Supreme Court to overturn a Parole Board decision to refuse her latest application for release.

Energy authorities in SA use new solar switch-off powers for the first time, remotely cutting output from thousands of rooftop units during "near-record minimum demand" to maintain the stability of the grid.

Queensland police arrest the man at the centre of yesterday's six-hour emergency declaration in Ormeau, on the Gold Coast.

The federal government has announced it will pour millions of dollars into clinical trials testing whether psychedelics such as magic mushrooms and MDMA can help treat debilitating mental illnesses. Here's what we know.

The Tasmanian government announces it will provide free pads and tampons for students, a move prompted by a letter written by a 14-year-old high school student.

If you are ever unfortunate enough to be confronted by a home intruder, the line between a reasonable reaction and an excessive one can be the difference between acquittal and a jail sentence.

Bree is proud of her daughter. She just wants to see the world catch up and understand what ADHD really is, and make sure parents like her have the resources to support their own kids.

Refugee advocates say six asylum seekers in PNG have tested positive to coronavirus in the past two weeks as the local health system threatens to buckle under the weight of a spiralling outbreak.

The director and former employees of an online foreign currency trader are handed lengthy bans by Australian authorities for their involvement in a culture former employees liken to something out of The Wolf of Wall Street.

A new report reveals Australia's small businesses, many of which are run by migrants, are critical to rebuilding the broader economy as well as their local communities.

US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warns of a "scorched earth" landscape if Democrats use their new majority to bring an end to the Senate filibuster.

Premier Mark McGowan unveils his new-look Cabinet following a massive caucus meeting that required the WA Labor Party to find a bigger room.