A Strathpine man who tested positive to coronavirus held a party for 25 people at his home after being told to isolate while he waited for his test results.

Scott Morrison directs controversial Liberal backbencher Andrew Laming to complete an awareness course after he appeared to downplay his apology for bad behaviour towards two women. 

State health departments and hopeful travellers are eagerly watching coronavirus case numbers and exposure sites ahead of the Easter holidays.

One man is dead, two are in hospital and the whereabouts of the suspected shooters is still unknown after the incident on the Princes Highway in Geelong.

Emergency services and volunteers are looking for a person missing in waters off South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.

All travellers arriving in Western Australia from Queensland must be tested for COVID-19 and self-quarantine for 14 days or until they return a negative test, the state government announces. 

It doesn't stretch from Sydney to the silver city, and there are no flame trees present, but a street in Adelaide now bears the name of one of Australia's most famous rock bands.

A water taxi service is the only way residents of Port Macquarie's North Shore are able to access their homes, after unprecedented floods left a trail of destruction.

The Australian Defence Force confirms it is investigating the death of a young Australian soldier following a medical episode during a training exercise in Darwin.

Some say the Warragamba Dam wall needs to be raised to help prevent the devastating floods seen this week — but there is a cost upstream too.

The process-creation process has been one of the more interesting insights we've gained in these last few weeks of misgovernment, misogyny, missing leadership and political incompetence, writes Laura Tingle.

The Demons secure a home AFLW final but at a cost, with their inspirational skipper sustaining a knee injury, while North Melbourne keeps its season alive with victory over Fremantle.

Europe and the UK are locked in a dispute over COVID-19 vaccine supplies, yet so far Australia remains the only country to have faced an export ban on an expected shipment of AstraZeneca doses.

The Eels play the Sharks in Sydney's west, after the Broncos beat the Bulldogs and the Warriors celebrate a remarkable 34-31 comeback victory over the Raiders in Canberra. Follow our ScoreCentre for all the live scores and stats.

Labor's state secretary says sorry for a flyer focusing on the ethnicity of a Liberal MP, as the local candidate says she was bullied into not speaking up about it.

The champion jockey brilliantly guides Stay Inside to victory in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper,  the world's richest race for two-year-old thoroughbreds.

Bindi Irwin pays tribute to her father, late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, naming her newborn daughter Grace Warrior Irwin Powell.

For the first time since the 1930s, the way the flu vaccine is being manufactured for Australians has changed. But how exactly does this new technology work?

Round two of the AFL continues, with St Kilda up against Melbourne at Docklands, while the Suns meet North Melbourne on the Gold Coast. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.

Ella is bleeding today, as she has been every single day since October 13 last year. The 17-year-old has endured years of irregular, heavy and painful periods and there isn't a corner of her life they haven't touched. So why hasn't she bee...

Many people may have never heard of Egypt's Suez Canal until recently when a cargo ship got stuck, but if you're unclear on what it is and what's been going on — here's a breakdown. 

Families in Australia and across the world have been torn apart by China's repressive policies in the north-western Xinjiang region.

Three years ago, Mike Dalley was rubbing shoulders with celebrities in the Maldives. Then he was offered a chance to transform an outback Queensland space attraction into a state-of-the-art facility.