America's top infectious diseases expert acknowledges the differences between how his country and Australia managed the outbreak of coronavirus — and has some lessons for us on our vaccine rollout.

Federal Police tell a parliamentary hearing that a new investigation has been launched into allegations linked to Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith.

The Auditor-General says the audit will examine whether the awarding of grants under the Safer Communities Fund was "effective and consistent with the Commonwealth Grant Rules".

Scott Morrison is refusing to apologise to former Australia Post boss Christine Holgate after she accused him of "bullying" her in the wake of the Cartier watch scandal.

Australia is expecting to get 51 million doses of Novavax this year, but when exactly might they arrive? And how well is the vaccine performing in clinical trials?

Prue McLardie-Hore was experiencing hallucinations and paranoia when her mother asked a hospital to drug test her. But she was cautioned against it, in a trend experts fear is undermining women's confidence to report drink spiking.

About one in every 250,000 people given the AstraZeneca vaccine in Europe have developed blood clots, but what are the symptoms of this rare phenomenon?

Labor is demanding the federal government rapidly accelerate its response to Timor Leste's flood crisis, arguing the announcements so far do not match the scale of the disaster. 

A man injured in a ride-on mower accident thanks his neighbour's dog for saving his life by alerting his neighbour for help.

A court hears St George Illawarra forward Jack de Belin "didn't take no for an answer" when he and Shellharbour Sharks player Callan Sinclair allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in 2018.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he will weigh up mass vaccination centres for over 50s, with the possibility of introducing them as soon as June or July. Follow live.

A mother gives birth in a bike lane on a Brisbane roadside, with the father delivering his son in their car outside the maternity hospital with the help of a doctor and student midwife who were passing by.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has agreed to meet with him to discuss a "range of issues" she has raised. The 26-year-old says she will reveal the "toxic workplace culture" at Parliament in a...

The Army is called in to cyclone-hit Northampton on Western Australia's Mid West coast to help thousands of people get back on their feet, after Cyclone Seroja tore a path of destruction through the state.

Sharon Johal, an Indian Australian actor who spent four years on the long-running soap, says management failed to take her complaints seriously.

Hank Azaria publicly apologises for voicing the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons, describing the Kwik-E-Mart clerk as an offensive Indian stereotype.

A Sydney woman urges shoppers to "check packaged lettuces carefully" after claiming her son found a live snake inside a baby cos from Aldi.

Iran will begin to enrich uranium up to 60 per cent following an attack on its Natanz underground nuclear facility. Here's why experts say it is "risky and dangerous".

Police will forensically analyse two shovels that have been found in their search for Russell Hill and Carol Clay in the Victorian High Country.

Our social media feeds are filled with allegations of abuse against high-profile figures in politics, arts and even reality TV. If we believe victims, can we see the alleged abusers as anything but guilty? And is there ever room for redempti...

So-called "COVID denier" Jenny Maree D'Ubios is sentenced to a nine-month community-based order for escaping from hotel quarantine in Perth after changing her plea to guilty.

The disappearance of Hayley Dodd was one of WA's most enduring mysteries and may well have remained unsolved if not for the courage and persistence of one person — a mother determined to find out what happened to her beloved daughter. ...

Hong Kongers will head to the polls at the end of the year under sweeping changes to the electoral system that ban campaigners from urging voters to cast blank or invalid ballots.

A white policeman cleared of criminal wrongdoing after shooting an African American man in the back seven times last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin, returns to duty.

Even in a year of great development for the AFLW, which saw more clubs than ever stake genuine claims for a premiership, the league's two most historically formidable teams — Adelaide and Brisbane — meet in the grand final.