The federal government says it is considering sending supplies of oxygen and ventilators to India, amid another record rise in daily case numbers in the country.

The lockdown of the Perth and Peel region will end at midnight tonight after Western Australia recorded no new community spread of coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.

Though most nominees attended in person (not a single Zoom-from-the-living-room), the mood was pretty sombre. Here are some of the key moments.

Zhao is the first Asian woman to win Best Director for her film Nomadland, but in China the reaction has been tightly controlled, with praise removed from social media and supporters blocked from watching a livestream of the event.

Mourners gather to pay their respects to Gold Coast mother Kelly Wilkinson, whose charred body was found in the backyard of her Arundel home last week.

There are unanswered questions about what caused the submarine disaster that claimed 53 lives. But with the submarine now located on the ocean floor, what happens next?

Hundreds of people were evacuated from Adelaide Airport this afternoon after a system failure caused a security issue, leading to flight delays.

Helen Fejo-Frith is appealing to Woolworths to not open a new Dan Murphy’s store near her Indigenous community in the Northern Territory, arguing alcohol is already a major problem in the area.

Service records of World War II soldiers and recordings of John Curtin's war-time speeches are among thousands of unique pieces of Australian history the National Archives says could be lost if it doesn't receive a significant funding boo...

A veteran two-time Targa champion says the speed of today's racers "scare" him, as the family of one of three men killed in the latest event pay heartfelt tribute to their dad and "beloved grandfather to his little revheads-in-training". ...

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith is taking leave as boss of the Seven Network's Queensland operations, as he pursues a defamation case in the Federal Court.

Did this year's Oscars catch you by surprise? If you've missed Nomadland or The Father, here's where you can catch them, from streaming to cinema.

South Australia has recorded a significant one-day jump in coronavirus cases, with 14 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours, all of them in hotel quarantine.

The former Liberal MP is stripped of a controversial Facebook page, with the social media giant accusing him of breaching its misinformation policies.

Queensland Health revises its restrictions for people forced into hotel quarantine after arriving on a delayed flight from Western Australia, with the Perth and Peel region lockdown set to ease from midnight. 

Nearly a quarter of Victorians aren't wearing a mask when they hop on a train, new Department of Transport data reveals.

Fiji's capital Suva enters a 14-day lockdown as the Pacific island nation battles to contain a COVID-19 spike.

School banking programs like the Commonwealth Bank's Dollarmites program will be booted from Queensland schools after the corporate watchdog review found there was limited value and children were being exposed to "sophisticated" marketing ta...

A body in a morgue and a missing teenager from a country town — it took three decades for police to join the dots. Now, a coronial hearing has revealed what went wrong in authorities' handling of Ursula Barwick's missing persons case â€...

A new report by progressive think tank The Australia Institute sheds light on how much money Australia pays to subsidise the fossil fuel industry. But exactly what constitutes a "subsidy" remains at the centre of the debate.

Things are finally looking up for the small Queensland town, where the grass is now high enough to reach the shoulders of the sheep.

From the barley fields of Western Australia to the lobster trawlers of Hobart, Four Corners shows the human and financial cost of the ongoing trade war with China. 

Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg tears up as he recalls how his 19-year-old daughter was killed by a distracted driver four days into shooting Another Round.

Australia's top diplomat says China wants Australia to "compromise on key national interests" before it will resume dialogue and cooperation with the federal government.

David Hill, who did two tours of Afghanistan, wants the veteran suicide royal commission to look at how prescription drugs are used to treat PTSD.