Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly conceded Australians could die overseas in a letter asking Health Minister Greg Hunt to make travelling from India an offence. 

Jacinda Ardern says there are things on which China and New Zealand "do not, cannot, and will not agree", but these differences need not define their relationship.

Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate is considering legal action against her former employer over her departure from the publicly-owned organisation.

A Melbourne woman accuses Tasmanian Liberal Adam Brooks of faking his identity, saying she "felt sick" when she discovered the man she was dating was not an engineer called "Terry".

A damning Australian Human Rights Commission report into gymnastics in Australia finds the sport has systemic problems, with current coaching practice creating "a risk of abuse and harm" to athletes, and a focus on "winning at all costs"Â...

The Blue Mountains could become home to Australia's longest road tunnel, as part of an "ambitious" proposal for the Great Western Highway upgrade. But some locals fear the plan will make traffic worse.

New Zealand is opening up a travel bubble with the Cook Islands in two weeks. But it is not a straightforward trip for Australians.

India reports more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a 12th straight day, taking its overall infection tally to almost 20 million, while deaths rise by 3,417.

An extra $1.7 billion for childcare sounds positive but systemic problems remain, write Kate Noble and Peter Hurley.

The video game industry has a slew of tactics to take your time and money — some obvious, and some not so much. Are they playing you?

Bob Thatcher was just about to draw up the anchor in his four-metre boat when he realised there was a fairly serious, extremely venomous obstacle in his way.

Joseph Luke Williams, who preyed on vulnerable women by falsely claiming he could ease trauma and treat infertility, has been sentenced in a WA court.

According to a crowd-funding page, six-year-old Deklan Babington-MacDonald's life support was turned off at the weekend, after doctors told his family his injuries were "beyond recovery".

A battle to save Tasmania's only ice rink has ramped up with a celebrity of the sport drafted into the campaign.

As property prices soar and the fear of missing out intensifies, young people are increasingly turning to their parents to help them get a foot on the property ladder. One analyst says it's a major factor in the current house price surge. ...

WA Premier Mark McGowan says 100 people who received food from infected delivery drivers are considered casual contacts and are urged to get tested.

The 16-year-old boy was racing at the Mick Doohan Raceway in Banyo when he collided with a fence, police say.

Wind gusts of up to 90 kilometres per hour and heavy rainfall are forecast across large parts of the state as a cold front makes its way across Melbourne from early Tuesday morning.

James Farmer, 23, faces the WA Supreme Court accused of being drunk, hooning and driving at excessive speed before losing control of a car and slamming into a power pole killing his un-restrained three-month-old son and injuring his partner....

Coronavirus cases in Nepal reach a new high as tens of thousands of Nepalese migrant workers in India fearing the collapse of the health system there return home across the 1,800-kilometre open border.

Experts suspect the unique mutation of the variant of the coronavirus first detected in India is behind the humanitarian crisis. But it's not contained to India — the variant has spread to more than a dozen countries, so here's what we k...

After a lean run with the bat, David Warner has been stripped of the captaincy and dropped from the Sunrisers Hyderabad team as he waits to discover how he will be allowed to return to Australia.

A 20-year-old inmate may still be alive if a metal grill was installed on the concrete wall he jumped at Gosford Hospital after receiving medical care, an inquest hears. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised th...

In the lead-up to the Tasmanian election, ABC Hobart visual journalist Luke Bowden went behind the scenes with the major party leaders.

Pressure mounts for ownership changes at Manchester United in the wake of protests at Old Trafford, with fans calling for more say in the club and former players urging the US-based Glazer family to sell up.