Five more cases of blood clotting linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are identified in Australia, taking the country's total to 11.

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne is sentenced to five years and nine months in jail for sexually assaulting a woman on the night of the 2018 grand final, with a judge saying his victim "said no several times".

After arriving in India following the death of his mother from COVID-19, Melbourne man Guarav Saxena was met with the unthinkable — his father had suddenly succumbed to coronavirus too. Then the ultimate "kick in the guts" came when travel...

The ABC's defence against a defamation action brought by former Attorney-General Christian Porter over a historical rape allegation is to remain confidential for the time being after an application to the court.

New Zealand is halting quarantine-free travel from New South Wales while it investigates the source of two COVID-19 cases announced in Sydney.

Space agencies are tracking the path of an out-of-control rocket as it hurtles towards Earth. Here's what we do – and don't – know about this piece of space junk.

India reports a record 412,262 new COVID-19 infections and 3,980 daily deaths, as the virus spreads into rural communities with limited public healthcare.

From Saturday, West Australians will no longer have to wear masks in public places, except public transport, hospitals, aged and disability homes and events with more than 1,000 people.

Almost 40 Australians affiliated with the suspended Indian Premier League will soon land in the Maldives ahead of an indefinite stay as they wait for clearance from the Australian government to return home.

The incident took place two and a half years ago and left Eden Camac with life-threatening injuries, for which he continues to need treatment. 

A new artist-in-residence program designed to employ artists who have lost their livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic is being rolled out across government schools in Victoria.

The NSW Premier says the wife of a man who contracted COVID-19 has also tested positive for the virus, as she reintroduces mask wearing and social-distancing restrictions to Greater Sydney.

Queensland and Western Australia impose more quarantine restrictions on travellers who have spent time at NSW exposure sites. Follow live.

Boundaries aren't just treaties. They've been built from rivers, oral history and newspaper notices — and rocks in the way of farmers, writes Imogen Wegman.

For young girls, social media can be a dangerous place where unhealthy comparisons can badly damage self-esteem — but NSW Swifts co-captain Maddy Proud thinks a feed full of female athletes could be an antidote.

The federal court hears the government's ban on citizens travelling overseas infringes on the fundamental rights of Australians in a challenge brought by a conservative think tank.

For three days Sydney will be subject to a tightening of restrictions in the wake of two new locally acquired cases. Here's when you need to wear a face mask, what you can do in hospitality venues and what you need to know for Mother's Day. ...

WA's highest court increases the record payout awarded to an elderly man who was subjected to "degrading and humiliating" sexual abuse by Christian Brothers decades ago, in a decision lawyers say will have implications for other abuse surviv...

Republicans are outraged. Democrats are unsatisfied. Facebook's sceptics are more sceptical than ever, and the company itself is back where it started with its ban on Donald Trump, writes technology reporter James Purtill.

When former US president Donald Trump "fused" Chinese people and the coronavirus pandemic together he put a "target on" the backs of America's Asian population. Now they are fighting back.

Beijing announces an indefinite suspension of all activities under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, the first formal freeze of a diplomatic mechanism since relations between the two countries soured. 

A Far North Queensland couple who fed two puppies an almost exclusive vegan diet of chickpeas and quinoa, leaving them severely malnourished and underweight, are banned from owning pets for three years and fined nearly $9,000.

When Johnny Depp's dogs Pistol and Boo were caught up in Australia's Biosecurity Act years ago many had a good laugh. But the way the Act is being applied now is deadly serious, writes David Speers.

The government is considering using Howard Springs to only quarantine Indian returned travellers, as a way to expedite getting people out of the country when the travel ban ends.

A western Sydney sheepskin boot maker, fighting to use the term ugg when selling boots outside of Australia, has his appeal heard in a Washington DC court.