Victoria records another four COVID-19 infections, bringing a cluster in Melbourne's north to nine, as new restrictions are announced.

Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says the newest COVID-19 cases in Melbourne are household contacts of the case announced on Tuesday morning. Follow live.

An explosion and fire at a power station in central Queensland plunges hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the state into darkness.

The lawyer for former Special Air Services corporal Ben Roberts-Smith tells a Sydney court that his client only wiped his laptop as he was about to trade it in for a new one and there was "nothing sinister" about his actions.

From 6pm tonight, all arrivals from Victoria will have to be tested within 48 hours and self-quarantine until they return a negative result for COVID-19.

As the first symptoms of dementia are often depression and anxiety, many people do not realise they have the disease. This was the case for Darren Tofts.

Four days after being violently bashed with a hammer, mother-of-three Kylie Cay died alone on her bathroom floor from a ruptured spleen, as her plea for help was ignored by Ambulance Victoria.

Troy Buswell's ex-wife Melissa Hankinson breaks down in tears as she testifies in court that she was punched in the jaw and kicked after being knocked to the ground by the former WA treasurer.

Mask rules and visitor limits have been tightened in Victoria in response to a growing COVID-19 outbreak. Here's what the changes mean for Melbourne and beyond.

There'll be a big red moon on the rise right across Australia on tomorrow evening, so grab your cameras and head outside if the weather is clear.

Drivers could face jail for excessive speeding for the first time in South Australia under tough new laws proposed by the South Australian government.

An investigation into who in the Prime Minister's Office knew what about the alleged rape of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins — and when — is due to be finished soon. But, it may not be made public.

Australia and Afghanistan will soon have a relationship relying mostly on Zoom meetings — an astonishing turn of events given this nation has spilled much blood and spent countless billions on the so-called Forever War, writes political ...

From tonight, New Zealand says it will hit pause on quarantine-free travel with Victoria for at least 72 hours.  

Shadow NSW Treasurer Walt Secord says he can no longer serve under Jodi McKay who earlier confirmed she won't step down as Opposition Leader despite defeat in the Upper Hunter by-election.

South Australia is today expanding its coronavirus vaccine rollout, allowing young people aged 16 and over access to a COVID–19 jab for the first time. This is how it is going to work.

Software project manager Kirsti Taylor says shifting to a working from home model means her office days are much more collaborative, and Australia Talks data shows she's not alone in ditching the commute since the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Australia will close its embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul in three days' time, ahead of the withdrawal of Australia's final contingent of defence personnel from the country.

A former senior public servant will not spend a night behind bars after pleading guilty to possessing computer-generated child abuse material.

Reports of an assault against a junior football umpire at Edwardstown draws widespread condemnation, but poor behaviour among adults at junior sporting games is nothing new.

Launching the Indigenous Round, the NRL acknowledges Latrell Mitchell's bravery in standing up to racist trolls and vows to provide better support to players.

There is no end in sight to Samoa's political woes as both newly sworn-in Prime Minister Fiame and Caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa claim the leadership, in a situation some say is reminiscent of Donald Trump's refusal to accept the US ele...

Chad Riley had threatened to kill police and tried to grab an officer's gun before he was restrained and tasered outside a stationery store in Perth, the Coroner's Court is told.

China offers to urgently send vaccines but the proposal draws an angry response from Taipei and a swipe from Washington, which says US vaccines do not have strings attached.

The Gold Coast has been trying to keep ibis numbers down ever since one of the birds almost brought down a Qantas flight in the '90s. But now the tip turkeys are finding creative ways to avoid the authorities.