A new locally acquired case of COVID-19 has been detected in Sydney — NSW Health says the man worked as a driver, and that his passengers included international flight crews.

NSW Health releases a list of eastern suburb venues visited by a driver infected with COVID-19 in the last four days.

The case is a man aged in his 60s who has not travelled overseas recently. He had a saliva test yesterday which was confirmed positive today. Follow live.

Melbourne residents hit by last week's violent storms are told to prepare to be without power for another three weeks in the middle of winter.

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says Tharnicaa Murugappan's illness has been reported inaccurately, but will not say how, leaving supporters confused.

Service NSW was found to have a 'limited' and potentially 'non-existent' ability to track fraud across a range of grant programs, with more than 1,000 fraudulent applications lodged.

Paul Gallen faces his toughest opponent since leaving the NRL and stepping into the ring when he meets Australia's Olympic hopeful Justis Huni in Sydney. Follow all the action in our live blog.

The increase brings the minimum wage for Australia's lowest-paid workers to $20.33 an hour, or $772.60 a week for full-time workers, and will mean an extra $18.80 a week for Australia's lowest-paid full-time workers. .

On his fourth day of giving evidence, Victorian Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith says he used pre-paid mobiles to communicate with soldier colleagues because he was worried about phone hacking.

Australians occupy a grim netherworld of disappointment in our democratic system. While we would like our elected representatives to behave in a principled fashion, we are quietly confident that they won't, writes Annabel Crabb.

Residents are up in arms over the decision, which they say makes no environmental or economic sense. But the government insists it's a "crucial" part of its gas-fired recovery plan.

The family of Queensland Gabbie Marshall, a 23-year-old woman fatally stabbed as she was "making a fresh start" in Tasmania, say they are in "unimaginable pain" at her loss.

Acting Premier James Merlino confirms Victoria will move to the next stage of reopening, with Melbourne's current 25-kilometre travel restriction to be scrapped.

Police were called to the scene after reports a car had tried to overtake several other vehicles in the Gold Coast hinterland.

Gossamer spiders by the thousands have been fleeing their hidey holes — in a rather unusual way — to escape Gippsland's floodwaters. 

Two Victoria Police members describe the physical and mental toll of an incident last year, in which a man allegedly reversed a car while being pursued, hurling a constable through the air. 

Cristiano Ronaldo's decision remove two Coke bottles from his Euro 2020 press conference table and drink water instead wipes billions of dollars off the beverage company's value.

A tiny netball club is fundraising furiously to pay back the cost of new courts, after falling victim to a sophisticated online scam. 

Canberra renters detail the additional clauses they have been asked to agree to in order to secure a lease — everything from taking care of a landlord's chooks to agreeing not to have sex on the property.

A conservative think tank challenged Australia's foreign influence laws in the High Court, claiming it was at odds with freedom of speech. Australia's top court found that while the laws did place a burden on the implied right to freedom o...

A draft of 41 pregnant ewes sells for more than $300 a head above the reserve.

A NSW senate inquiry has heard that weekday births are preferable in Gunnedah, where the understaffed hospital resembles a "pub without beer".

The stabbing death of a young woman in a quiet Tasmanian town leaves many reeling and feeling fearful about their own safety.

Houses are being boarded up and people are leaving their homes in the suburb of Claymore, as a legacy housing estate is redeveloped. But residents are divided over whether being relocated will be an opportunity or whether their lives will b...

It's still early days at Euro 2020, but the first round of fixtures has given us a clearer idea of who the most serious challengers are, writes Dan Colasimone.