Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a joint COVID-19 support package with the NSW government to help Sydneysiders and businesses in lockdown.

People living in coronavirus outbreak areas should bring forward their second dose of AstraZeneca, according to updated advice from Australia's expert panel on vaccines. 

At least nine of Ivan Escobar's neighbours inside a Bondi Junction apartment tower across five units tested positive to COVID-19. Now the whole building is under police guard.

The NSW Premier warns "one day is not a trend" as today's number of new COVID-19 cases comes in below 100. She says the number needs to get "close to zero". Follow live.

As the state grapples with COVID exposure risks originating in NSW, the Victorian government releases a statement saying it had to "beg" for every bit of help from the Commonwealth during the state's recent outbreaks.

The 15,000 square kilometre renewable energy hub planned for the south coast of Western Australia could produce up to 50 gigawatts of power.

While the United States investigates the origins of COVID-19, an Australian who spent time in Wuhan says "sometimes you need something like a whistleblower".

People and businesses in NSW facing economic hardship will receive increased support thanks to a deal reached between the NSW and federal governments. Here's what you need to know. 

Venus has returned to our evening skies and is looking lovely in the north-west after sunset. Tonight it will pair up with the red planet Mars and just above the two planets will be the waxing crescent Moon, write Tanya Hill and Duane W Hama...

From impulse-buying an old Mercedes Benz to placing cars and caravans in storage, Victorian families are going to extraordinary lengths to make it home before borders close.

The story of women in Australian parliaments started with a blunder from an inept man with a not-quite-so ingenious plan.

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll says racist and homophobic comments in a private Facebook group that has been linked to current and former police officers are under investigation. 

Myanmar sees a record 80 daily coronavirus deaths and 5,014 new cases, with positive results from more than a third of people tested, according to state-run MRTV.

James Switez-Glowacz suffered eight stab wounds to his head and back and his former partner Emily Tracey is one of two people accused of his murder in February 2018.

Crews find items as small as jewellery as they search through tons of broken concrete to recover personal belongings for families that lost relatives in the Miami condo collapse. 

With one service set to close 4 clinics, those providing abortion services in regional Australia say stigmas can limit access to reproductive health services in some areas.

A man in his 70s becomes the second death linked to the current COVID-19 outbreak as NSW records 89 new COVID-19 cases. The state's outbreak has spread to the regions, with a case detected in Goulburn, about 200 kilometres from Sydney...

People living in Fairfield will need to be tested for COVID-19 every three days if they leave their local area to perform essential work, under a new public health order designed to contain the outbreak's spread from Sydney's south west. ...

A growing number of health experts are calling on the NSW government to introduce a range of new restrictions — including mask wearing outdoors — to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in the city.

Nobel laureate Peter Doherty has had a front row seat to Australia's COVID-19 response.  He shares his insights into why the pandemic has been a steep learning curve for everyone, including him.

Federal MP Warren Entsch is among those leading the push to bring back the multi-billion-dollar cruise industry to boost regional economic centres hit hard by COVID-19.

Queensland residents, scarred by last year's hard border, are watching anxiously to see whether another closure is imminent.

At least 18 people were at a service station in SA during a 100-minute period when it was attended by removalists who later tested positive to coronavirus, with a worker at the site now showing symptoms, SA Health says.

The state records three new COVID cases, two of them locally acquired, but Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she is "not worried" they present a risk to the community as authorities continue to consider whether to shut the border with NSW....

In the shadow of Juanita Nielsen's disappearance lies another suspicious and unsolved death. This is her story. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the name and image of a person who's died...