More than 70 per cent of eligible Australians have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, with the number of those fully vaccinated above 45 per cent. Meanwhile, state and territory leaders have been told restrictions, including stay-at-home ...

Police said they arrested 32 people and issued 265 fines for not having a reasonable excuse to travel outside their LGA or for failing to wear a face covering, but it was not clear how many of those were planning to attend a protest

More than 3000 anti-lockdown protesters flooded the streets of Melbourne's CBD on Saturday, clashing with police and clogging up intersections.

A 16-year-old boy is dead, a second in hospital and a third has been charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at Lake Macquarie overnight.

More than 1000 anti-lockdown protesters flooded the streets of Melbourne's inner east on Saturday, clashing with police and clogging up intersections.

An anticipated anti-lockdown protest was met with heavy police presence across locations in Sydney today.

People enjoy a picnic as restrictions slightly ease, before the rain.

While Perth itself is not in lockdown and COVID-19 restrictions in WA are minimal, the crowd voiced support for other protests around the country on Saturday.

Protesters have arrived at the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens on Saturday while Health Minister Yvette D’Ath pleaded everyone to get vaccinated.

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A woman in her 70s from Shepparton has become the ninth death in the state’s third wave as the number of Victorians in hospital continues to rise.

Hundreds of protesters have converged despite limits on travel in and out of Melbourne by public transport and car.

A man is in custody after a 25-year-old man was killed in an alleged hit-and-run incident believed to be fuelled by road rage south of Brisbane.

The 52-year-old maintenance worker died after a fall on Friday at CITIC Pacific’s Sino Iron site, about 100 kilometres south of Karratha.

The individual was a co-worker of the father of a family of five that tested positive for COVID-19.

The number of apartment and unit sales are rising in Western Australia as buyers look for other options as prices in the house market lift.

The co-founder of the evangelical megachurch has stepped aside from all of Hillsong’s boards but will remain a global senior pastor ahead of his court hearing next month.

Uneven COVID-19 restrictions have brought dormant resentments roaring back to life in Sydney.

Parcel volumes are already at Christmas-like levels due to more than 15 million Australians living under lockdown.

The new defence pact with the US and Britain contains too many unanswered questions, writes the former prime minister.

The Prime Minister’s new defence pact with the US and Britain will not deliver Australia a submarine that it can use for at least 20 years. But this deal is serious: it is Australia’s most emphatic answer yet to Beijing’s effort to force it int...

A burnout doesn’t have to be spectacular, it can be a stifling smoulder.

Car parks, bowling greens and streets could become the latest settings for restaurants and beer gardens as the NSW government and City of Sydney look at ways to pedestrianise the cityscape and revive the hospitality industry.

In some parts of the world they are worshipped as gods. Now a group of horticulturists has formed a Camellia Ark to propagate and save rare camellias.

Victoria’s hotel quarantine program had just days to prepare for the arrival of six rescue flights carrying 761 Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan’s chaotic, turbulent capital.

Just 17, apprentice Jack Beasley arrived in Surfers Paradise for a night out with his mates. Hours later he died in hospital after a stab wound to the heart.

This decision to create the AUKUS alliance locks Australia into another nation’s foreign policy and is an affront to our national sovereignty.

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The government is preparing to expand the state’s capacity to manage COVID patients, if cases rise to an unmanageable level.

After initially failing to secure federal interest in his vaccine, Melbourne researcher Colin Pouton’s efforts are about to bear fruit.

Police allege three boys were sexually assaulted by Helga Lam at Maroubra Bay High School between 1977 and 1980.

Australia has tipped past 70 per cent of the eligible population vaccinated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Meantime, authorities in NSW have announced some LGAs are going back into lockdown, and Melbourne construction workers have take...

The blaze in the block on St Georges Crescent, Drummoyne, was contained after emergency services were called and investigations are continuing.

Perceptions of Queensland had led many to believe it would be the last piece of the national puzzle to allow those suffering with terminal illnesses to die on their terms. Now attention is shifting to NSW and the Commonwealth.

The Andrews government intends to force visitors and staff at hospitality venues and major events to be fully vaccinated as it eyes a return of crowds to sport.

Unwanted touching, bullying and demands for sex in exchange for career advancement is the lot for some WA women mine workers, according to submissions to a parliamentary inquiry released today.

Fully vaccinated people returning to NSW will be able to quarantine in their homes by December if a new trial into the state system proves successful.

The state agency responsible for child protection repeatedly placed a young Aboriginal boy in unsafe and culturally inappropriate environments.

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While emergency first responders; military, police, nurses, paramedics and firefighters can take solace that most of the community appreciate their efforts, prison officers are on their own.

The two people who died are an 85-year-old man and an 84-year-old woman, both from Cowes.

Marine biologists warn that dredging to build a motorway tunnel will disturb toxic chemicals contained in sediment on the floor of Sydney Harbour.

More than half of the NSW population aged 16 and over is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with the rate rising to 50.58 per cent on Friday.

The hearing that will determine whether former school principal Malka Leifer stands trial on sex abuse charges will continue in a closed court on Monday.

Father and son Darren and Michael Greenfield allegedly took payments from the owner of a building company in exchange for preferential treatment.

Many have lost work or livelihoods in the Fairfield LGA, which has been subject to the harshest restrictions in NSW. But the community has pulled together and, as vaccination rates rise and cases flatten, there is some hope of reuniting with family s...

The befouled Fowler candidacy confirms the most negative existing perceptions of the party.

When looking for someone knowledgeable about wine, most turn to men. A group of women working in the industry are intent on changing that.

Queensland is considering whether to tighten restrictions around truck drivers, after nearly a dozen recent COVID scares connected to freight workers.

Ibrahem Hamze, a member of the Hamzy crime family, was saved when police came across a stolen Mercedes being driven on Sydney’s north shore last month.