Hundreds of protesters, many voicing anti-vaccination views, are met by riot police as they move throughout the CBD and West Gate Freeway, pausing outside Parliament House to demand the Premier Daniel Andrews come out and meet with them. ...

Victoria's construction industry shutdown is a supremely expensive example of people not doing what they've been asked to.

The woman was an authorised worker but it is understood she did not follow stay-at-home orders while in the area.

Australian kids aged between five and 11 could get a COVID vaccine jab this year, depending on when and if Pfizer makes an application to the nation's medical regulator, Chief Nursing Officer Alison McMillan says.

Federal health authorities say students should not have to wait for a COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for their age group before returning to the classroom. Follow live.

From next week the NSW construction industry will be permitted to operate at 100 per cent capacity and some unvaccinated workers will be able to return to work.

A Melbourne court hears a senior aviation safety inspector was forced to fail Max Quartermain during a proficiency test, two years before his deadly crash.

A solar power start-up business that began in a warehouse in Wollongong has officially created the world's most efficient commercial-sized solar cell, and it has one big point of difference.

Police warn Canberrans to obey the lockdown restrictions after allegedly catching a COVID-positive woman drink driving with passengers in the car while breaching home quarantine rules.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hung onto power on Monday as his main rival conceded defeat, saying he had won a clear mandate to govern although he fell short of his goal for a majority win.

The government says it is not worried about the future of its free trade negotiations with the EU, but a European leader warns French anger may spill over into other trade deals.

The former ACOSS president and community activist spent recent years fighting for better conditions in aged care. 

The latest grim milestone comes as the country is experiencing a fourth-wave driven by the highly contagious Delta variant.

Regional Victorian builders have been caught out by the government's snap decision.

Police cited suspicious text messages supposedly sent from Ms Petito to her mother as evidence in seeking the search warrant – they believe a felony has been committed.

Tong Ly's sister testifies at a coronial inquest into the fatal shooting of her brother and denies telling officers he had a knife, saying she and her father should have been provided with a translator by police.

Two Canberra men took an early morning dip in Lake Burley Griffin, to help a "shivering" kangaroo back onto dry land.

The NSW government announces a "friends bubble" for young people after the state recorded 1,022 new COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths.

Queensland will tighten border restrictions for the Tweed and Byron shires in northern New South Wales after a lockdown was announced for those regions.

The biggest fuel storage facility in the Northern Territory will be built in Darwin in coming years in a $270 million US investment to support continued American defence operations in the Top End.

It was once a darling of China's booming property sector, but share markets around the world now watch in horror as Evergrande threatens to sink. 

A woman breaks down recalling to a Sydney court how a body modification customer was found dead by her own daughter after complaining of possible infection.

An inquest into the death of an Aboriginal man in custody has heard the police officer who arrested him believed he was faking a medical episode in response to being arrested. Readers are advised that the following article contains the nam...

The son of former Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh has been granted permission to leave the mental health facility where he lives without supervision.

Opposition spokesman for health Mark Butler says one in 30 teenagers who catch COVID-19 ends up in hospital. Is he correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.