The NSW Nationals will appoint the state’s new deputy premier today, Dan Andrews insists Melbourne will reopen once vaccination targets are met despite record case numbers and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is isolating after one of his staffers tested ...

The extraordinary move has sparked concerns it will lead to further delays in determining compensation owed to people whose properties are forcibly acquired.

Australia’s peak medical groups have warned that the NSW government’s failure to respond to the state’s ice inquiry will have catastrophic consequences as drug and alcohol treatment services struggle to cope with surging demand in the wake of t...

A woman in South Australia who tested positive to COVID-19 after returning from a trip to Victoria is believed to be the victim of a targeted attack, with local police investigating a suspicious car fire.

Vaccinated Queenslanders trying to return from interstate hotspots have been quietly contacted about the limited trial, in a breakthrough for thousands locked out of the state.

Child cancer patients and their families were ordered into quarantine for 14 days after the Royal Children’s Hospital oncology ward became a coronavirus exposure site.

From Monday, gyms, cafes and restaurants will reopen to people who have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. These people will also be able to gather in households with five guests, as well as travel beyond their five-kilometre bubble.

A Victorian man who exploited disadvantaged girls in the Philippines by paying for sexual acts and images has been jailed for four years.

A former school teacher and mayor of Bathurst, the new Deputy Premier Paul Toole will take a markedly different approach to leading the NSW Nationals.

The latest Graduate Outcomes Survey shows 67.2 per cent of Victorian graduates have gained full-time employment, compared with 69.2 per cent of graduates across Australia.

Another search has begun for Gordon Copeland, who was last seen entering a river near Moree in NSW by police nearly four months ago.

A coroner has found the fatal stabbing of two men by a 19-year-old in his north Queensland home probably would not have happened if the police response was not delayed.

The Victorian pair who have taken the state government to court to challenge vaccine mandates for teachers face an uphill battle.

“I didn’t know that was going to happen,” Marino Sotiropoulos allegedly told an undercover office of MacGill’s abduction.

Kim Elzaibak’s long fight for justice is a step closer to the finish line after her former stepfather pleaded guilty to abusing her when she was a girl in the 1970s.

Today on Please Explain, business investigative reporter Sarah Danckert joins Jess Irvine to discuss the biggest data leak of offshore tax details in history.

Janet Dweh, 36, was just weeks away from giving birth to her fourth child when her brother discovered her body laying in a pool of blood at her Dayton house on Monday night.

COVID has thrown the able-bodied into a hostile environment and exposed the myth that they control their destiny.

The big for-profit childcare centres put children most at risk. Yet, with government support, they now run half of all our childcare services.

Penny Wong said it was the right move for her WA counterparts to fight for the submarine work, but she wanted it to stay in South Australia.

Buzz Swarbrick started sketching buildings in Ascot Vale when lockdown walks with his wife Chryssie opened his eyes to the beauty around him. Now the couple have a business selling his art.

A mayor’s tale of woe from one country hospital is part of a litany of healthcare problems in rural and regional NSW.

Pusey, who was pulled over for allegedly speeding when a semi-trailer hit four police officers on the Eastern Freeway in April last year, is again in jail charged with assaulting police and stalking.

Matt Kean has been congratulated after he administered life-saving CPR to a man who collapsed in Martin Place on the same day he was sworn in as NSW Treasurer.

The Defence Minister is suing refugee advocate Shane Bazzi for defamation over the tweet, seeking aggravated damages.

Private schools are asking for student vaccination status, but some are also asking for proof of vaccination from parents and relatives.

Meanwhile, at least four VCE students who sat the General Achievement Test in Melbourne on Tuesday have tested positive for coronavirus.

Queensland’s top doctor will hit the road to urge people to get vaccinated, warning eventually the Delta variant will spread and won’t be able to be controlled.

Health officials have warned that people will need to continue to exercise caution when the state reopens next week.

Year 12 students in Melbourne’s north were glad to return to school today, but also worried another outbreak would derail their disjointed final year.

Former premier Gladys Berejiklian says her successor Dominic Perrottet will be an “outstanding leader” and has urged the people of NSW to support the new leadership as the state emerges from lockdown.

Three different people sneaked into the grounds undetected in two separate stunts during last month’s AFL grand final, sparking concerns about security at the stadium.

Skaf spent 21 years in prison for his role in attacks, also involving his brother and 14 other men, on Sydney schoolgirls.

The man suffered lower leg injuries, chest injuries and potentially had fluid on his lungs.

We live in an anxious, fearful age with external threats constantly emphasised by politicians and the media. Even if those threats are a couple of enterprising young blokes after some harmless online infamy.

Despite the efforts of anti-high rise groups Scarborough could become the Gold Coast of the west by the middle of the decade with six towers above 18-storeys either approved or earmarked for the famous stretch of Perth coastline.

Users need to download the latest update for the app to get a vaccination prompt at the bottom of the app’s home screen.

The ageing process marches on even though our lives have stood still for more than 18 months.

Planning conditions attached to a Birchgrove waterfront renovation read like an advertisement against buying a heritage home.

Doctors predict the pressure on the state’s hospital system will worsen before it eases.

We need to take a panoramic view of the people in public service.

Women with undiagnosed endometriosis are wasting valuable time and money on the wrong fertility treatments, according to a UQ study of 1300 women.

Dominic Perrottet’s deep faith and his dogged determination to get to the top are evident. But the electorate will need to be convinced there is more to the 46th NSW Premier than that.

Italian POWs for farms, Gable awarded US Air Medal, and typists threaten strike

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Grieving family and friends have described a 36-year-old nurse found dead in a home in Perth’s northern suburbs as a doting mother and a role model within WA’s African diaspora. 

Close friends of murdered Brisbane doctor Luping Zeng say the jail sentences for two men involved in his death are “too soft”.

Striking while the coffee is hot.

Dominic Perrottet won a ballot at a party room meeting of Liberal MPs on Tuesday morning, following Gladys Berejiklian’s resignation as premier on Friday.

A 29-year-old Aboriginal woman who was fatally shot by a Western Australian police officer accused of murder foreshadowed that she was going to die that day, a Supreme Court jury has heard.