A Tasmanian man who set his girlfriend on fire in 2017, leaving her with "catastrophic burns" and lifelong injuries, is sentenced to 18 years in prison for his "cruel" actions.

Shepparton woman Ruqia Haidari allegedly begged her mother to call off her arranged marriage, but her plea was refused. Six weeks after the wedding, the young bride was dead.

Joe Root and Dawid Malan helped England to recover to a respectable position with their unbroken 159-run partnership, but the unreliability of the tourists' tail is likely to be exposed, writes Russell Jackson.

Heart-rending statements inside and outside Byron Bay court today as coronial inquest into the Belgian backpacker's disappearance adjourns until next year.

A Brisbane mental health unit doctor tried to seek help from the army on behalf of a former soldier, but was knocked back on the grounds the man was no longer on active service, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide is told. ...

The vaccine rollout is going to be expanded again, this time for kids aged five to 11 after they were given a final green light to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Here's what we know about how it's going to work. 

The South Australian government says the personal details of up to 80,000 workers — including potentially the Premier — have been accessed in a cyber attack on an external payroll software provider.

Authorities are assuming there has been COVID-19 transmission happening across the Gold Coast, with six people having been infectious in the community for a number of days.

Former Coles managers allege a culture of overwork and underpayment at the supermarket giant as it faces legal action from the Fair Work Ombudsman as well as a class action on behalf of 2,200 workers.

Hobart will host its first ever Ashes cricket Test next month after fighting off mainland rivals to be awarded the venue rights to the fifth and final match of the series.

A thick layer of ash coats the charred trees inside the fireground, which authorities allowed ABC journalists into.

As the Margaret River community worriedly watches a dangerous fire razing precious Boranup forest, memories of the devastating blaze destroying 39 homes resurface.

A Sydney police officer being sentenced for misconduct after having sex with a schoolgirl he approached on duty tells a court he's "disgusted" in himself.

A New South Wales man who was a member of an international child abuse network is sentenced to four-and-a-half years' jail for his "abhorrent"crimes. 

South Australia records eight new cases of COVID-19, including two from interstate suspected to be the Omicron variant — the first in the state. Close contacts of people infected with the strain will now have to quarantine for 14 days. ...

The number of Australian public companies that paid no tax rose during COVID-19 lockdowns, according to the ATO's latest transparency data.

Flash flooding is occurring at Mogo, south of Batemans Bay, with up to 200 millimetres of rain falling overnight and 100mm more expected today in the region still in crisis after the Black Summer bushfires.

A whole new generation of Australian sports fans are discovering legendary boxer Lionel Rose after the former world champion was featured as a Google Doodle.

Chris Hyslop will spend at least five years in jail after fleeing the scene of an accident that left school principal Debbie Locco fatally injured.

A Queensland court hears the 59-year-old doctor committed the crimes against three women while working in Toowoomba on separate occasions between last November and January this year.

A three-judge panel throws out the former US president's claim of executive privilege over diaries, handwritten notes and a draft Executive Order that might throw light on the January 6 election protest. 

A court hears a former South Australian Labor Party staffer blames accessing child exploitation material on a technical "glitch".

It Takes Two has won the top gong at the 2021 Game Awards, a prize that has been previously won by The Last of Us Part II, God of War and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Broncos great Demaryius Thomas, who helped the franchise win Super Bowl 50, has been found dead at his home in Georgia.

The 183-metre chimney was the largest free-standing structure in Scotland and was considered a regional landmark.