The Prime Minister says he will present "strong recommendations" for indoor mask use during a meeting of state and territory leaders tomorrow.

The NSW coroner finds the 50-year-old man responsible for the 2017 crash that killed Jessica Falkholt and her family had consumed a cocktail of anti-depressants. 

Two people who flew into Perth from Brisbane have tested positive to COVID-19 while in home isolation, amid warnings from doctors that modelling done to determine WA's reopening strategy is already outdated thanks to Omicron.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has conceded the state's COVID-19 testing system is under "massive pressure" as clinics turn people away and wait times blow out.

Police say two men tried to walk 30 kilometres to a ranger station, but one, in his 20s, deteriorated rapidly and died that day.

A customised campervan belonging to a Perth family who got stuck in the Simpson Desert has finally been recovered, more than a month after the rescue.

Just over a year ago, a space capsule carrying a very precious cargo from an asteroid touched down in the South Australian outback. Now the first results are back.

Scott Morrison says Australia has to move "past the heavy hand of government" and stop shutting down people's lives. 

State leaders push the Australian government to shorten the interval between second and third COVID-19 vaccine doses to combat the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

Queensland records 86 new cases of COVID-19 as authorities announce shorter quarantine and isolation periods for close and casual contacts from tomorrow.

Testing requirements linked to the ongoing outbreak and Monday's border changes have pushed out the wait for test results, with the NT health minister declaring the timeframe is unacceptable.

A New South Wales man who caused southern Tasmania to be sent into a snap three-day lockdown in October has been sentenced in the Hobart Magistrates' Court.

It's the 21st of December and that means it's time to blast Paul Kelly's Christmas classic How to Make Gravy on whatever speakers you've got access to.

Non-quarantine travel for Australians will be pushed back from January 16 until the end of February, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins tells media in Wellington.

The Victorian government announces the creation of a specialist women's mental health service after hearing stories of abuse and trauma.

Victorian Scott Boland is added to Australia's squad for the Boxing Day Ashes Test in Melbourne amid concerns over the fitness of some of the team's current fast bowlers.

Detectives are investigating whether "insider knowledge" was used to steal $1 million worth of silver bullion from a delivery truck on Sydney's outskirts last month.

Upstart surf brand Ghanda is taking behemoth retailer Cotton On to court over designs it claims were ripped off using stock images from the internet.

In the first case of its kind in the staunchly Catholic nation, 84-year-old Richard Daschbach was sentenced on Tuesday, found guilty of sexually abusing orphaned and disadvantaged young girls under his care.

Canberrans will again have to wear masks indoor as the ACT tightens restrictions in a bid to slow the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

SA has recorded 154 new COVID-19 cases, with five people in hospital. The state will no longer require interstate travellers to have a test on arrival, if they’ve tested negative 72 hours prior to travel and don’t have any symptoms. ...

Until recently, experts thought there were just 1,000 Oaklands donkey orchids left in the world. That was before rangers made a rare discovery in the Riverina.

Police find the body of a woman reported missing at a popular Far North Queensland swimming hole.

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 accounted for almost three-quarters of new infections in the US last week, authorities say.

Women will not be able to buy the contraceptive pill over the counter at chemists after the national medicines regulator handed down its final decision.