At least 80 flights are cancelled at Sydney Airport on Christmas Eve as COVID-19 requirements put a strain on airline staff.

Five people have tested positive to COVID-19 the day after news broke that a French backpacker tested positive after flying to Perth from Queensland almost two weeks ago.

There are 15,471 active COVID-19 cases in Victoria, and 663 people have died during the current outbreak.

The severity of Western Australia's emerging COVID-19 outbreak is still to be revealed, but this is what we know so far.

WA Police Senior Constable Ben Falconer wins a Supreme Court injunction preventing him from being sacked for refusing a COVID vaccination until a judicial review is held.

Growing calls to fast-track COVID-19 booster shots have paid off, and soon Australians can get one, after four months from the second dose.

A boy has died after a drowning incident at a Gold Coast beach, and a man has been taken to hospital on the Sunshine Coast after being found unresponsive in the water.

Weather bureau updates Christmas-Boxing Day forecast as a tropical low intensifies, with communities from Tiwi Islands to Darwin and Kalumburu in the path of a potential cyclone.

Meseret fled Ethopia fearing for her life and found what she thought was a safe haven. But she had no inkling that she was about to spend the next 16 years as an indentured labourer and political refugee, almost completely cut off from her ...

Chinese police officers and equipment will soon be sent to Solomon Islands to help defuse months of civil unrest, a move that is already causing anxiety for Australian officials. 

West Australians thought they had another six weeks to get used to the idea of living with COVID, but an unexpected and unwanted early Christmas present may have changed everything, writes Jacob Kagi.

Paying tribute to the families of the Devonport tragedy and thanking those working through Christmas, the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader give their Christmas messages.

Several depictions of the Goddess of Democracy were removed, which was originally created by Tiananmen protesters as a symbol of their pursuit of democracy in China.

Queensland sets another daily record, with 589 cases of COVID-19 detected in the state. 

Australians will soon only have to wait four months between their second COVID vaccine and booster, with plans to reduce the gap even further.

You were curious about Omicron, Christmas holiday travel, and booster shots. Let's unpack some of your common COVID-19 questions.

South Australia has recorded 688 new cases of COVID-19 today, and eight people in hospital.

The WA town has seen three deadly shark attacks since 2017. That has kept many locals out of the water, but it is hoped a new facility will give them the confidence to return. 

With England 0-2 against Australia, Root said his side's challenge was to collectively improve without 'pointing fingers'.

Sitting up in hospital with his head half-shaved and eating pizza — it is a simple photo, but one which came as welcome news that one of the children involved in the jumping castle tragedy had made it.

With COVID infections now spreading quickly through Queensland, the Aboriginal community of Cherbourg is preparing to provide housing and food for people who have to isolate.

Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has rejected an application from First Nations leaders to stop a NSW South Coast mine expansion after the discovery of a large number of Indigenous artefacts.

Another 11 COVID-19 exposure sites are confirmed in Perth as authorities race to find out whether the virus has been spread by an infected French backpacker who visited a host of venues around the city.

Something unexpected has happened since the start of this century. Young people in Australia, the UK, Nordic countries and North America are drinking significantly less alcohol than their parents' generation. There are four reasons why. ...

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, share a first look at their daughter Lilibet in their annual family Christmas card.