A female tennis player from the Czech Republic has had her Australian visa cancelled and is being detained in the same immigration hotel as Serbian star Novak Djokovic.

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating with his family.

Police say they were confronted with blacked-out windows and locked doors when they tried to get inside the George bar and restaurant in Perth's CBD on New Year's Eve.

No state or territory around the country is in lockdown, but economic data now indicates millions of Australians are behaving as if a nation-wide lockdown is in place.

Singing and dancing in hospitality venues is banned as NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet reintroduces several COVID-19 restrictions to battle the increasing number of cases and hospitalisations.

With their bodies busted and their team on the ropes, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes finally stared back at Australia and said "enough", writes Dean Bilton.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queensland could be looking at a one-to-two week delay to the start of school, with a concrete decision to be made in the coming days, as the state confirms almost 11,000 new COVID-19 cases.

There is a "moderate to high chance" a tropical low currently forming in the Coral Sea off north Queensland will develop into a tropical cyclone, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

Heavy rainfall and flash flooding has hit the western suburbs of Melbourne this afternoon, with a second severe storm warning issued for other parts of regional Victoria.

The Northern Territory has broken its daily record for new COVID-19 cases for three consecutive days now, as the reproduction rate of the disease reaches 4.5. But according to the health experts, the trend it isn't necessarily cause for a...

As of midday on Saturday, some elective surgeries will be postponed up to eight weeks and all hospitality and licensed venues in the ACT must ensure that patrons are seated while eating and drinking. Dancing at hospitality venues will no lo...

The HomeBuilder grant was one of the biggest stimulus injections the housing industry had ever seen, with more than 100,000 Australians able to build their dream home. But for those who missed out, it created turmoil.

The world number one tennis player has spent the night in immigration detention in Melbourne as he awaits an outcome on his legal challenge against deportation.

Skye Fellman says the "impersonal" experience of her COVID-19 diagnosis was taken to a different level when she received a surprise phone call from "Billie", introducing themselves as a Queensland Health AI assistant.

Organisers of the annual Tamworth Country Music Festival postpone next week's event due to COVID-19 uncertainty and reschedule a smaller event for April.

COVID-19 cases are expected to peak in NSW in mid-January and subside by the middle of February, modelling by NSW Health shows.

A further six deaths have taken the toll from the current outbreak to 743, as Victorians will now be able to report positive at-home rapid antigen test results online.

A family tragedy occurred just weeks before wanted man Michael Davidson Tillman surrendered to police after more than a decade on the run, it can be revealed.

Three cars were seized overnight and two people were arrested in two separate incidents overnight, but Summernats co-owner Andy Lopez is clear: "They're not our people".

An EU law came into force this week banning the use of many popular tattoo inks that contain chemicals regulators say are hazardous, with some linked to cancer. Tattoo artists are up in arms, but experts say Australia should be getting on b...

Two people die in South Australia with COVID-19 over 48 hours as the state records 3,707 new cases.

No new COVID-19 cases were recorded in WA through community transmission as the state prepares to lock its borders to every state and territory aside from the NT.

It took just an hour for Donald Trump's supporters to overwhelm security at the Capitol and launch an unprecedented assault on America's democracy.

A top European court declines to rule in a high-profile discrimination case centred on an activist's request to have a cake decorated with the Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie and the words "Support Gay Marriage".

Investigators are looking into whether a five-year-old who was playing with a lighter set a Christmas tree on fire, sparking a blaze that killed 12 family members in a Philadelphia terrace.