The Department of Home Affairs loses its bid to delay Monday's court appeal by Novak Djokovic to overturn the cancellation of his visa as details emerge of the world number one tennis player's own legal case amid a separate controversy over ...

The detention of Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic at Melbourne's infamous Park Hotel has inadvertently highlighted the plight of refugees and asylum seekers that have been locked away for up to nine years with no end in sight.

Though technically a dead rubber, under fading light and with pulses racing, day five in Sydney felt like the best Test cricket has to offer, writes Dean Bilton.

A tense and thrilling final day at the SCG comes down to the last over, with England's tail-enders holding on for a famous draw in fading light.

Queensland records 18,000 new cases of COVID-19, with 402 people in hospital, including 22 people in ICU, with five on ventilators.  Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk also announced changes to the return-to-school date for the state's primary ...

Essential workers say they're worried about the state government's "reckless" decision to allow asymptomatic close contacts to come back to work without isolating.

Australia's world number one Ash Barty has won the Adelaide International for a second time, with a straight-sets win over Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina.

Maryborough's central business district was evacuated on Sunday as water flowed through damaged gates under the town's levee, threatening to flood as many as 100 businesses.

They have ruled North Korea for three generations, but the new Kims have blended more modern approaches to fashion and propaganda, with old family traditions of secret child rearing and bloody purges. 

Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, is turning 40 and, to mark the occasion, new royal photos are released.

The port city of Tianjin is only about 100 kilometres from the Chinese capital, Beijing, which is hosting the Winter Olympics in February.

Josh Cavallo says he was targeted with homophobic abuse during Adelaide United's away A-League Mens draw with Melbourne Victory.

Relaxed isolation rules mean critical food workers no longer have to isolate if they are a close contact with no symptoms as the state records the highest number of deaths in a 24-hour period.

South Australia records 4,506 new cases of COVID-19, with the number of people in hospital with the virus now sitting at 176.

After losing him at Kabul airport, baby Sohail's family spent months trying to find him. When they did, it was not easy to get him back.

There are now 24 patients with COVID-19 in hospitals across the Northern Territory, up from 17 yesterday, as the jurisdiction records 481 new cases.

West Australians hoping to buy rapid antigen tests from their local pharmacies have been warned they will not be able to, due to a lack of supply.

For many Australians, travelling overseas is almost a rite of passage. But what happens when COVID disrupts those plans, and what will happen when the pandemic moves on?

The president of Turkmenistan calls for an end to one of the country’s most notable but infernal sights — the blazing natural gas crater widely referred to as the "Gateway to Hell".

There are now 146,863 active cases across the state, with the total death toll for the current outbreak at 756.

Residents in the NSW Snowy Mountains have described the death of a Victorian man, whose body was found after his boat capsized, as a tragedy. 

The ACT records 1,039 new COVID-19 cases as positive rapid antigen test results are officially accepted as proof of infection in the territory. But pharmacies are warning RATs will be hard to find this week. 

Teenager Genevieve Beacom makes history, debuting for the Melbourne Aces to become the first female pitcher for an Australian professional baseball team.

NASA staff celebrate as the James Webb Space Telescope opens its huge, gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror, the final step in the observatory's dramatic unfurling.

Australian monobob pilot Bree Walker underlines her Olympic medal chances with another World Series podium finish in Winterberg, while fellow Aussie Jakara Anthony also returns to the moguls podium in Canada.