There are few COVID-19 restrictions in Australia's most populous state, but Omicron is affecting almost everything in NSW, from hospitals to hospitality.

Despite declaring that he had not travelled in the 14 days before arriving in Australia, social media posts and news articles reportedly show that Novak Djokovic travelled to Spain from Serbia within the two-week window.

Many holiday-makers and others trapped by a bushfire threatening lives and homes in Western Australia's South-West given the chance to leave the area in an escorted convoy.

A family accused of trying to kill a young Muslim woman in "an attempted honour killing" in Adelaide's north put tracking apps on her phone and drained her bank account while she was recovering in intensive care, a court has heard.

Bernard Tomic tells an on-court umpire that he is certain to test positive to COVID-19 as he crashes out of Australian Open qualifying.

Scott Walsberger and Adam Boot were anxious to book their daughter, Amiya, in for her vaccination but, within minutes of their local GP opening, all appointments had booked out.

A man is charged after allegedly threatening staff at a Sydney restaurant with a replica gun when he was asked to pay for his meal.

Parents say a lack of clarity around South Australia's 2022 school year is leaving them feeling nervous as COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the state. But experts warn a lack of face-to-face education will have impacts on vulnerable c...

Paramedics took almost an hour to arrive to treat a three-year-old boy for burns during high demand for ambulances amid South Australia's COVID-19 outbreak.

With nearly 600,000 active COVID-19 cases across Australia, the federal government has again adjusted how people who are forced out of work to isolate can access hardship payments.

Gulf of Carpentaria communities brace for impact as ex-Tropical Cyclone Tiffany tracks towards the Northern Territory coastline.

The number of people in Queensland hospitals for COVID-related illness will grow to be "quite significant" in coming weeks, the state's Chief Health Officer says.

More than 150 new COVID-19 patients are admitted to the state's hospitals in a day, as 11 deaths and 25,000 cases are also reported.

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Western Australia records four new local cases of COVID-19, including a person suspected of having the Omicron variant who was infectious in the community, as a new 'one-stop shop' app is launched. 

Murderer Ben Hoffmann tells the NT Supreme Court he has not been able to secure a new lawyer since firing his counsel in November last year.

A review finds Queensland cancer researcher and immunologist Mark Smyth fabricated scientific data used in support of grant funding applications and human trials, his former employer QIMR Berghoer says.

Shoppers are warned their favourite cuts of chicken are unlikely to be available in the coming weeks due to COVID-related worker shortages at meat processing plants.

Horse owners and farmers around Gympie are counting their losses and celebrating tales of survival after up to 650 millimetres of rain fell across the region.

An elderly couple rescued after their car broke down in remote Western Australia killed a kangaroo for food and found a fresh water supply while they waited for help, a rescuer reveals. 

The number of patients in Victorian hospitals with COVID-19 has risen to 861, as the state records 37,994 new cases and 13 deaths.

US doctors say the experimental transplant shows a heart from a genetically modified animal can function in the human body without immediate rejection.

Maya Angelou, the late civil rights activist and author, is the first African American woman to appear on the US currency, in a series dedicating to honouring women and their achievements in shaping the nation's history.

Tasmania's top health bureaucrat tests positive to COVID-19, a day after Guy Barnett became the first Tasmanian government minister to contract the disease.

Gruyere cheese does not have to come from the Gruyères region of Europe to be sold under the name, a federal judge has ruled in the United States.