Western Australia records another 24 local COVID-19 cases, nine of them part of a growing Bunbury cluster tied to a lithium plant under construction in the South West region.

Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis have taken the Australian Open by storm but not everyone is enjoying the show, with vanquished Kiwi Michael Venus saying Kyrgios is about as mature as a 10-year-old.

More than 16,000 people have been sworn in at citizenship ceremonies across the country, with the nation urged to "walk together as one mob" on Australia Day.

Win or lose in Thursday's final at Melbourne Park, Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott will have no regrets as he moves into retirement after a decorated career on the court.

Australian Open semifinalist Stefanos Tsitsipas was nearly flawless as he thrashed Jannik Sinner in their quarterfinal but revealed post-match that after a November surgery, his doctor did not expect him to even be playing tennis now. Foll...

Ash Barty is yet to drop a set this fortnight, but the world number one's coach believes his charge can take her game to another level at Melbourne Park.

HMAS Adelaide delivers humanitarian supplies to Tonga after 23 people on board tested positive to COVID, while the country's airport reopens after ash is cleared from the runway.

The large-scale search for Darren Huber ends after his body is discovered by a pair of fisherman north of Sydney.

Removing Russia from an international financial system, blocking the country from the US dollar and going after high-ranking officials and their families, including Vladimir Putin's suspected girlfriend, are all options being floated if Rus...

Unforgiving dry weather and an absent wet season meant things were getting dire for Queensland graziers who had started selling cattle. But now the skies have opened up.

Iga Świątek fights back from a set down to beat veteran Kaia Kanepi after just more than three hours on court, while Danielle Collins enjoys safer passage through to the last four after defeating Alizé Cornet. 

Police divers find the body of a female swimmer who had been missing at Launceston's Cataract Gorge since Tuesday.

Northern Territory-bound road trains blocked by flooding on the Stuart Highway in South Australia take a massive detour through NSW and Queensland to deliver their cargo.

The kiss at an AIDS awareness event caused a furore at the time, with radical Hindu groups burning effigies of both celebrities to protest against the perceived insult to Indian values.

Thirteen people with COVID-19 die in South Australia, the highest number since the start of the pandemic.

Dylan Alcott says friend and Australian of the Year predecessor Grace Tame has left big shoes for him to fill as he pledges to use the platform to change perceptions of people with disability.

Disability advocate, athlete, Paralympian and philanthropist Dylan Alcott has made history in becoming the first Australian of the Year with a visible disability. Here's his powerful acceptance speech in full.

Five decades on, founder Michael Anderson reflects on the embassy's history — and hopes for its future.

Dozens of firefighters have worked tirelessly overnight to contain a fire within Mount Gambier's landmark Crater Lakes district, as water bombing continues.

Digital contact tracing seems to have gone the way of the dinosaurs as the coronavirus pandemic has evolved, but overseas, educators are thinking about new ways to share COVID information that could change the way we approach future outbreak...

Another 29 people with COVID-19 die in NSW, as the number of people with the virus in the state's hospitals and intensive care units plateaus.

Karla Dickens's exhibition Return to Sender is the result of years spent collecting racist vintage postcards, which she reframes and subverts to tell stories of First Nations resilience.

Russian authorities add imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and some of his top allies to the country's registry of terrorists and extremists.

There are 889 people in hospital including 47 patients who are in intensive care.

An Australian film starring Sarah Snook is set to begin shooting in the small Riverland town of Waikerie, and locals hope it will bring worldwide attention to the beautiful town.