The Ukrainian military says Russian "spies" and "saboteurs" have been spotted less than 5 kilometres from Kyiv as the invasion presses toward Ukrainian capital. Follow live.

A series of pre-dawn explosions have rocked Ukraine's capital Kyiv, with Russian troops reportedly on the outskirts of the capital.

Russian soldiers are going to die during this war, potentially in large numbers. And the Kremlin is acutely aware it will become a problem at home, writes the ABC's former Russia correspondent Norman Hermant. 

Hackers launch cyber attacks against Russian government websites, including state-controlled Russia Today, in response to the Ukraine crisis.

Australians in Ukraine woke to the sound of explosions as Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the Eastern European nation. 

Heavy rain drenches parts of south-east Queensland with Wide Bay and the Sunshine Coast seeing a month's worth of rain in an hour and rising floodwaters prompting evacuations of properties in Lockyer Valley.

The rivers are already rising but there's more rain to come for south-east Queensland and northern NSW. Meanwhile, a cyclone is brewing in the north-west.

The Supreme Court rules in favour of the NSW Liberal Party's executive, which is responsible for endorsing federal candidates, allowing its members to stay beyond a Monday deadline set by their federal counterparts.

US and European officials are holding one key financial sanction against Russia in reserve, choosing not to boot Russia off SWIFT, the dominant system for global financial transactions.

Images show the damage to fuel storage areas and airport infrastructure in Chuhuiv, as Ukrainian forces battle Russian invaders on three sides of its border.

The Prime Minister slams China for liberalising trade with Russia, accusing Beijing of undermining Western sanctions put in place over its invasion of Ukraine.

Leaders from the US, UK, EU and Australia have announced a raft of sanctions against Russia's banking, finance, energy and technology sectors after its forces invaded Ukraine. Here are the curbs proposed so far.

A biomechanical expert tells the NT Supreme Court that Kumanjayi Walker's ability to use the scissors he was holding was greatly constrained because his arm was pinned under another officer.

Queensland's corruption watchdog confirms it dismissed credit card misuse allegations against Integrity Commissioner, Nikola Stepanov but was still investigating complaints relating to an office laptop.

A former WA Health bureaucrat whose corrupt actions strike "at the heart of the community's trust in government" is handed a 15-month jail term.

In its most-recent advertising, Clive Palmer's United Australia Party (UAP) printed the names, photos and numbers of 151 of its candidates. Here's what we found after calling and investigating the digital footprints of each of them.

The family of a 19-year-old man killed in a collision on the Monaro Highway last year say the five year sentencing of the person responsible "strongly inadequate".

The man convicted of a violent sexual assault in the city's northern suburbs is handed a harsher sentence following a successful appeal in a Northern Territory court.

As globalisation rises in the West, Vladimir Putin is encouraging the return of the tribe. He sees the West's individualism as a weakness and his approach has set the world ablaze, writes Stan Grant. 

Ukraine's government, anonymous Russian military sources and experts have all posited different explanations for why Russia captured the infamous Chernobyl nuclear power plant as part of Moscow's invasion of its neighbour. 

Milad El-Halabi, who was elected from the council's North-West Ward in Melbourne's inner north in October 2020, has been charged with conspiring to cheat and defraud electors by stealing multiple ballot papers and lodging them with the Vi...

The NSW coroner has delivered a scathing assessment of the police investigation into the disappearance of Carly Metcalfe and the medical assistance she received before her death.

The Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Service is worried about hikers getting lost on the remote 230km walking track because long grass has grown over the trail.

The weather bureau has extended the warning zone for a cyclone expected to form above north-east WA on Friday night, with Wadeye and Dundee Beach in the NT now also on alert. 

According to St George Illawarra Dragons forward Holli Wheeler, most NRLW players already act like professionals, they just aren't paid like it.