Labor leader Anthony Albanese will be forced to isolate at home for the next week of the election campaign after testing positive to COVID-19.

Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce stands by a candidate who said "one way to avoid domestic violence is to marry well" in a now-deleted social media post.

The day after leaders' debates is often about mopping up the mistakes or missteps — and the Prime Minister was on the defensive on a number of fronts, writes Patricia Karvelas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin orders his troops not to storm the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol, where thousands of civilians and Ukrainian forces have been sheltering.

A former SAS patrol commander tells the Federal Court that he only found out this week that Mr Roberts-Smith's employer, billionaire businessman Kerry Stokes, has been paying his legal fees since 2020.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet blames the federal government for a backlog of grant applications, saying a lack of flexibility has led to delays.

Australia's most decorated Olympian says it is unfair for "biologically male" swimmers to compete against female athletes.

After a five-day trial, Dionne Batrice Grills has been found not guilty of the manslaughter of three-year-old Maliq Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo.

Former Solomon Islands prime minister Danny Philip staunchly defends his country's secret pact with Beijing, saying the government does not need to seek public approval, because of "national security".

Senior Constable Bria Joyce died in a head-on collision in Victoria earlier this month.

Living in seven-star energy-efficient homes would cut Australian energy bills by an average of $450 a year and help address climate change by reducing emissions, according to a new report from the Climate Council.

Jacquelene Monk knows the prognosis for her husband, who was left on life support after contracting the deadly mosquito-borne virus, is not good, but she's keeping her spirits up.

There was no warning of a rock fall that killed a man working in an open-cut mine in Tasmania's north-west, a coroner finds.

Scott Morrison says he is "deeply sorry" that a comment he made during last night's leaders' debate that he was "blessed" not to have a child with disability caused offence, saying he did not intend it that way.

Decades after the end of World War II, a small chain of islands claimed by both Russia and Japan have again become entangled in a conflict as Tokyo refuses to submit to Vladimir Putin any longer.

It's the fishy mystery that's had locals hooked for almost a fortnight. Is there a shark in Darwin's Lake Alexander? Today, the mystery was solved, and the catch is a big one. 

The Federal Court orders rivals of Gold Coast cosmetic surgeon Dr Cesido Colagrande to pay him hundreds of thousands in damages after they posted a fake review about his practice on a medical rating website.

Dominic Perrottet says the state government is not intending to bring forward laws to remove the pay of Kiama MP Gareth Ward, who was suspended from parliament after he was charged last month.

In the southern Italian province of Vibo Valencia, the mafia rules. Now a prosecutor the mafia wants dead is trying to free it from their grip.

Terri Butler says no-one was hurt in the incident but the whereabouts of the driver is unknown.

The 33-year-old rapper, who is expecting a baby with pop superstar Rihanna, was reportedly returning by private jet from her home island Barbados when he was arrested.

Queen Elizabeth II poses with two white fell ponies at Windsor Castle in a photo released to mark her 96th birthday.

Intense rainfall in parts of Queensland's south-east has broken the drought for some shires, but others remain too dry.

With tough times seemingly ahead, Netflix has flagged possible changes to its product that will have ramifications for its fans.

Noongar woman Donnell Wallam is named in the Australian netball team's 2022 Commonwealth Games squad, where a debut would see her become the first Indigenous Diamond in 32 years to take the court at the Games.