Warning "this virus isn't going away", the former health department boss who led a review of the nation's COVID-19 vaccine arrangements says she is surprised the federal government is yet to order vaccines for 2024.

As an online account that claims to be behind the Optus data breach says it has deleted its only copy of customers' information, state governments offer to help those affected.

Mark Dreyfus warns politicians and officials to "be afraid" of the powers the federal government wants to give its new anti-corruption commission.

A Queensland mother whose son took his own life just hours after learning he owed a Centrelink debt calls for justice and accountability at the first hearing of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.

Russia's FSB security agency says the Japanese official was caught "red-handed", accusing him of espionage and ordering him to leave the country. 

As Japan honours Shinzo Abe with a large and solemn ceremony attended by world leaders and thousands of mourners, protesters continue to oppose the state funeral.

As Australians prepare to start paying more for petrol, some sectors are set to benefit as the fuel tax system gets back to normal. 

As the world watched NASA complete the globe's first full-scale planetary defence test, few knew the crucial role played by a team on the outskirts of Australia's national capital.

After 40 years of general practice, Clyde Ronan would like to retire but there's no-one to replace him. Now the rural doctors' peak body is calling for urgent reform of the GP system to attract more junior doctors. 

Along with a stop in Lismore, Justin Welby's two-week trip will also include visits to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and the Torres Strait Islands.

Apple is to start making iPhone 14s in India, amid growing criticism over the economic and human costs of Beijing's strict COVID-zero policy.

Almost a week on from a harrowing crash involving a bus full of school students, three people are still in hospital. 

Show organisers say WorkSafe has deemed the ride safe to continue operating for the rest of the event. Shylah Rodden, 26, remains in a critical condition in hospital after she was struck by the ride on Sunday.

Anthony Koletti was shocked when ASIC and the AFP raided the home he shared with his wife Melissa Caddick in 2020 but didn't ask the alleged fraudster why she thought a search warrant had been granted, an inquest hears.

A breeding population of southern cassowaries has been spotted living in northern Cape York, signalling new hope for the endangered bird.

An Adelaide mayoral candidate looking to reduce public exposure to herbicides in parks and playgrounds says goats could be used as an alternative means to control weeds.

Owner Dawn Stancer says her cats were "foaming at the mouth and paralysed" after one of her eight cats came to her with a piece of meat hanging out of its mouth.

What we know after a forum user claiming to have the details of Optus customers threatened to release 10,000 records unless a ransom is paid, only to then claim "we don't care anymore".

A US Coast Guard ship on a routine patrol in the Bering Sea near Alaska, came across three Chinese naval vessels and four Russian ones, all in single formation.

A team of navy divers detonated the suspected World War II mortar shell, after it was discovered during survey works last week. 

A Supreme Court jury hears a handyman and an elderly woman were seen arguing before the 77-year-old was discovered beaten to death in her Melbourne home in 2019.

A judge has handed down differing sentences over the aggravated kidnapping of a Canberra man whose body was found in bushland.

An experienced WA prosecutor is almost brought to tears as he details the sexual abuse of 16 young girls, some of them just babies, by a man who was being paid to babysit them.

A legal challenge to South Australia's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, led by inactive AFLW player Deni Vanhagen, has been dismissed by the Supreme Court in Adelaide.

Penrith have confirmed Taylan May will miss the grand final while Parramatta have recalled former Origin forward Nathan Brown for his first game in months.