And an old trend that took guts.

The number of postal votes rejected by the Electoral Commission of Queensland in October's state election has sparked a call for better voter education nationwide.

Health authorities in NSW say thousands of customers who visited a Sydney bottle shop may have been exposed to COVID-19.

Management of The Westin Melbourne held crisis talks with several penthouse owners on Monday afternoon in a bid to head off a court challenge that threatens to derail a plan by Tennis Australia to convert the exclusive hotel into a quarantine facilit...

NSW reported no local cases during the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday, however two linked to the growing Berala cluster were identified after the reporting period.

Police said the man in his 20s was pulled from the water but died at the scene.

A fire that has been raging since Saturday in the Shire of Gingin has escaped containment lines and is now threatening lives and homes.

The grind of having to quarantine at home for 14 days is starting to grate on the thousands of Victorians who were forced to cut their holidays short and rush home from NSW.

Victorians who stayed in NSW after the state government slammed the border to its neighbour shut will have to remain until at least the end of the month.

The 29-year-old semi-professional basketballer stands accused of murdering his 30-year-old girlfriend and has displayed signs of psychosis.

A communications group commonly described as a "cult" claims it has no reason to join a scheme that compensates victims of child sex abuse, despite several claims against it.

Experts have given Victoria’s testing and contact tracing regime their tick of approval –  some high-profile mistakes notwithstanding –  as the state battles its first COVID-19 outbreak in months.

A man has faced court charged with murdering a counsellor who came to visit him at a North Melbourne unit and with seriously injuring a friend.

With a total of five new cases recorded across both NSW and Victoria on Monday, linked to existing clusters, Dr Young has also held firm on existing interstate travel restrictions.

“Back in March, April, May we flattened the curve then we crushed the curve and I want to keep the curve crushed,” Mr McGowan said.

TC Imogen, which was due to weaken to a tropical low later on Monday, generated 105km/h wind gusts and more than 200 millimetres of rain.

New exposure sites include a juice bar in Chadstone Shopping Centre, Puffing Billy and a Sikh temple.

About 80 firefighters attended the blaze on Fitzgerald Road in Laverton North just after midnight on Monday and found a large pile of metal and debris ablaze.

Only the most committed fornicators would have gone about their business unhindered amid lockdowns and warnings to socially distance.

Police attended the reception venue and estimated there were double the number of guests permitted under the COVIDSafe plan the operator is required to put in place.

Even before remote learning took off last year, Erin Shackcloth had enrolled with Virtual School Victoria to study dance. She says it made her more inventive.

David McCredie, a pioneer in the treatment of children’s kidney disease in Australia, began his medical career in the early 1950s, at a time when chronic renal failure in children was almost invariably fatal.

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll says Mr Shelton has been cleared of any wrongdoing, but the tweet was "disappointing".

The public health order gave exemptions to boat owners with vessels moored in Pittwater to cross the Narrabeen border to the upper northern beaches to sail with members of their household.

Horrid scenes played out at a family New Year's Eve event where premiership AFL player Lewis Jetta and his wife and children were allegedly racially abused.

Some coronavirus testing sites in Melbourne were forced to close within hours of opening on Monday morning as waiting times swelled.

His band's version of You’ll Never Walk Alone became the unofficial standard for Liverpool and its football club.

NSW has recorded no locally acquired cases of coronavirus in the latest reporting period as residents from western Sydney are urged to get tested.

Radio veteran Chris Ilsley finishes on 6PR after 21 years with the station as Perth media personality Tod Johnson takes over the chair.

Georgia's Senate vote this week will determine the prospects for Joe Biden's reform agenda.

Residents in Greater Sydney, Wollongong, the Central Coast, and the Blue Mountains can get a $200 on-the-spot fine from Monday if they don't wear a mask in certain indoor settings.

Business high flyer John Poynton and City of Perth councillor Di Bain could pick up as much as $7 million for the perfect 'iso' retreat as South West WA becomes a sellers market.

The weather bureau expects the category one cyclone to weaken and be downgraded to a tropical low again on Monday.

The political activist and former managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby posted about his venture into NSW on social media.

A young couple sipping chardonnay is often the stereotype of those living in Sydney's apartments. New mapping dispels that notion.

Experts predict the decision to increase private health insurance family cover to dependents until the age of 31 will help those facing unemployment.

The NSW government is under pressure to reveal whether it will extend the tolls or make trips free after the charging regime for the Harbour Tunnel expires.

Allowing the SCG cricket Test to go ahead in front of thousands of spectators puts a sharp focus on the health advice supporting the Premier's decision.

All state and territory governments should demand that the federal government step up and play its part instead of passing the buck.

With COVID-19 outbreaks in NSW and Victoria, the March timeline now seems like a long way off.

Tin-kettle-beating etc, notes of the week, and the biggest thing since Russia.

The Australian Open faces another major disruption after the owners of 36 private apartments in The Westin Melbourne challenged a plan by Tennis Australia and Victorian health authorities to use the exclusive hotel to quarantine hundreds of tennis pl...

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Residents of Greater Sydney must by law wear masks on public transport and in certain indoor public settings. Victoria is working to contain new COVID-19 cases linked to Sydney clusters.

Testing clinics have been overwhelmed by 60,000 returning travellers, prompting calls for better contingency planning.

If there has ever been a time when we have missed having a local news source it has been these last months.

COVID has reminded people of the need for effective government and Labor should use this opportunity to reset the political landscape.

It's been an atmospheric ruin for decades; now the 1853 Rockbank Inn will be the subject of an archaeological dig.

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