Joseph Shorey looked distraught as he visited the scene of an alleged hit-and-run in the NSW central west which resulted in the death of his young sons Shane and Sheldon. Warning: This story contains images of Indigenous...

Premiers and chief ministers will hold a special meeting of National Cabinet on Friday to discuss the threat posed by a mutant strain of the COVID-19 virus that has emerged in the United Kingdom. ...

Democrat Raphael Warnock has won one of two runoff elections for the US Senate being held in Georgia, according to multiple US media outlets.

Three West Australians are in hotel quarantine after personal protective equipment protocols were not followed, including an ambulance officer who took a COVID-19 patient to hospital.

NSW records four new locally acquired COVID-19 infections with the source of one infection unknown. Health authorities say the mystery case in their "greatest concern".

After a long week of build-up that had nothing to do with the cricket, Australia will have a fight on its hands to rein-in India in the third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, writes Geoff Lemon. ...

The MCG and Chadstone Shopping Centre are listed as potential COVID-19 acquisition sites after a man attended Boxing Day sales and day two of the Boxing Day Test before testing positive to coronavirus. ...

A second wave of COVID-19 infections is threatening to overwhelm understaffed hospitals where patients are already dying due to a lack of equipment.

Georgia's Senate run-off elections are a question of whether Donald Trump's power has become a Republican liability, writes Emily Olson.

Efforts are underway to restore order after a disturbance at the Christmas Island immigration detention centre, with reports detainees climbed onto roofs and set fires.

A man is dead after seizing a gun from a corrections officer in the Wollongong CBD and turning it on himself.

More than 50 pro-democratic activists in Hong Kong are arrested on suspicion of breaking the city's controversial national security law, in the biggest crackdown yet against the democratic opposition. ...

The mother of an Australian man who died in the 2002 Bali bombings says she does not want alleged mastermind Abu Bakar Bashir released from jail.

Court documents reveal Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein facing child trafficking charges, was tracked down by the FBI using data from her mobile phone.

Disturbing CCTV footage shows a driver in a stolen ute smashing into a Mackay sports club numerous times, leaving a trail of destruction that will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix.

Police are investigating after a 33-year-old Victorian woman climbed a fence and escaped from a quarantine facility near Darwin. Watch the video of the incident here.

The expected rollout of the first coronavirus vaccine in Australia has been brought forward by two weeks to early March.

A couple aged in their 90s were left bloodied and bruised after being bashed during a home invasion in South Lake, south of Perth.

An Ipswich man who allegedly broke into a pub on Queensland's Sunshine Coast had to be rescued by police from the ceiling cavity after being trapped for four hours.

While China may have banned Australian lobsters, consumers here back a campaign to support the seafood sector with a pre-Christmas splurge.

More and more foreign-backed wind turbines are popping up across Tasmania. But with the majority of the state's power already generated by hydro-electricity and investors banking on an expensive cable proposal to the mai...

Football Australia has dabbled with a themed round and partnered with John Moriarty Football in the past for Indigenous Football Week, but now could be an ideal time to start a new tradition.

Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in A View to a Kill and appeared in the sitcom That '70s Show, dies several hours after being mistakenly declared dead by her publicist and her partner. ...

Citing "the deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles", the Recording Academy and CBS announce the 2021 music awards — in which Beyoncé is a leading contender with nine nominations — will be postponed. ...

An emergency warning remains in place for an out-of-control bushfire burning in the shires of Gingin and Dandaragan, with properties saved overnight but gusty winds continuing to pose a "significant risk". ...

Three Australian nurses working in the UK tell of the fear, anxiety and exhaustion stalking them as the coronavirus pandemic slowly overwhelms even the best-equipped health systems in the heart of Britain's COVID crisis....

Parts of north Queensland have been hit by massive downpours in the aftermath of ex-Tropical Cyclone Imogen, with one town receiving 100 millimetres in just an hour.

Emergency food drops and evacuations have been carried out in the Macleay Valley, on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, where a landslip, coupled with days of heavy rainfall, have isolated around 300 people. ...

While the Government has provided fiscal measures to help younger workers to get a foothold in the jobs market, mid-career Australians say they have been left out and are struggling to leap back into work after a year do...

Malcolm Turnbull's son loathed it. Bob Hawke's daughter describes it as an "incredible privilege." Christine Milne's son says it allowed him to see the very best — and the very worst — of society. So what's life like...