In an open letter, "the 150 footballers and netballers of Collingwood" apologise for their part in allowing systemic racism to permeate through the club.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says the Government will offer COVID-19 vaccinations free to all visa holders in Australia, including refugees and asylum seekers, in order to achieve "the maximum level of coverage". ...

Everyone in Australia will have a COVID-19 vaccine by October if the Government's plan works out. So how are we going to get there? Here are the five key takeaways from today's announcement.

Western Power says about 800 homes are without power in the bushfire area, down from 2,000, but there are severely damaged lines in areas they have been unable to access.

An emergency warning remains in place for the massive blaze burning to Perth's north-east, as a new fire breaks out on the northern flank of the blaze in Bullsbrook.

The Northern Territory Government declares 10 Melbourne suburbs coronavirus hotspots after a hotel quarantine worker in the city tests positive.

Canada's recent decision to declare far-right extremists the Proud Boys as terrorists is ramping up the pressure on Australian authorities to do the same.

A leading economist warns labour market slack will push workers' take-home pay lower over the next two years, threatening the nascent Australian economic recovery.

The Fiji Government has deported a leading Australian university professor, in a move being described as "dictatorial" and as placing Pacific regionalism in doubt.

Obscure, old laws are often used by Myanmar's military to charge people seen as a threat to them or their interests — here's a look at how long Aung San Suu Kyi could spend in jail and what experts expect to happen nex...

Western Australia records no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases after four days of lockdown — while recording two new cases in hotel quarantine — leaving the state on track to end the five-day lockdown on Friday ...

Sheltering in the back of a horse float, her two dogs by her side, Sharleen Hall had not imagined the fire — which began in Wooroloo on Monday — would force her and her husband to flee their Bullsbrook home, leaving ...

Australian ministers join the United States in condemning China over reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region. ...

Aileen Harrison says the New Acland mine made her family sick and led to the loss of the house she built. But the success of her High Court appeal has dismayed workers facing an uncertain future. ...

The equation is very simple for the Scorchers and Heat tonight: win and you're through to the final, lose and you go home. Follow all the live scores, stats and results in our ScoreCentre.

Australians overwhelmingly think that having a multicultural society is a good thing, but only if people who immigrate here adopt "Australian" values and integrate, a report finds.

Tasmania's Aboriginal Land Council says the apology will be welcome as they work to get the 14,000-year-old art returned in early March, but some Indigenous groups question who will then have access to the pieces going f...

Less than two years ago, Casey McIntyre, 31, had a steady job, loved horseriding and rarely had to see a doctor. Now on "borrowed time", she's urging women to take a simple step to protect themselves. ...

A review of CCTV at the Grand Hyatt hotel shows the COVID-positive worker followed all the safety procedures before his infection, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says.

As another Australian state reacts to a case of COVID-19 escaping hotel quarantine, experts are warning "this is going to keep happening" unless more is done to prevent the aerosol spread of the virus. ...

The Prime Minister says he and the US President have agreed to work closely on dealing with the deadly pandemic and combatting climate change.

After quarantining coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan, the Diamond Princess cruise ship, overseas fruit pickers, international students and thousands of repatriated Australians, the Northern Territory has reached triple fig...

The largest national survey of the health of truck drivers finds widespread medical problems and psychological distress, with one truckie saying: "It's all about money, and the drivers, they're secondary." ...

Thanks to my job as a doctor in a small regional hospital in Tirol, yesterday I received the Pfizer COVID vaccine. But not everyone in my life is so excited by it, writes Rebecca Schoepf.

One of the two women accused of repeatedly stabbing and then locking Nisha Phillips in the boot of her own car tells a court she would "do anything" to be released from custody.

Nearly three months after Kelsey Townsend gave birth to her fourth child, the 32-year-old Wisconsin woman was finally face to face with her.

Former world number six Carla Suárez Navarro assumed she had COVID when she fell ill in the summer. Instead, she was diagnosed with cancer.

The 2021 Golden Globes nominees have been named overnight, with Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman leading some predictable nods and a whole bunch of surprises.

Tokyo Olympics organising committee president apologises for "inappropriate" comments about women being "annoying" in board meetings, but says he will not resign.

A trial to help terminally ill patients cope with the anguish of their diagnosis through the use of a psychedelic compound is the kind of treatment advocates had hoped would become more widely available, before yesterday...

Almost 100 historical glass slides of Brisbane and the surrounding regions have been brought to life for the digital age, painting a clearer picture of the river city in the 19th century.