When top diplomats from China and the US met, they were meant to have two minutes each to open talks. Instead, both sides took pot shots at each other for over an hour.

The State Emergency Service orders residents in several areas on the NSW Mid-North Coast to evacuate by 8:00pm tonight amid rising floodwaters as Sydneysiders are advised to stay home on Saturday because of "dangerous" weather.

A free and accessible coronavirus vaccination program has been key to Australia's chart out of the pandemic, but some patients say they have been asked to attend paid appointments before accessing the vaccine.

During a sentence hearing for Samuel Davidson, the family of Antony, Angelina and Sienna Abdallah and their cousin, Veronique Sakr, reveal the pain he caused when he struck them with his car, with the father of three of the children telli...

Australian experts say they're behind the vaccine's rollout, despite Europe's medicines regulator being unable to rule out a link with rare blood clots that have been occurring almost exclusively in a group that's typically not at a high ris...

The Federal Attorney General's office has signed an extradition request to India in relation to the death of 24-year-old Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley in 2018.

It's not hard to see why the framing of the actions of a man who allegedly shot and killed eight people — six of them women of Asian descent — in Atlanta this week as having "a really bad day" became a national flashpoint, writes Emily O...

An online eligibility checker for the coronavirus vaccine directs people to call GP clinics in their area but some providers are being caught off guard, some were left of the list and all have too few doses to meet demand.

The Queensland CHO heaps praise on the actions of the Brisbane doctor who contracted COVID-19 at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, announcing the outbreak has been brought under control due to her swift actions.

A Friday night blockbuster between Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs pits former Magpie Adam Treloar against his former side for the first time since their acrimonious split. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and...

It's been one year since the Ruby Princess arrived back Sydney Harbour and her passengers were allowed to disembark and scatter across the world. Cruise lover Marilyn Halladay, one of the first Australians infected with COVID-19, is itching ...

The 19-year-old's hopes of earning an AFL lifeline via the mid-season draft are over after he was banned from playing at the elite level for the rest of 2021.

Tasmania is set to welcome its first direct flights from New Zealand next month for the first time since 1998, as part of a twice-weekly service across the Tasman once quarantine-free travel is available.

Qantas workers who usually work on international routes will receive a $500-a-week wage payment well after the JobKeeper scheme ends, under the federal government's controversial $1.2 billion aviation tourism support scheme.

For almost a year, PNG appeared to escape the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, but the numbers now coming out of the Pacific nation's biggest hospital are staggering and frightening.

A Brisbane Boys' College captain calls on his peers to end sexual assault and harassment of women in powerful speech.

Former Young Australian of the Year and Queensland Labor MP Jonty Bush says she was the victim of sexual assault, likening the trauma of her experiences to a "shadow we can't shake".

Despite hopes it might be otherwise, the new round of the gender wars has become as rugged and nasty as their cousins, the culture and history wars, writes Michelle Grattan.

American Twitch streamer ludwig is broadcasting every second of his life as long as his audience keeps paying. Here's why.

Vanessa Bryant is suing Los Angeles county and the Sheriff's Department after graphic photos from the site of the chopper crash that killed her husband and daughter were allegedly shared by officers.

Adults in China are squeezing themselves into children's clothing and are so proud of it they post the pictures online, but the trend has experts, academics and members of the public concerned.

Alexi McCammond's appointment came under significant scrutiny when it was first announced earlier this month, due to a series of tweets she made in 2011, in which she seemingly mocked the appearance of Asian people.

A top Taiwanese official issues a plea for people to stop changing their name to 'Salmon' after dozens make the unusual move to take advantage of a restaurant promotion.

Basketball Australia's proactive investigation into its culture made 12 recommendations, one of which was to ensure greater representation of Indigenous athletes.  

It took a group in Adelaide more than an hour before they recovered their belongings from a fox den in sand dunes, finding a "whole heap of other people's stuff as well" including shoes and a lot of thongs.