As he waits nervously for a verdict and sentence, Yang Hengjun provides the clearest insight yet into the espionage hearing China didn't want the world to see.

The aged care worker is one of five locally acquired COVID-19 infections recorded in the state on Saturday as an outbreak continues to grow.

Victorian Acting Premier James Merlino announces a $250 million support package for 90,000 businesses affected by the seven-day COVID-19 lockdown.

Nearly 600,000 Australians have received a COVID jab over the past six days, with people now starting to get their second dose of the AstraZeneca shot, the Federal Health Minister says.

If it goes ahead, Victoria's new quarantine hub would be split into distinctive "suburbs" filled with modules for singles, couples and families. The government's calling for tenders and wants the first phase built by February. 

Federal Liberal MP Dan Tehan tells Victorian workers who have lost their income during the lockdown to "go to Centrelink and see whether they are eligible", despite suggestions they will not be.

The busy Chadstone Shopping Centre, a university library, the popular Peninsula Hot Springs, and stores and restaurants spread across Melbourne are added to the state's growing list of COVID-19 exposure sites.

A 34-year-old video gamer filmed himself live on Facebook begging for help after he noticed he had COVID-19 symptoms but struggled to reach hospitals. He died just days later.

More than 20 people are sent to hospital after being exposed to gas at Tasmanian salmon giant Tassal's Strathblane facility near Dover.

Electric vehicle experts say Australia is a "backwater" for global car manufacturers and is missing out on the latest EV technology. 

Aussie world number one Ash Barty returns to Roland Garros for the first time since her 2019 title. Can she win her second major title after a strong claycourt season? Keep across all the scores from Paris here.

Tonnes of plastic granules from the smouldering Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl are washing up on Sri Lanka's famed beaches.

How would you describe your parents? Nobody's perfect, of course, but some parents leave more of a mark than others.

Gavin MacLeod, best known as the cheerful Captain Stubing in TV hit show The Love Boat, is being remembered after his death at age 90 as the "best, sweetest, purest guy".

Port Adelaide and Fremantle finish off the first of the AFL's Indigenous Rounds after Sydney beats Carlton and Richmond takes down Adelaide. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.

Five months ago, Therese McLean says her life started to end. Her personal experience has only strengthened her resolve to see voluntary assisted dying made legal in Queensland.

The former Labor leader announces he will again run for the leadership of the party after Jodi McKay resigned on Friday following the disastrous loss in the Upper Hunter by-election.

One of two surf ski paddlers listed as missing off Queensland's Stradbroke Island finds his way to shore, but police say that after hours in the water his exhausted mate, 26-year-old Jordan Kelly, "slipped away".

The IPL will relocate to the United Arab Emirates and resume in September, according to Indian cricket's governing body, the BCCI.

When single mother Sarah Thomas couldn’t find the product she needed for her young son, who feeds through a tube, she decided to create a blended food product herself. 

The bodies of children as young as three have been found buried at what was once Canada's largest school for Indigenous children, who were forcibly taken from families around the country and subjected to abuse and neglect.

According to NASA, cloudy days are rare in the thin, dry atmosphere of Mars, but the space agency's Curiosity Rover has captured photos of clouds above the red plant — and they were at a much higher altitude than expected.

Manly's winning run has been stopped at three games as the Knights handed them just their second loss from their past eight matches. Earlier, the Sharks beat the Titans 38-10 in Coffs Harbour.

Manager Thomas Tuchel hopes to tie up a new Chelsea contract after steering the Blues to the Champions League title in just 124 days at the helm.

After Rita Lynd found her friend dead — with his devoted dog by his side — she was determined to set up a sanctuary for orphaned dogs. Now pet owners across Australia are leaving provisions in their wills to have their dogs stay there....