The Delta variant of coronavirus, associated with India and the UK and known to be more infectious than other strains, has been picked up in Victoria through genomic sequencing.

The Prime Minister says working-from-home policies are not appropriate for Australia, where lord mayors are concerned COVID restrictions are leaving CBDs desolate, affecting local businesses. Follow live.

As aged care workers face mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations, more bosses across the private sector are considering a 'no jab, no job' policy. Experts say it is a legal "grey area" that could lead to a flood of unfair dismissal claims.

The Victoria Cross recipient's ex-wife is accused of accessing confidential correspondence from his email account and passing that information onto the newspapers Ben Roberts-Smith is suing.

State and territory leaders met again today for National Cabinet and discussed everything from whether aged care workers should be forced to get the vaccine, to expanding the rollout to people over 40.

Genomic sequencing in two cases in Melbourne has detected the Delta strain of the virus, which is considered a variant of concern by health authorities.

Jacinda Ardern reflects on the poverty stricken town of her childhood as she talks about life before politics.

State and territory leaders have not agreed to force aged care workers to get a COVID vaccine, at a National Cabinet meeting today.

On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Hong Kong police arrest a member of the committee that organises the city's annual candlelight vigil for the massacre's victims

News came through last night that two of Melbourne's most concerning cases of COVID-19 were actually false positives — here's how that can happen.

A floor of an Adelaide medi-hotel is evacuated after a two-year-old who had been on the same level tested positive for coronavirus.

Peter Wegner wins the 100th Archibald Prize for his portrait of fellow artist and centenarian Guy Warren.

Some of Australia's most well-known newspapers, websites and radio stations are slugged with more than $1 million in fines for being in contempt of court during the child sex abuse trial of Cardinal George Pell.

A 40-year-old man who was in a state of psychosis after taking methamphetamine is jailed for causing a fire at a backpackers hostel, which killed a woman who was staying there to escape domestic violence.

After several years of a noticeably more assertive shift in China’s diplomatic and media tone, Xi Jinping has dropped the first hint that the country's confrontational style needs adjustment, writes Bill Birtles.

Interviews with more than a dozen artists, managers, agents and others paint a picture of an Australian music industry grieving over what has been lost.

A shake-up of the North Korean leadership has created a de-facto position of second-in-command under Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, according to South Korean media.

Australia's corporate watchdog risks damaging the credibility of Australian securities markets, the Australian public, and its own reputation as a wise regulator, writes Richard Holden.

People, including government officials, slammed Google on social media for insulting the historically significant language, which dates back over 2,000 years.

US intelligence officials have found no evidence that a series of unidentified aerial phenomena observed by navy aviators in recent years were alien spacecraft, but the sightings remain unexplained in a highly anticipated government report....

Carl Bloomfield lured Duke Schafer, who he "barely knew", to a laundry room at Woodford Correctional Centre, then distracted him with a massage, before strangling him with a strip of bed linen.

Ash Barty's tournament-ending injury has scuppered her chances of regaining her French Open title, but what does it mean for her Wimbledon challenge? Or her chances of retaining her world number one crown?

SpaceX and NASA have sent 128 tiny bobtail squid to the International Space Station as part of a shipment of supplies for the seven astronauts living in the orbiting lab.

Bob Fulton is described by his son, Brett, as his "hero" and "best mate" at a state funeral attended by media personalities, politicians and sporting elites.

Five former Broncos and a potential future Bronco orchestrated Brisbane's downfall on Thursday night, as the 2021 NRL season continued to present its own unique challenges, writes Jon Healy.