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WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED? The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been approved after meeting stringent safety, efficacy and quality standards. Final-stage...

Thousands are expected to gather on the steps of Victorian parliament for an "Invasion Day" rally, with protesters urged to stay COVID-safe.

LATEST COVID-19 DEVELOPMENTS: * There were no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases recorded across Australia on Sunday. * Treasurer Josh Frydenberg insists Aus...

As Australia awaits the go ahead for the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine, new figures suggest people are more than happy to get their jab. Federal Health...

Rules around how many people can gather in homes are also eased as Victoria's run of zero new locally acquired cases continues.

Three months after winning an Aria, Fanny Lumsden takes home five Golden Guitars in Tamworth, despite the cancellation of the Country Music Festival.

US President Joe Biden placed climate action among his top priorities on taking office. Most analysts expect Australia's relative inaction to get more attention.

Moving to contextualise his comments on Friday, the Prime Minister said it was important to understand "the loss, the gains, the successes, the failures, the hardships that were encountered".

Perth Scorchers quick Jhye Richardson's unusual "goose step" bowling technique is here to stay as long as it keeps fooling opposition batsmen. Richardson leads the Big Bash League with 25 wickets this season and played a key role with both bat and ball in Perth's crucial win over the Hobart Hurricanes on Friday night. But […]

After weeks of wet and mild weather, extreme heat conditions characteristic of a typical Australian summer have arrived. Temperatures are set to soar for at l...

Discrimination against trans women at Sydney's McIver's Ladies Baths is, sadly, just the latest in a long history of some Australians being excluded from the water.

Victoria has further eased its border restrictions with both NSW and Queensland after recording a 16th consecutive day with no local coronavirus cases.

Catalans Dragons have moved to hose down speculation about Israel Folau's future.

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said holding one minute's silence on Australia Day to recognise the suffering of Indigenous Australians "plays negative politics with our history".

Home affairs minister says it's cheaper for refugees to live in the community as another 34 men set to be released

Outgoing US President Donald Trump is expected to issue around 100 presidential pardons on his last full day in office.

<p>One in five Queensland private schools have kept their school fees steady this year as a result of the economic hit from COVID-19, trailing behind other states, where almost half of schools did not push prices up. </p>

Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highl...

<p>Scott Morrison will have his &ldquo;work cut out&rdquo; to establish ties with the incoming Biden administration after pandering to Donald Trump&rsquo;s worst instincts, Anthony Albanese says.</p>

Extra checks on the safety of a vaccine used in Norway won't delay its rollout in Australia, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says. Australia's Therapeutic Go...