Tens of thousands of people have turned out to marches across Australia, protesting against the sexual abuse and harassment of women in the country.

Sydney is on alert from this morning after a number of new exposure sites including two public transport routes were added to the list of places visited by an infectious case of COVID-19.

The Italian government has blocked the export of an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia.

Australia’s Attorney-General Christian Porter has identified himself as the cabinet minister at the centre of a rape accusation – an allegation he strongly denies.

Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, is facing mounting calls to stand aside a senior cabinet minister accused of raping a woman before entering politics.

Disposable plastic straws, cutlery and containers will soon be banned in Victoria in a state government crackdown on single-use plastics.

Australian police say they have found the partial remains of a fraud suspect who vanished from her Sydney home four months ago.

Australia has passed a world-first law aimed at making Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms.

Australia’s government has criticised fans at the Australian Open tennis final after some loudly booed the mention of a Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

Anti-vaccination protesters have gathered across Australia ahead of the launch of the country’s coronavirus inoculation programme.

Victoria state officials are chasing down 150 passengers who arrived in Melbourne yesterday on a flight from New Zealand to ensure they get tested for COVID-19.

The number of homes destroyed by an out-of-control bushfire in Perth’s northeast has been revised.