A cluster of 102 COVID-19 cases at a school in Melbourne has been linked to an outbreak from a family gathering in the same area. The Al-Taqwa College cluster grew by seven cases on Wednesday, of the 134 new…
The partner of Alex “Chumpy” Pullin, who drowned on the Gold Coast on Wednesday, reportedly came across the beach tragedy after seeing emergency services at the scene. Sources have told The Courier-Mail Ellidy Vlug and her mother arrived…
A 14-year-old girl has been charged by NSW detectives with murder over the death of 10-year-old girl in the northwest town of Gunnedah. The teenager will face a children’s court today after she was refused bail in the case.…
Analysing wastewater is a "really good indicator of illness" and could be used to detect COVID-19 in communities before infections are diagnosed in clinics, health experts say. Lead researcher Dr Aparna La, from the Australian National University Research School…
NSW Health has blasted airline staff for breaching protocols that saw passengers disembark a flight from Melbourne to Sydney without undergoing proper health screening for coronavirus symptoms. It comes as more details are revealed as to how the passengers…
A New South Wales pub is hoping its staff and customers “are given a clean bill of health” after a teenage tourist from Victoria tested positive for COVID-19. The infected boy and his family were tested before leaving their…
Funding for the ABC should be taken out of the election cycle and locked in every five years, managing director David Anderson says. The pitch was made in an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday where…
Sitting deep below the North Sydney streets is the largest rail cavern in Australia that will be transformed into the city’s newest metro train station. The new Victoria Cross station is also one of the deepest on the…
A Queensland woman was excited she might have stumbled across a blob worth a lot of money. The woman shared a photo of the strange sea creature that had washed up on a Hervey Bay beach and asked people…
JobKeeper will be extended for businesses shutdown in the wake of the Melbourne lockdowns but the second phase of the scheme will remain “national, not local”. The Prime Minister provided no details today but confirmed any changes to the…