A major health probe is under way in Sydney as authorities scramble to find out how a man tested positive after his 14 days in quarantine. New South Wales health says an extensive investigation has been launched with everyone who stayed on the same f...
Now to the headlines. The Prime Minister will today ask National Cabinet to increase international arrival caps to help more stranded Australians get home. Last month, the number of arrivals into New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia wer...
In breaking news overnight Victorian authorities have reintroduced coronavirus restrictions after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive. Masks are now mandatory inside. The cap on gatherings has been reduced and plans to bring three-quarters of M...
A bushfire emergency is continuing in the Perth hills this morning. Hundreds of firefighters are battling an out of control blaze that has already destroyed 59 homes. Authorities set up more evacuation centres overnight as the warning area for the Wo...
Health officials and police in WA are racing to find out exactly how a security guard contracted the highly infectious UK strain of coronavirus from hotel quarantine in Perth. Two separate inquiries are now under way. Tests for 13 contacts of the gua...
More than 2 million West Australians are spending their first night in lockdown as the state desperately tries to trace any potential spread of COVID-19 from a quarantine hotel security guard. The lockdown kicked off at 6:00pm local time and the shoc...
A former school principal has landed in Victoria to face charges of child sexual abuse. Malka Leifer arrived at Melbourne's airport overnight after being extradited from Israel on Monday. She'll spend 14 days in quarantine and is expected to appear i...
Fire crews are battling to control a large bushfire in the Adelaide Hills although authorities say there's no immediate threat to lives and property. The blaze broke out during hot and windy conditions in the Cherry Gardens area. It has burnt through...
Donald Trump has begun his last full day as president of the United States before Joe Biden is sworn into office. Nearly 200,000 flags have been installed in the National Mall in place of inauguration crowds, along with 56 pillars of light. There's m...
Well, the Australian Open is in disarray this morning after a passenger on a third charter flight heading to Melbourne tested positive for coronavirus. It's forced another 25 tennis players into hard quarantine taking the total number of athletes who...
Health authorities across the country are facing a nervous wait with growing concerns the highly contagious UK variant of COVID-19 may have spread outside one of Queensland's quarantine hotels. More than 100 guests at Brisbane's Grand Chancellor Hote...
A new case of coronavirus has been discovered in Brisbane as the city emerges from a snap 3-day lockdown. Contact trace something continuing after the partner of a quarantine hotel cleaner who sparked the lockdown also contracted the virus. Authoriti...
24 hours after thousands stormed the us capitol building, there are calls for Donald Trump to be removed from office as an investigation into the security breach begins. Yesterday's storming of the Capitol by a violent mob, including white supremacis...
There are fears that Sydney's coronavirus outbreak could have spread to regional New South Wales after a man travelled to the state's west while unknowingly infectious. Broken Hill, Orange and Nyngan are on high alert and testing is ramped up after a...
Australia's unpredictable 2020 is set to end in uncertainty as New South Wales wakes up to fresh restrictions. New South Wales will ring in the new year with tougher limits on home visitors an outdoor gatherings after recording 18 new COVID-19 infect...
