Federal parliament has passed the government's multi-billion dollar stimulus package, with the treasurer calling it the most significant support for the Australian economy since war time. Eighty-four billion dollars worth of assistance was rushed thr...
Australians abroad are scrambling to return home, as authorities prepare to shut the country's borders, and airlines flag drastically reduced services. From nine pm, international travellers will be unable to enter the country, but citizens and resid...
Canada and now France have become the latest countries to close their borders, as the world deals with the growing spread of COVID-19. It follows more dramatic losses on financial markets overnight, caused by fears the virus will cause a global reces...
Two more Australians have died from coronavirus, as tough border control measures to slow the spread of the disease have been enacted overnight. Under new rules which came into effect at midnight, people returning from overseas are being forced to se...
The Australian Grand Prix hangs in the balance this morning, with major international news outlets reporting it will be postponed over fears of the spread of coronavirus. The McLaren F1 team pulled out late last night, after one of its employees test...
Around the world the coronavirus is continuing to affect global economies and test countries healthcare systems as the WHO declared a pandemic. In Germany, chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that sixty to seventy per cent of the population or around...
The death toll from the coronavirus in Italy has jumped by more than 100 in 24 hours as a quarter of the country goes into lockdown. In an extraordinary measure 14 provinces in the north of the country have been placed in quarantine. In France gather...
A major Sydney school has been shut down, and staff at a Brisbane hospital are home in quarantine, as the coronavirus continues to spread across the country. There are now at least 60 confirmed cases in Australia, including an eight-month old baby, d...
A 95-year-old patient from a Sydney nursing home has become the second person in Australia to die from the coronavirus, as the number of confirmed infections jumped overnight. The elderly woman was a resident of an aged care home at Macquarie Park in...
As Australia moves to stave off the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, foreign countries are taking extraordinary measures to try and limit the spread of the disease. Iran has temporarily released 54-thousand prisoners to try and stop th...
There's been a major turning point in the spread of the coronavirus this morning, with more new cases of the illness now being recorded outside of China than inside. Fresh hotspots are emerging globally, but the World Health Oganisation has again sto...
Australian health experts have warned it's a matter of when, not if a global pandemic is declared over the coronavirus outbreak. New cases have now been confirmed in Spain, Croatia, Austria and Swizerland. The disease is also spreading rapidly in Ita...
Europe has become a new frontline in the battle against coronavirus with parts of Italy now under strict quarantine restrictions. Venice's famous carnevale is being cut short because of fears about the spread of the virus. Three people have died from...
The mother of three children, killed in a car fire in Brisbane, has died in hospital. 31-year-old Hannah Baxter was pulled from the car in a critical condition yesterday morning. Her three children, aged six, four and three died at the scene in Camp...
There have been scenes of joy and relief at airports around the country overnight as Australian evacuees from the coronavirus epicentre have finally been allowed to return home. The two-week quarantine period on Christmas Island has ended for the ini...
