Sydney is preparing for a crucial countdown to new years as mystery cases and falling test numbers put the state on high alert. Contact tracers are scrambling to link three cases, one in Wollongong, one in Sydney's inner west and the third in the Nor...
The top stories on ABC News. Nine new local cases of coronavirus have been recorded in New South Wales from a record 60-thousand tests. Seven of the new infections have been linked to the Avalon outbreak, taking the cluster to 104. Two cases are unde...
Health authorities are in a race against time to track down hundreds of people across Sydney who may have come into contact with positive cases as Christmas gatherings hang in the balance. Overnight, New South Wales Health has added 13 more locations...
New South Wales health authorities say contact-tracing and urgent genome sequencing is underway to identify the source of three new coronavirus cases in Sydney. The latest cases involve a man and a woman from the Northern Beaches who are close contac...
A massive clean-up operation is under way this morning after hundreds of kilometres of the nation's east coast was battered by a massive storm. The extraordinary weather event has claimed at least one life with a man dying when his car hit a tree dur...
Here are the top stories on ABC News. The federal government's plans to make its controversial cashless welfare card a permanent fixture in parts of the country have been ditched, after the coalition failed to win enough support in the Senate. The ca...
After eight months, Western Australia is finally open to travellers from New South Wales and Victoria. There had been last minute concerns the plan to lift the so-called hard border restrictions at midnight could be put on hold after a worker at one...
British people are being told help is on the way after the UK became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine for nationwide use. The first jabs of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine will be given within days. Aged care residents and...
Back home, residents and staff at Fraser Island's largest resort and the neighbouring village have been told to prepare to leave as a bushfire on the island continues to burn out of control. Queensland's fire and emergency services minister says more...
Iranian state media is reporting that the Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert's been released from prison in Iran where she's been held for more than two years. A video has been broadcast of the Australian wearing a grey hijab and a mask. State T...
There's been some promising news this morning in the search for a coronavirus vaccine. The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca say their inoculation could be up to 90% effective without any serious side effects. The vaccine could be available in Aus...
South Australia has entered its first day of a strict 6-day lockdown in an effort to quash emerging COVID-19 cases. The restrictions came into effect at midnight and include the closure of takeaway food outlets, universities, pubs, cafes, restaurants...
Health authorities in South Australia are on high alert because of a new coronavirus cluster likely linked to a hotel quarantine worker. A worker at the Yatala Labour Prison in Adelaide's north became the fourth person to test positive yesterday. The...
A former federal liberal staffer is claiming she was bullied in two ministerial officers, before falling victim to what she's termed a fake redundancy process. Rachelle Miller, has lodged a formal complaint with the department of finance, alleging sh...
Donald Trump is still refusing to concede the US presidential election for Joe Biden and his team have already started moving in to transition mode. In a stirring victory speech, the president-elect has promised to restore America's soul and unite a...
