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China launches a spacecraft carrying three astronauts, including one woman, to the core module of a future space station.

Epidemiologists say hearing of people we know catching the virus is likely to become the new normal as NSW moves to living with the virus.

Our freedoms out of lockdown are being borne by healthcare professionals who end their days with cuts on their faces from their PPE and who haven’t had a break in months, writes Virginia Trioli.

The decision to allow parents of Australian citizens to be classified as “immediate family” for them to travel to the country brings relief to many.

Tasmania’s Premier has always said it was “inevitable” coronavirus would return to Tasmania; while few would disagree, the manner it which it has done so has angered and dismayed many, writes Emily Baker.

From a Kylie and Dannii bombshell to a Satanic shout-out, can you sort the real news from the fake?

Ali Gawhari had never boxed before moving to Tasmania in 2017. Now his coach says world titles could be his for the taking.

People in southern Tasmania are waking to the first day of a snap three-day lockdown — with health advocates warning the hospital system won’t cope if a COVID outbreak takes hold.

While Fiji prepares to welcome Australian tourists back to its beaches for Christmas, other Pacific countries aren’t rushing to follow suit.

With its technicolour sets, outlandish plot and wild costumes, Squid Game might seem like just another dystopian fantasy. But for Koreans who live with crippling debt, it hits closer to home. 

As climate change brings more protracted and severe bushfire seasons, protecting vulnerable people from smoke exposure will be a major challenge for health authorities.

A couple of weeks ago Scott Morrison announced he would reopen international borders without mentioning it to the states. He could hardly complain yesterday when NSW premier Dominic Perrottet returned the favour, writes Laura Tingle.

Victoria will remove many of the restrictions barring interstate travel from NSW on October 19. Here’s what you need to know.

Sir David Amess, a Conservative MP in Boris Johnson’s UK government dies after being stabbed by a man while he was meeting with local constituents.

Sir David Amess, who represents Southend West in Essex, eastern England, is stabbed by a man while he was meeting local constituents.

At least 32 people are killed and dozens injured in an explosion during Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan.

Australia’s ageing Collins Class submarines could be kept in the water for another 30 years as Defence works to acquire a new fleet of nuclear-powered boats.

Western Australia’s COVID-19 restrictions will be beefed up and eased as many times as necessary once the state reopens its borders, Premier Mark McGowan says. 

A practical joke causes unnecessary strain on the local health department and anxiety within the community. 

Confidential documents including child protection information is dumped at a Darwin tip after the Northern Territory Families department throws out old filing cabinets.

The cases before the Supreme Court were initiated by unvaccinated workers from health, aged care, construction and education sectors arguing there was insufficient long-term data on COVID-19 vaccine safety and side effects.

You can only exercise or shop for essential goods within a 5km radius of your home. Use our tool to find out what’s within your radius. 

For some Victorian education workers, Monday’s state vaccination mandate will be a choice between a jab or a job.

Michael Jennings, who had already been released from his Eels contract, accepts the three-year sanction for breaching the league’s anti-doping protocols.

Mildura remains in lockdown with 188 active cases in the community and a low vaccination rate. 

Homicide detective and forensic officers investigating the murder of heavily-pregnant Perth mother Janet Dweh search a park after receiving a tip-off.

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Initial findings say it appears a powerline dropped 3.6 metres from its original height before it came into close contact with a harvester on a pineapple farm in July. 

Thousands of students rally across the country to demand stronger action on climate change, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms his attendance at the upcoming global climate summit.

Cricket Australia is hopeful it will be able to play four Women’s Big Bash League games in Hobart this weekend despite a snap three-day lockdown in the city.

A “tuskless” female elephant at Mana Pools National Park kills a South African tourist while he and his adult son took a morning walk in the park.

Nearly 40 doctors sign a letter calling on the South Australian government to provide more staff at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, warning a “preventable tragedy” could occur if urgent action is not taken.

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A state parliamentary inquiry has raised serious questions about the kangaroo harvest industry in New South Wales and highlighted welfare failings in how joeys are killed.

Labor likes to dub Scott Morrison the ‘Prime Minister for NSW’. But Dominic Perrottet is fast earning the reputation of ‘Premier for Australia’ — and that’s likely to give Morrison headaches.

Qantas will bring forward its planned restart date for international flights to and from Sydney by two weeks, following NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet’s move to allow quarantine-free vaccinated arrivals from November 1.

Tasmanians in the south of the island are now in a “snap” lockdown due to a traveller’s quarantine breach. Here are the rules people have to follow.

Authorities launch an air and sea search for a person who is believed to be missing after being on a dinghy in the ocean off WA’s Mid West coast.

An air and sea search launched after a dinghy capsized off the coast north of Perth ends in tragedy with the discovery of a man’s body. Authorities launch an air and sea search for a man believed to be missing after a dinghy overturned in the ocean off WA’s Mid West coast.

A Queensland family learnt the devastating news their beloved wife and mother had just weeks to live this week, but faced a frustrating battle applying for a border exemption.

He had talent, money and fame, but Sonny Bill Williams was “extremely unhappy”. The star sportsman opens up about his career highs and lows, the off-field drama, his mental health struggle and what’s driving him now.

A man who stabbed a security guard with a pair of scissors during a heated brawl on Adelaide’s Hindley Street nightclub strip is taken into custody ahead of his sentencing.

The Australian Recording Industry Association is stripping disgraced former Sony Music Australia CEO Denis Handlin of a lifetime achievement award.

Some are relieved the health of regional communities is being put first; others say businesses are in dire need of more tourism dollars.

A man who allegedly attempted to deliver heroin and other drugs concealed in food delivery bags to an Adelaide medi-hotel is arrested.

A woman with an extensive criminal history is jailed for breaching SA’s border rules, while another four people are charged after doing the same, including a truck driver who allegedly spat and pushed police officers at a border checkpoint in the state’s South East.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms he will attend an international climate conference in Glasgow, but he has not yet reached a deal about whether Australia will sign up to a net zero emissions by 2050 target.

The Australian government confirms it is no longer detaining illegal foreign fishing crews due to COVID-19 safety concerns, amid a spike in boats close to the mainland.

A group of six men, who work for the Dubai National Air Travey Agency, have been charged with trying to import 38 kilograms of methamphetamine into Sydney at the start of the pandemic.

A former NT Labor government staffer has been committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court on historical sex offence charges.

Australian skipper Tim Paine laments the latest concussion for Will Pucovski, nominates a new frontrunner for opener, gives an update on his recovery from surgery and discusses Ben Stokes’s chances to make the Ashes.

Australia’s most populous state is preparing to open its international border, quarantine free, for the first time in more than 18 months. Here’s what you need to know.

Myanmar faces growing international pressure as South-East Asian leaders discuss excluding it from regional forums and the UN chief cancels a meeting with its foreign minister.

Businesses call for better clarity surrounding the travel rules involving the ACT and New South Wales, as government advice differs. 

After admitting to producing child exploitation material relating to a child who was in his care at an Adelaide childcare centre, Bronte John Ciracovitch pleads guilty to maintaining an unlawful sexual relationship with a child, and two charges of possessing child exploitation material.

The WA government has revealed a portable airlock door system preventing the spread of infectious diseases in a Geraldton hospital couldn’t be used due to design issues.

Fewer people got tested and treated for the disease because resources were diverted to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO has said.

Andrew Forrest went on a green hydrogen blitz this week, standing alongside premiers in NSW and Queensland to announce multi-billion-dollar plans for renewable energy exports. But just how feasible are these grand plans?

Commissioner Philip Allott says he is “devastated at the effect” his comments have had on victims of crime, after saying a woman raped and murdered by a London police officer should never have “submitted” to being arrested.

The owner of a Leeds bakery in England says the company was reported for using illegal sprinkles, which they had imported from the United States.

North Australian Cattle Company had been taken over by a Chinese-Australian group in 2017 but it went into administration earlier this year with debts reportedly of $3.6 million.

A Whitsundays council has gone against legal advice and its own planning rules to knock back an application for a holiday home due to objections from neighbours.

Alex Umbers and Kara Thompson were working in a maternity ward when a stillbirth prompted them to share their own difficult paths to motherhood, and eventually, start a podcast to break the silence.

An unusual light in the night sky seen over parts of Western Australia last night is believed to have been the remnants of a space rocket launch. 

The state’s tourism minister says he’s hopeful discussions will be held before the next National Cabinet on November 5, as the industry calls out “cryptic” government messaging over its plans to reopen.