More than 400 people have landed back in Melbourne overnight, onboard a charter flight from New Delhi. They'll now spend the next two weeks in quarantine in the city's hotels. Elsewhere, key regional hospitals in Tasmania's north west will close this...
The largest single economic bail-out package in Australia's history has passed federal parliament overnight, with the one hundred and 30-billion dollar Jobkeeper scheme now becoming law. The scheme will pay employers 15-hundred dollars per fortnight...
The Vatican has welcomed the high court ruling which acquited cardinal George Pell, saying it always had faith in the Australian judiciary. The Holy See issued a statement overnight, reaffirming its commitment to preventing abuse, but noting cardinal...
British prime minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care in a London hospital this morning. Mr. Johnson was hospitalised yesterday for what was described at the time as routine tests, 10 days after he had contracted coronavirus. But overnight his co...
A milestone in the coronavirus pandemic is being reached this morning, with the worldwide number of infections nearing one million people. More than 5,100 of those are in Australia, where the national cabinet is meeting today, to ramp up its COVID-19...
Riot police will be out in force at Bondi today in an attempt to stamp down on social distancing measures. Authorities are urgently setting up a testing clinic at the beachside suburb, after it was revealed a cluster of backpackers has become infecte...
The federal government has thrown a financial lifeline to struggling Australians with a massive stimulus program to stop the economy from collapsing. The 130-billion dollar Jobkeeper Program will see businesses receive a fortnightly wage subsidy of 1...
We kick off with some sad news. Australia has recorded its ninth coronavirus death overnight. A 69-year-old man from Toowoomba in Queensland died after becoming infected onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship which docked in Sydney last week. The nati...
The federal government has announced tough new measures overnight, aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus. From midnigh tonight, there will be a ban on all foreign travel, and the nation-wide crackdown on social gatherings will be extended. Wedd...
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...