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An embattled aged care home in Melbourne's north is facing another COVID outbreak just one day after charges were brought against the facility by WorkSafe.

More than 100 people were due to leave Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays on Monday afternoon when there was an issue with the plane.

The move will enable the state government to implement COVID-19 related measures deemed necessary to protect public health.

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The prime minister will visit flood affected regions in NSW with the premier tomorrow as much of Sydney remains underwater.

A former high-profile AFL player has been released on bail to live at a rehabilitation centre in the Macedon Ranges while awaiting trial for drug trafficking charges.

NSW Police officers have braved rising floodwaters to save a man as his ute was swallowed by the climbing river in Sydney's north west.

The family of a man who died just hours after being turned away from a regional New South Wales hospital are demanding an inquest.

Three men were arrested at the scene but have since been released.

Sydneysiders are set to be impacted by more train delays tomorrow after the Fair Work Commission denied the state government's legal bid to halt planned industrial action from the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU).

Cases of diphtheria have been recorded in two children in New South Wales, leading the state's health department to issue an alert about the disease.

Residents living in some parts Sydney's north-west have experienced their worst floods in over four decades as current water levels surpass records set in 2021.

Twelve members of a religious group in Queensland have been arrested over the alleged murder of an eight-year-old girl after she was denied treatment for a medical condition for six days.

Australia's official cash rate target is now 1.35 per cent, a rise of 50 basis points.

Dr Kerry Chant said case numbers and hospitalisations are expected to peak in late July and early August.

The SES had to divert crucial resources to answer a flood rescue call that turned out to be a hoax in Sydney overnight.

New research from the University of Queensland has found a drug made of venom from Fraser Island's funnel-web spiders could prevent life threatening organ damage caused by heart attacks and stroke.

NSW beekeepers have been given a brief respite in their desperate fight to contain a bee-killing parasite, but apiarists in Queensland will now be watching on nervously.

Two other men managed to evacuate the factory without injury.

Trying to find a way to get around post-war fabric shortages, French designer Louis Réard debuted a new swimsuit on July 5, 1946.

A delicate rescue operation off the New South Wales coast will continue today in the face of ongoing hostile weather.

The woman tried to fight off one of the boys.

It's widely expected that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will lift rates by up to 50 basis points at 2:30pm in a bid to tackle soaring levels of inflation.

Dr Ben Bravery was just 28 when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer. His experience made him decide to retrain as a doctor.

South Australian health workers are calling out increasing issues within the state's health care system, saying they are working in "disaster" mode in overflowing hospitals to help sick patients.

Police union officials say declining mental health and lack of work-family life balance are driving Western Australian police officers to leave the service in droves.

New footage shows some of the verbal and physical abuse experienced by Queensland's frontline workers as authorities work to fix ongoing issues within the health and transport system.

An investigation is underway after a seven-year-old boy was left unsupervised at school holiday care for two hours in Melbourne.

A young mum has shared her distress after her toddler was hit by a car in Perth yesterday afternoon.

The court heard from a man named Paul Cooper, who claimed he saw missing mother Lynette Dawson after she ran away from her unfaithful husband.

According to recent research from Finder, three in five drivers admitted to acting unsafe behind the wheel.

Video footage has captured the first moments of a newborn whale after it was born off the coast of Queensland.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns the flooding will be even worse than March last year in some spots.

The New South Wales government has taken legal action in an attempt to prevent any further industrial action by rail workers that would disrupt Sydney's train network once again.

Opal fares increase from today - but the state government says the price hike is "below inflation" and will cost passengers about $1 a week.

Premier says 32,000 facing evacuation in Sydney floods; Ship stranded off NSW coast now stable; Plea after SES called to more than 140 flood rescues

The Aboriginal flag will soon become a permanent fixture on top of Melbourne's West Gate Bridge from Sunday.

An unlicensed driver who broke a police officer's leg has been sentenced to a two-year community corrections order.

The Andrews government is set to "easily" retain power at the Victoria state election in November, a new snap poll of voters has indicated.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart was one of the few billionaires to buck a fortune-sucking trend, as the world's 500 richest people lost $2 trillion in the first half of 2022.

Five police cars have been damaged in Melbourne in two separate incidents just hours apart.

Two children have been diagnosed with diphtheria of the throat in New South Wales - the first incidences of the disease this century.

The Summer family should be watching a Kuta Beach sunset tonight. Instead, they're unpacking. Their school-holiday escape to Bali was cancelled just hours before take-off.

New South Wales residents are facing a "life-threatening flood emergency" with thousands of residents forced to leave their homes.

From Wednesday, international travellers will no longer need to declare their COVID-19 vaccination status to fly into Australia.

The pair spent 15 hours in the ocean after their yacht capsized near Wollongong on the NSW South Coast at 1am on Saturday.

On Saturday, the mother-of-three succumbed to a near six year battle with breast cancer.

A man has drowned after his kayak capsized on a river in Sydney's inner west.

Sporting stars Ash Barty and Lance Franklin, as well as actor and activist Uncle Jack Charles, have been recognised at the 2022 National NAIDOC Week Awards.

The boy received injuries to his face and head.