South Australia will make sweeping reforms to its hotel quarantine system after a cluster of COVID-19 cases, and confirmation of a new infection at an Adelaide high school.

Queensland will dismantle its road border checkpoints as it opens up to almost all of Australia next week.

Big backyard Christmas barbecues are back on the cards after the NSW government eased a slew of COVID-19 restrictions.

Purdue Pharma LP has pleaded guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription painkiller OxyContin, capping a deal with federal prosecutors to resolve an investigation into the drug maker's role in the...

Two more cases have been added to South Australia's concerning coronavirus cluster with a couple infected while in hotel quarantine in Adelaide, prompting an investigation into how the virus was transmitted.

The second wave that ravaged Victoria is over, with no active cases for the first time in nearly nine months.

The Victorian government's unprecedented big-spending budget is targeting more than $8 billion for regional Victoria.

Tasmania is moving to introduce judge-only criminal trials due to a backlog of court cases and coronavirus restrictions.

NSW researchers say they can now predict the onset of dementia in patients, thanks to artificial intelligence.

Qantas is part of a push by world airlines to require international travellers to prove they've had the coronavirus vaccination before entering or leaving a country on a flight.