A truck carrying more than 40 tonnes of chemicals has exploded, with the shock waves felt kilometres away, after a fatal crash closed a major highway. The male driver of a ute died in the fiery head-on collision with a B-double semi-trailer on the Bruce Highway, near Bororen in central Queensland, early on Aug. 30. […]

A bid for extra time by the Australian government to prepare its case against tennis world No.1 Novak Djokovic has been denied. His case returns to court on Monday, with Djokovic fighting for the right to remain in the country and the chance to defend his Australian Open title. The application, made on behalf of […]

Genomic testing has confirmed two overseas travellers who arrived in Sydney, Australia, from southern Africa have been infected with the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. Both passengers arrived on Saturday night and are in isolation in the Special Health Accommodation. Both are fully vaccinated. The two passengers were among 14 people from southern Africa who arrived […]

Naomi Osaka has ended Serena Williams’ latest shot at tennis history to storm into the Australian Open final at Melbourne Park. The Japanese superstar defeated Williams 6-3 6-4 in 75 minutes to leave Williams stranded one grand slam shy of Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 singles majors. Osaka out-Serena’d Serena with her brutal back-court […]

Sixteen people across five states have been charged with more than 700 child exploitation offences after a two-year investigation involving Australian authorities and U.S. Homeland Security Investigators. Starting in 2018, issues were regularly referred to Australian authorities by U.S. officials investigating an online website where users paid to access child abuse material.   Australian investigators […]

The Queensland government has offered $200 million to help rescue Virgin Australia, as the cash-strapped airline struggles to survive. The airline suspended trading in its shares to continue talks on financial aid and restructuring alternatives to help it weather the coronavirus downturn. It has been unsuccessful in its request to the Australian government for $1.4 billion […]

Extra testing for COVID-19 will be rolled out in parts of Queensland due to 32 cases whose sources remain unaccounted for. Officials don’t know how or where a handful of people became infected, sparking an order for increased testing from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. “It wasn’t from someone who had been overseas, it wasn’t from a […]

Gold Coast beaches will be patrolled by police now the city has closed three popular swimming areas to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Surfers Paradise, The Spit, and Coolangatta beaches will close from midnight Tuesday to deter Brisbane day-trippers, in harsh restrictions handed down by Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate. “I didn’t want to do this, […]

A criminal investigation will be launched into how cruise line operator Carnival Australia was allowed to disembark Ruby Princess passengers in Sydney, resulting in several deaths and COVID-19 outbreaks throughout the country. “The only way I can get to the bottom of whether our national biosecurity laws and our state laws were broken is through a […]

Three more people who were passengers of the Ruby Princess cruise ship have died from the CCP virus, also known as the novel coronavirus, in the Australian state of New South Wales. A fourth person who was not a Ruby Princess passenger brought the state’s death toll to 16 on Sunday. The deaths were all […]

An order prohibiting self-testing for COVID-19 using so-called rapid pinprick tests has been issued in South Australia. The serology antibody tests can return results in about 30 minutes, but are only accurate if antibodies can be detected in the blood, which can take between five and seven days after infection. The Therapeutic Goods Administration says […]

More access restrictions are being placed on Western Australia’s remote Kimberley region, where COVID-19 cases are up. A largely indigenous town on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia is devastated to learn a doctor has contracted COVID-19, which NTD refers to as the Chinese Communist Party virus. The number of confirmed […]

Queensland’s COVID-19 infections are predicted to peak in September if people continue to cooperate with the government’s social distancing rules, the premier has said. The northeastern Australian state’s tally climbed by 39 new cases overnight, taking the total number to 873 since the outbreak began. Four Queenslanders have died. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has warned Queensland is still […]

Energy networks across the Australian states of NSW, Victoria, and South Australia have outlined several measures to support small businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. Australian businesses struggling through the coronavirus outbreak have been promised genuine relief on their power bills, energy and emissions reduction minister Angus Taylor said. Energy networks across NSW, Victoria, and South […]

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is calling on businesses to help plug crucial health equipment shortages as the state’s CCP virus death toll rises to nine—a 95-year-old woman has become the ninth COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the national death toll to 20.

Wildlife on Kangaroo Island are beginning to source their own food and rely less on RSPCA volunteers as habitats start to regenerate after the bushfires. The bushfire appeal was launched by RSPCA South Australia after almost half the island was burnt in January. Since then, positive signs have shown animals are beginning to find their […]

An elderly man has become the second person to die from COVID-19 in the Australian state of Tasmania, with both of the cases linked to travel on the Ruby Princess cruise ship. A man in his 80s died at the Royal Hobart Hospital overnight taking the national COVID-19 toll to 19, Premier Peter Gutwein said […]

Federal politicians have been urged to introduce a regime to ban human rights abusers from entering Australia, and to have their assets frozen. A parliamentary committee has heard evidence about whether Australia should enshrine a so-called Magnitsky Act. The laws are named after lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in jail after accusing Russian officials of […]

If mitigation works, some five per cent of the NSW population could be symptomatic in November with 5,100 patients in intensive care, a COVID-19 model suggests. Increased social isolation to combat COVID-19 in NSW could shift the peak period of infection to early October with intensive care units at their busiest in mid-November, expert modelling […]

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a A$130 billion ($80 billion) economic stimulus package to help businesses pay wages for six months amid the CCP virus pandemic, also known as the novel coronavirus pandemic. Working Australians in struggling businesses will be paid wage subsidies of up to A$1,500 a fortnight by their employer as […]