Victoria's hotel quarantine authority denies it knew a man took a nebuliser into the venue at the heart of the state's current coronavirus outbreak.The use of the air compression device by the man for his asthma has been blamed for spreading the UK strain of COVID-19 through the Holiday Inn...

A four-metre crocodile believed to be behind a fatal attack on a missing fisherman in north Queensland has been captured and killed, after human remains were found.Police, SES and wildlife officers had been searching for the missing 69-year-old since he went fishing in a creek on Hinchinbrook Island about 3pm...

NSW police and surf lifesavers have been praised for their heroic efforts after two rock fishermen drowned but a third survived after being swept off rocks near Port Kembla south of Sydney.Police said the alarm was raised by members of the public when three men from Lakemba and Wiley Park...

The defence lawyers for former president Donald Trump have wrapped up their presentation in the former president's impeachment trial.Lawyers argued for three hours Friday that Trump did not incite the January 6 rally crowd to riot at the US Capitol and that his words were merely figures of speech.They say...

Victoria will enter a "short, sharp circuit-breaker" lockdown for five days amid fears the highly infectious UK strain of coronavirus has spread in the community.Premier Daniel Andrews says the state will enter the lockdown at 11.59pm on Friday, with people only able to leave home to shop for food and...

MELBOURNE AIRPORT HOLIDAY INN OUTBREAK* Thirteen COVID-19 cases have been linked to the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport, with hundreds of close contacts in isolation* Genetic testing has confirmed the virus is the highly-infectious B.1.1.7 UK variant* Anyone who visited Jetstar (Terminal 4) at Melbourne Airport on Tuesday between 4.45am...

Controversial celebrity chef and conspiracy theorist Pete Evans has joined forces with a bankrupt politician to run for federal parliament.Evans will stand as a Senate candidate for a fringe party set up by former One Nation senator Rod Culleton."Pete Evans has maintained his principles and inspired others in the face...

President Joe Biden says he has watched coverage of Donald Trump's impeachment trial and thinks "some minds may have been changed" after prosecutors showed gripping and graphic video of the January 6 siege of the US Capitol.Biden told reporters in the Oval Office that while he did not view any...

Australia's first shipment of coronavirus vaccines has been formally approved and will arrive in the country within weeks.The European Union has approved the export of vaccines to 23 countries including Australia.Prime Minister Scott Morrison is tight-lipped on when the jabs will reach Australian shores, saying he will have more to...

A 7.7 magnitude undersea earthquake has struck the South Pacific region, triggering a brief tsunami warning for Australia and New Zealand that was cancelled, with no immediate reports of damage.The quake struck at 12.20am AEDT on Thursday. Its epicentre was 417 kilometres east of Tadine, New Caledonia, and at a...