The man who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 had plans to target a third mosque, his sentencing hearing has heard.
Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne.
The Queen was not informed in advance about the 1975 dismissal of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, newly released letters show.
The border between Australia's two most populous states - Victoria and New South Wales - is to close after a spike in Covid-19 cases in Melbourne.
Australia's government and institutions are being targeted by ongoing sophisticated state-based cyber hacks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has outlined how the nation will re-open from this weekend.
New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of Covid-19, effectively eliminating the virus.
An air tanker has crashed in a fireball while fighting bushfires in Australia, killing the three people on board.
Since September, close to 3,000 firefighters have been out every day in NSW battling blazes the size of small European countries. Close to 90% of those people on the ground are unpaid volunteers, says the NSW RFS, the government-funded organisation leading the fight.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.