Scott Morrison's first agenda item after his summer holiday was not a return to dealing with the coronavirus crisis from the confines of Parliament House, but a tour of outback communities.

A school teacher and tour company are charged with workplace health and safety offences almost two years after two Japanese teenagers drowned at a lake on Fraser Island (K'gari).

Australian shares open higher, as the Democrats' nominee for Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, calls for the US Government to "act big" and pump a lot more cash into the economy.

After landing in Washington DC ahead of inauguration, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris hold a memorial marking the 400,000 American lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic. Follow live.

US President Donald Trump calls for people to pray for Joe Biden's incoming administration but declines to acknowledge his Democratic successor by name in a farewell video address released by the White House.

Victorian residents living next to an Australian Open quarantine hotel say overflowing biohazard bins have caused used PPE to be blown into their apartment foyer.

Right now, hotel quarantine for tennis players in Melbourne is doing its job. But we know the system isn't perfect, and the Andrews Government is taking a big political gamble with hosting the event, writes Richard Willingham.

There are six active cases among people who flew to Melbourne for the tennis. Some players are still criticising conditions in hotel quarantine.

Adelaide Crows AFLW player Ebony Marinoff will miss a third of the season after receiving a three-match ban for an on-field collision that left GWS recruit Brid Stack with a fractured vertebra.

A "hurting" Justin Langer says he would have picked the same bowlers for the Gabba Test "every single day" despite India's remarkable run chase on day five to secure a memorable 2-1 series win.

Victorian residents living next to an Australian Open quarantine hotel say overflowing biohazard bins have caused used PPE to be blown into their apartment foyer.