2020-04-09 所属栏目:ABC News

The Vatican has welcomed the high court ruling which acquited cardinal George Pell, saying it always had faith in the Australian judiciary. The Holy See issued a statement overnigh

2020-04-08 所属栏目:ABC News

British prime minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care in a London hospital this morning. Mr. Johnson was hospitalised yesterday for what was described at the time as "routine t

2020-04-08 所属栏目:ABC News

A milestone in the coronavirus pandemic is being reached this morning, with the worldwide number of infections nearing one million people. More than 5,100 of those are in Australia

2020-04-02 所属栏目:ABC News

Riot police will be out in force at Bondi today in an attempt to stamp down on social distancing measures. Authorities are urgently setting up a testing clinic at the beachside sub

2020-04-01 所属栏目:ABC News

The federal government has thrown a financial lifeline to struggling Australians with a massive stimulus program to stop the economy from collapsing. The 130-billion dollar "Jobkee

2020-03-31 所属栏目:ABC News

We kick off with some sad news. Australia has recorded its ninth coronavirus death overnight. A 69-year-old man from Toowoomba in Queensland died after becoming infected onboard a

2020-03-26 所属栏目:ABC News

The federal government has announced tough new measures overnight, aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus. From midnigh tonight, there will be a ban on all foreign travel, and

2020-03-25 所属栏目:ABC News

Federal parliament has passed the government's multi-billion dollar stimulus package, with the treasurer calling it the most significant support for the Australian economy sinc

2020-03-24 所属栏目:ABC News

Australians abroad are scrambling to return home, as authorities prepare to shut the country's borders, and airlines flag drastically reduced services. From nine pm, internatio

2020-03-19 所属栏目:ABC News

Canada and now France have become the latest countries to close their borders, as the world deals with the growing spread of COVID-19. It follows more dramatic losses on financial

2020-03-17 所属栏目:ABC News

Two more Australians have died from coronavirus, as tough border control measures to slow the spread of the disease have been enacted overnight. Under new rules which came into eff

2020-03-17 所属栏目:ABC News

The Australian Grand Prix hangs in the balance this morning, with major international news outlets reporting it will be postponed over fears of the spread of coronavirus. The McLar

2020-03-17 所属栏目:ABC News

Around the world the coronavirus is continuing to affect global economies and test countries healthcare systems as the WHO declared a pandemic. In Germany, chancellor Angela Merkel

2020-03-17 所属栏目:ABC News

The death toll from the coronavirus in Italy has jumped by more than 100 in 24 hours as a quarter of the country goes into lockdown. In an extraordinary measure 14 provinces in the

2020-03-09 所属栏目:ABC News

A major Sydney school has been shut down, and staff at a Brisbane hospital are home in quarantine, as the coronavirus continues to spread across the country. There are now at least

2020-03-06 所属栏目:ABC News

A 95-year-old patient from a Sydney nursing home has become the second person in Australia to die from the coronavirus, as the number of confirmed infections jumped overnight. The

2020-03-05 所属栏目:ABC News

As Australia moves to stave off the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, foreign countries are taking extraordinary measures to try and limit the spread of the disease.

2020-03-02 所属栏目:ABC News

There's been a major turning point in the spread of the coronavirus this morning, with more new cases of the illness now being recorded outside of China than inside. Fresh hots

2020-02-27 所属栏目:ABC News

Australian health experts have warned it's a matter of when, not if a global pandemic is declared over the coronavirus outbreak. New cases have now been confirmed in Spain, Cro

2020-02-25 所属栏目:ABC News

Europe has become a new frontline in the battle against coronavirus with parts of Italy now under strict quarantine restrictions. Venice's famous carnevale is being cut short b

2020-02-24 所属栏目:ABC News

The mother of three children, killed in a car fire in Brisbane, has died in hospital. 31-year-old Hannah Baxter was pulled from the car in a critical condition yesterday morning. H

2020-02-24 所属栏目:ABC News

There have been scenes of joy and relief at airports around the country overnight as Australian evacuees from the coronavirus epicentre have finally been allowed to return home. Th

2020-02-24 所属栏目:ABC News

The federal government is under renewed pressure this morning over its sport grant scheme after damning new evidence was presented last night to a Senate inquiry. The inquiry has h

2020-02-24 所属栏目:ABC News

Parts of Queensland and New South Wales have again been hit with intense downpours and flash flooding overnight. Maroochydore and Caloundra have seen almost 190 millimetres of rain

2020-02-24 所属栏目:ABC News

The World Health Organisation is this morning warning the coronavirus could pose a greater global threat than terrorism. It made the stark prediction at a meeting in Geneva, descri