Katie Burgess

There will also be no change to the incoming flight caps.

"There's no one else who has public spaces in every corner of the nation," Australian Local Government Association president Linda Scott said.

National cabinet will consider heightened restrictions for Australians returning from overseas at a special meeting on Friday.

Aged care residents and workers will be at the front of the queue.

The Australian COVID-19 vaccine rollout is expected to begin in February with hopes 80,000 Australians a week will receive the shot.

"There may never be another time when you can enjoy a quintessential Sapphire Coast summer ... but minus the crowds."

Compiling a case for another bush push based on the number of sickies not taken is inherently flawed. But there are lessons we can learn from the pandemic year.

Universities are bristling against the prospect of more regulation to combat foreign interference, as Australia's domestic spy agency warns the threat cannot be left unchecked.

2020 has been one of the most extraordinary years of our lives. Here's how it unfolded.

A majority of Australians hold concerns about plans to devolve environmental approval powers from the Commonwealth to the states, new polling suggests.