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Essendon assistant coach Mark Harvey is optimistic that the Bombers will field close to a full-strength team in round one that would include Conor McKenna.

President Bashar al-Assad's regime is regularly accused of deliberate attacks on civilians but rarely has there been such clear evidence of one.

Governments need to do more to halt insect decline, researchers say, with habitat security and a change of public perception recommended.

A childcare worker charged with the manslaughter of a three-year-old boy on a minibus has been banned from contacting the victim's family, her co-workers and the co-accused.

Forty years on, Ultravox lead singer Midge Ure can still recall the thrill when their single Vienna became a monster hit.

Australia's top Olympic doctor has warned the next fortnight will be "the real test" in bringing the threat coronavirus poses to the Tokyo Games under control.

The Australian Athletes Alliance concussion working group, as it was announced in August 2016, has been disbanded after only operating for around two years. 

A jury declined to convict Harvey Weinstein of predatory behaviour - how must the women who testified against him be feeling today.

Victoria's chief health officer has warned that a large proportion of the world's population could catch at least a mild version of coronavirus.

Oil Search and its partners in a plan to expand PNG's gas fields have flagged a desire to revive negotiations with the nation's new government.

Police have arrested a second man allegedly involved in the fatal assault of 28-year-old Ross Houllis in a Sydney car park.

The latest $96 million funding package for the state's recycling sector includes just $11.5 million to clean up massive amounts of toxic chemicals.

It is becoming clear to investors that the economic effects of the coronavirus are going to be deeper, more widespread and more persistent than anticipated.

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has dumped plans to conduct deep-sea oil exploration in the Great Australian Bight, about 400 kilometres off the South Australian coast, saying the plan is no longer "commercially competitive".

The Italian government is moving toward having soccer matches played behind closed doors in affected areas as authorities try to contain a spreading virus that has made northern Italy the focal point of the outbreak in Europe.

Three Melbourne councils will repay fines after the Victorian Ombudsman found they likely acted illegally in outsourcing their fine review process.

The Daily Telegraph has withdrawn "any suggestion" Ali Bazzi was involved in the murder of ex-Comanchero boss Mick Hawi.

The declaration was made for the Balonne River and the affected area stretches from the E. J. Beardmore Dam to the Queensland/New South Wales border.

Australian documentary filmmaker Kitty Green delivers her first fictional film, The Assistant, which just screened in Berlin, about a bullying, mercurial producer.

Seek has reported a 16 per cent increase in revenue for the financial half year, but said it is impossible to forecast the impact of the coronavirus on full year earnings.