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CORONAVIRUSORIGINS AND SPREAD* The World Health Organisation began responding to cases of unexplained pneumonia in Wuhan, central China, on December 31, 2019.

More than 16,000 customers in southeast Queensland have been affected by power outages after storms hit the state's south-east coast.

Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner has suffered a "minor heart scare" that saw him admitted to a Darwin hospital on Saturday.

One man is in isolation at a Brisbane home over fears he may have contracted the deadly coronavirus while in China.

Before a man followed her to her Melbourne apartment door, covered her face with his hand and tried to pull her away, Colombian international student "Sarah" felt strong.

A Chinese company with plans to take almost 100 million litres of water from a drought-ravaged area in Queensland says it will donate the water instead.

KFC has apologised over an ad that shows two young boys staring with their mouths agape as a woman adjusts her breasts.

A Queensland man has been hospitalised and is in a critical condition after being crushed on a worksite.

Starving dogs will receive a food handout after their owners fled the area following riots in the Cape York community of Aurukun.

A newly discovered type of killer immune cell has raised the prospect of a "universal" cancer therapy, scientists say.