A moratorium on residential evictions in NSW due to COVID-19 has entered a six-month "transition phase", with the national association of landlords declaring "it's about time".

A new coronavirus case diagnosed in Queensland is connected to another announced two weeks ago, with the missing link between the pair likely still in the community.

Serial conman Peter Foster who's accused of defrauding a Hong Kong man of Bitcoin worth more than $1.7m has been granted bail by a Sydney magistrate.

Three men have admitted to planning to gun down members of the public in a terrorist attack in Victoria.

Victoria has eliminated coronavirus after going four weeks without a new locally transmitted case.

Scott Morrison has reeled off a shopping list of his government's coronavirus vaccine achievements despite the rollout being well behind.

New Zealand's parliament has passed legislation giving mothers and their partners the right to paid leave following a miscarriage or still birth, becoming only the second country in the world to do so.

Ben Hunt has backed Andrew Fifita to add something different to the St George Illawarra pack if the club pursue their interest in poaching the ex-Test prop from Cronulla.

Victoria's hotel quarantine program will resume in two weeks, with stricter protocols in place to ensure COVID-19 doesn't leak into the community again.

More Australian-made coronavirus vaccines could be sent to Papua New Guinea, which is in the grips of a dire outbreak.