Madeleine Genner

A Senate Inquiry is currently trying to tackle the tricky issue of school refusal, where kids simply won't go to school.

The death of Australian Sage O'Donnell in Ukraine has again highlighted the issue of Australians fighting in foreign conflicts. The Australian PM is urging Australians not to fight, but can more be done to stop foreign fighters?

Faamanu Faamanatu arrived in Australia under the Pacific Labour Scheme but now he is living with cancer with no ability to get treatment, despite a perfect match for a stem cell transplant being available.

Why aren't robots cleaning our hospitals of this highly infectious disease? Experts have some ideas that would minimise human exposure to the coronavirus.

Imagine being pregnant in New York City right now, where more than 33,000 COVID-19 cases have been recorded, with more than 770 deaths, and where the Mayor says there's only one week's worth of medical supplies.

It has been a incredibly bleak week of news with rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and millions across the globe in lockdown. But some people are turning to the Internet for some humour and to find things to do to pass the time in isolation

As states and territories close their borders, truck drivers are still travelling interstate to deliver essential supplies. But with some truck stops closed, truckies say its getting harder to get a hot meal or a shower.

Despite the rise in coronavirus cases in the United States, the President Donald Trump says he still wants to see the country reopened by Easter.

Its estimated that hundreds of thousands of Australians will lose their jobs as the economic fallout from COVID-19 continues. But some industries are hiring staff.

Most researchers say pregnant women don't appear to be at a greater risk from COVID-19, but with some perinatal classes cut and services like mother's groups abandoned, some new parents are worried about the months ahead.

With reports that there are now 100,000 cases of the illness around the world, the World Health Organisation has again warned that some countries aren't taking the coronavirus outbreak seriously enough.

The State and Federal Governments are again calling for calm as the number of Australian cases of COVID-19 cases rises.

As coronavirus spreads across the globe, the director-general of the WHO is urging countries to enact their disaster plans and not give up. The ABC's Madeleine Genner takes a look at what's happening around the world.

Australian health authorities have urged people not to waste face masks by wearing them out of fear of the coronavirus.

For the second day in a row, there are more new cases of coronavirus outside China than those within the country. Chinese authorities hope it's a sign the outbreak is slowing, but there are growing concerns about a global pandemic.

Grieving communities have rallied across QLD to remember the victims of domestic and family violence after the murder-suicide of Hannah Clarke and her three children on Wednesday.

One in six children and one in eight adults are living below the poverty line in Australia, new research has found, and one academic says it's an unacceptable figure.

The majority of Australians who were onboard the coronavirus-hit cruise ship have touched down in Darwin for two more weeks of quarantine, amid reports that two passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have died.

As the coronavirus death toll reaches 1,380, Australian universities are scrambling to provide online classes to some of the 100,000 international students still stuck in China, thanks to the ongoing travel ban.

As concerns grow about Australia's response to the Coronavirus, a new Productivity Commission report has found many Australians are waiting longer for an ambulance than ever before.

As concerns grow about Australia's response to the Coronavirus, a new Productivity Commission report has found many Australians are waiting longer for an ambulance than ever before.

An independent inquiry into NSW's bushfire season will start within days, focusing on the impact of climate change, fuel loads and drought as well as the role of hazard reduction.

American, Canadian and Australian firefighters have held a minute's silence in Sydney to honour their three colleagues who were killed in water tanker crash yesterday. On the south coast of NSW, communities are counting the cost after another difficult day of fire activity.

China's ambassador to Australia has played a graphic propaganda video titled Fighting Terrorism in Xinjiang, while dismissing concerns about the mass detention of Muslim Uyghurs in his country as "fake news".

The Federal Govt has released a new code of conduct for the dairy industry, to ensure that the financially devastating price cuts which occurred in 2016 will never happen again.