Australian Open players have started arriving in Melbourne, while the nation braces itself for more arrivals carrying the highly contagious UK strain of the coronavirus.

In an open letter, Greg Chappell urges the Australian captain to keep leading with courage and humour - and let the bat and ball do the talking.

Frustration grows in the 'red zones' as state government offers apologies to stranded Victorians but still no timetable to return home.

The hosts had the wounded tourists near breaking point on Friday but the lion-hearted visitors mounted a spirited revival on the first day of the deciding Test.

Brad Newley is over last year's grand final disaster, but believes NSW teams have been short-changed this year in terms of preparation ahead of the NBL season start on Friday.

James Tamou says he would welcome the chance to captain the Wests Tigers and is looking forward to the likely early arrival of a former Penrith teammate at Concord.

The powerful institutional investor advisory group ACSI says sexual harassment in the workplace is unacceptable.

A callow Indian attack just about squares the day with Australia on the team's favourite ground.

Transport Minister Andrew Constance said the Victorian government’s decision to push ahead with the Australian Open highlighted inconsistencies with their border restrictions, which were hampering business and freight, as well as separating familie...

Several people were believed to be injured after the bus careened off a road and was left dangling from an overpass in the Bronx.

An obscure bylaw designed to stop buskers disturbing the peace has been used against people protesting outside state government offices.

It's a fixture befitting the upside-down world in which we live - a January decider at the Gabba. Join us from 10.30am AEDT for blow-by-blow coverage.

Daniel and Vicki Schembri heard police cars pulling up and then saw neighbour Tomislav Perinovic sitting ashen-faced, 'just numb', in his front yard.

The charges were introduced in the civil war and have rarely been used since. The last man to be convicted of sedition plotted to blow up the World Trade Centre.

Niche year 9 and 10 electives such as game design, the history of the universe and ideation will also be cut as the government puts the broom through the curriculum

Indian off-spinner Washington Sundar was named after a former army officer and on Friday the Test debutant helped to marshall the tourists' attack against Australia at the Gabba.

Hockey Australia’s high performance director Toni Cumpston has left the job weeks after players were notified that she would be taking extended leave from late December.

Each Sydney Sixers player will wear the words of young cancer patients in place of their names on Saturday night in an effort to raise funds for cancer patients.

Glen Boss, who is promising another star turn at the Magic Millions on the Gold Coast on Saturday, is another example of how the spirit has gone out of the Sydney’s Christmas holiday racing.

"Joe" the pigeon was thought to have flown or hitched 15,000 kilometres from the United States - a heroic act that could have condemned it to death.

The Indian fast bowler was allegedly targeted by a group of men in the lower level of the Brisbane ground less than a week after he stopped the SCG Test to report abuse.

A fire in Perth's foothills that damaged at least one house and put others under threat in High Wycombe has been brought under control by firefighters. 

A 17-year-old boy has been refused bail after his alleged involvement in a string of vehicle thefts and police chases was revealed in court.

The lone Australian in the team investigating the origins of the coronavirus is not interested in playing 'the blame game', he's there for the science.

Videos showed residents fleeing to higher ground on motorcycles, and a child trapped under the rubble as people tried to remove debris with their bare hands.

World No.1 Ashleigh Barty has made her way from Queensland to Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open, as her international rivals face hotel quarantine.

The government insists the tennis players will serve the strictest quarantine in the world and the tournament will be safe. So we asked readers what they thought.

Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria all recorded no new community cases on Friday, spurring hope Western Australia could start relaxing hard border measures in the near future.

The merger is expected to be completed by mid-February after it gets the green light from the WA Supreme Court.

The Queensland government has announced two new projects to build affordable units for shift workers, health workers, police and emergency services.

Savindi Wimalarathne is among thousands of 2020 WACE students to be offered places at the state’s four major universities from this week.

Victoria's efforts to accommodate international tennis players and students is riling farmers, who are struggling with labour shortages due to COVID restrictions.

Paramedics went to a home on George Street at Mortdale just before 2pm on Friday after reports that a child had fallen about eight metres from the window.

A week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial Review photographers.

Wide gate the only drawback for Finance Tycoon which continues to improve into Saturday's Magic Millions Classic.

Art might be about escape but no one can escape the complications of 2021, including border restrictions and sponsorship controversy. Still, the shows go on!

Australia's competition watchdog is continuing its investigation into Google's acquisition of fitness tracking pioneer Fitbit despite the sale completing on Friday.

Back when the Hill was the Hill, heckling was a way of life, but the banter rarely crossed the line - and if it did, the culprit would soon be made to see the error of his ways.

Republicans were trying to gauge the dynamics of a vote to convict Trump, while the Democrats argued about how to do it without derailing Biden's agenda.

Our pick of what's showing around Melbourne this weekend on the big screen.

After nearly 50 years of being Australia's favourite bit of English crumpet, John Waters can finally see the funny side of sex appeal.

Artists familiar and new bring fresh perspectives across town and beyond.

In preparation for her role as Mary Anning in Ammonite, the British star spent unpaid months prising fossils from rocks on the Dorset coast.

In the lead-up to Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, previously unseen images evoke the visit that devastated the legendary Australian artist.

Kikuko Tsumura's novel about one woman's experiences in the world of work is quietly funny.

The creator of George Smiley has gone, but it's not the end of the espionage novel, far from it.

Kae Tempest's thoughtful essay examines creativity as an electrical current.

Some of the close encounters with Australian fauna captured in this collection can be fleeting but life-defining.

The New York-based Australian writer's complete short fiction reveals her intellectual confidence and stylistic control.

A major retrospective celebrates the subversive power behind the smile.