Is this the last sighting of a paper lobster?

All eyes were on Michael Hurley as he shuffled around the boundary line on crutches to watch his teammates play Carlton with the impact of his infection obvious.

The 27-year-old has taken the road less travelled to the Waratahs’ No. 9 jersey. His father – who scored a try in the famous 1989 NSWRL grand final – couldn’t be more proud.

Beating the Brumbies on home turf is the hardest challenge in Australian rugby. But the presence of assistant coach Chris Whitaker may prove valuable for the Waratahs.

Victoria is a step closer to becoming home to one of the world’s biggest lithium-ion batteries by next summer.

When the rules changed, it was hard for the IOC to go past Brisbane as an Olympic Games host. Just don’t tell anyone yet.

At 16, Margaret Zhang started her own fashion blog in Sydney. Now, aged 27, she will take control of the Chinese edition of the Vogue fashion magazine powerhouse.

Sydney schoolgirl Mia Guillergan says it is a “wonderful opportunity” for to athletes to aspire to compete at a potential Olympics in Brisbane in 2032.

Cinemas took a huge hit during the COVID lockdowns. The big unknown now is whether audiences will return once the pandemic is over.

Lecturer Holly Lawford-Smith has been accused of transphobia over a website in which women are encouraged to anonymously share tales of trans encounters.

Police are now searching for a second person who refused to surrender as specialist officers stormed the Townsville house more than six hours after being called to the scene.

Although it’s highly likely it won’t be Connie Psihogios’ first taste of the Olympics, with Paris set to host 2024 and Los Angeles the winning bidder for 2028.

Transport Minister Andrew Constance pushed for his top bureaucrat to be sacked after his department did not follow an instruction to conduct mass land clearing along every major highway in NSW.

The deals Google and Facebook have struck to pay for news in Australia are likely to be a model for the world.

Workers at McCormick Australia, which also makes KFC gravy and Aeroplane Jelly, have been negotiating with their employer for a pay rise for more than four years.

A survey of federal political offices found sexual abuse and bullying were widespread but nearly two-thirds of staffers feared for their careers if they reported it.

The NSW government has approved more than 400 applications to harm or interfere with Aboriginal heritage sites over the past five years, including 84 applications since last year.

A man wanted over the alleged attempted murder of a woman at a five-star hotel in Sydney’s CBD has been arrested in bushland.

Mourad Kerollos, who has pleaded not guilty due to mental illness, heard voices of dead people and baselessly believed his wife was having affairs, doctors said.

Critics say the national standards created to help streamline environmental approvals of major developments fall short of what’s needed to save threatened species.

Chinese stores have been stocking imitations of popular brands over the past year, such as “Penfunils” and “Benfords”, and marketing them as Australian.

Healthcare Australia’s boss has stepped aside after an investigation found the company misled the government over a doctor who bungled aged care vaccinations.

Sax player Matt Keegan has written a soulful tribute to his great grandfather.

Kolding is on target for another third-up Randwick mile success in the Chipping Norton Stakes on Saturday.

The extraordinary results by Newgate Farm’s stallions over the past fortnight continued on Wednesday with Deep Field and Capitalist adding further wins following on from the stud’s group 1  double at Caulfield last Saturday.

The 63-year-old New Zealander has made Australia home for almost a decade, but what makes him tick?

Department store giant David Jones has swung back into profit thanks to a $39 million fillip from JobKeeper subsidies and rent relief.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the metropolitan twilight meeting.

The Tigers need a replacement for Adam Doueihi in the opening round. One of the most promising youngsters about to burst onto the NRL scene might be their man.

New enrolments have been suspended, casual wages are unpaid and academic staff have been told to defer their return to university as RMIT races to recover from a suspected phishing attack in time for the start of semester one.

The IOC hasn’t ruled out having rowing and canoeing held in the harbour city under a plan that could result in just two new facilities being built in Queensland.

The massive financial impact of COVID-19 on the AFL meant it could not possibly expand with two more teams for more than a decade, Gold Coast chairman Tony Cochrane says.

News organisations around the world are hailing the passing of new laws to force Facebook and Google into commercial agreements with media companies.

Peter Gelagotis has been cleared of administering TCO2 to his horse Strong Influence in June 2019, while Racing Victoria has dropped its case against Richard Laming.

TPG Telecom CEO Iñaki Berroeta says putting restrictions on how much 5G spectrum any telco can buy will deliver better competition in the mobile market.

A Melbourne girls’ school has apologised to former students after claims of historical sexual abuse were made against two former teachers.

Ramsay Health Care boss Craig McNally says with the pressures on health systems likely to continue for the next decade, public-private collaboration will become more important.

The analysis also noted the program to divert people with cognitive impairments out of the criminal justice system was in its “infant stage” and the figures were likely to improve, and some savings were not taken into account because they were di...

The manhunt continues for Matthew Donaldson who allegedly assaulted a woman with a sledgehammer at a luxury Sydney hotel.

Starry-eyed Afterpay investors might not know that the buy now, pay later behemoth’s $38 billion market valuation is based on a business it doesn’t entirely own.

The Court of Appeal has upheld a jail sentence for a woman who demanded $1000 from the parents of a dying baby for the return of a mobile phone containing hundreds of photos of their child.

St Kilda’s climb up the AFL ladder in 2020 was significantly helped by their off-season recruiting and in their first pre-season practice match the recruits again caught the eye. 

A2 Milk’s new boss is in for a challenge as one analyst questioned whether the milk and infant formula company had its ‘best days behind it’ after it booked a ‘disappointing’ first-half result.

“I’m trying to bring my neck of the woods to the city, to the Big Smoke, for everyone to see,” the artist said.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has just provided a corporate lesson in how to run a business in crisis.

The iconic venue hopes to halt a drop in audience numbers by wooing the public back with events that are optimistic, comfortable and escapist.

Mervyn Bishop, Australia’s first Indigenous press photographer, shares behind-the-scenes stories ahead of an exhibition in his honour.

Researchers compared the people aged16 and older in Israel who were given shots in December or January to an equal number of people of similar age, sex and health who did not receive a vaccine

In the wake of an online petition launched by a former Kambala student Chanel Contos about girls enduring sexual abuse, the head prefect of Cranbrook senior school addressed its boys in assembly this week. He confronted appalling behaviour by some st...

Medical professionals do not share the same enthusiasm for Gwyneth Paltrow’s sugar-free kimchi and kombucha for treating COVID-19 side-effects.