Is this the last sighting of a paper lobster?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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...

The swastika-branded man is accused of trying to set an Indigenous woman and her daughter on fire using a can of deodorant and a lighter on Saturday.

Detective Inspector says police are treating the death as suspicious, adding that the woman had suffered injuries.

It should seize the moment to act comprehensively on a landmark report into sexual harassment.

More people will be allowed at indoor gatherings and mask rules will be eased, with workers set to be able to remove their mask at desks.

The improvement, which the Berejiklian government says has “exceeded expectations”, comes as social distancing restrictions are significantly wound back and the vaccine roll-out is accelerated.

Nathanael Cooper and business reporter Patrick Hatch explore whether there is a light on the horizon for international travel.

A state coroner is calling for an urgent overhaul of the support offered to prisoners leaving jail after a 40-year-old man died from a heroin overdose days after being released from prison in 2017.

Despite a crackdown, the increase of gangs, chapters and members engaging in organised crime, is seen primarily in the two eastern states.

It’s the latest in a series of pricey plans to revitalise the gateway to the west end of the CBD, where hundreds work but have precious few places to play.

It is the second time this week a Pilbara mining giant has been scrutinised after it was revealed a culturally significant rock shelter had been impacted at BHP’s Mining Area C project.

Profit comes despite cutting hundreds of jobs, losing thousands of international students and weathering what the university predicts will be a three-year, $900 million revenue downturn.

The International Olympic Committee’s decision to name Brisbane as its preferred candidate for the 2032 Olympics puts the Queensland capital on a fast-track to victory before several expected rival candidates have publicly developed their plans.

When Prime Minister Scott Morrison received his COVID-19 vaccine, the cameras were eager to capture the doctor giving him the shot. Less in the public eye was the nurse who administered Australia’s very first vaccination.

Riaz Behi is accused of sexually touching a Japanese patient with limited English over the course of 17 sessions in 2019.

An ambitious plan by a Fremantle burger bar to build a two-storey nursery out of stacked sea containers to grow fresh produce has been voted down by council.

Queenslanders are rejoicing after receiving the largest rainfall they have seen in months, as the south-east is forecast to continue to see showers over coming days.

A pregnant Victorian woman accused of encouraging people to protest against the coronavirus lockdown intends to “energetically” fight the charge.

Premier Daniel Andrews says he is ‘very confident’ restrictions will be eased in Victoria from Friday after the state recorded no new COVID-19 cases for the sixth day in a row.

Carriages toppled into floodwaters and thousands of litres of fuel spilled at Nana Glen about 1.45am on Thursday after heavy rains drenched the Mid North Coast of NSW.

A Queensland judge finds sentences were handed down amid court errors or against considerations around detention.

The 42-year-old, who is accused to taunting a dying police officer after the Eastern Freeway crash, has listed millions of dollars worth of property in recent months.

The driver is believed to have spoken to a passenger who was eating food onboard the bus.

Doctors are observing an alarming rise in the number of Victorian children presenting to emergency departments with a respiratory illness that can cause pneumonia.

What does Australia’s vaccination timeline look like? And where will you get yours?

WA Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup has accepted defeat in the upcoming election but is now lobbying to keep a substantial opposition in Parliament to prevent Labor from gaining “absolute power”. 

Ninety years ago today Melbourne was at a standstill as the funeral cortege of Dame Nellie Melba wound its way through streets lined with solemn crowds paying their last respects to the great Australian singer.

Murdoch University has started its new year by flagging the sudden departure of two deans, with reports that more than a dozen students have been wrongly enrolled in defunct courses, one of which was an international student whose visa was now in jeo...

Architects say the stimulus encouraged sprawl and caused costs to skyrocket; the Greens called it a wasted opportunity and renewed calls for a Perth urban boundary.

NSW, Queensland and Victoria have limited quarantine-free travel with New Zealand in response to a growing COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland. 

Exactly what was public knowledge when a property developer snapped up land along a Sydney motorway?

Government spending from the Road Safety Fund on ‘black spot’ programs has halved in five years, prompting calls to reform the scheme, which is also spending millions on sporting partnerships and police wages.

The shape and density of the redevelopment has triggered debate between the council and state government.

Cocaine use in Victoria has doubled in recent years, new analysis reveals. The state has overtaken NSW to have the highest proportion of cocaine users in the country.

War crimes investigator Paul Brereton said the careers of some whistleblowers should “prosper” after they gave evidence to his inquiry, while certain others should not be sacked. But none have been promoted and some face termination.

Police are warning the drug is funding and fuelling organised crime, as more than 4 per cent of Australians admitted to recent use.

The contractor tested the use of explosives to excavate parts of the underground M4-M5 Link from Haberfield to St Peters, which would have affected thousands of inner Sydney homes.