AFL Saturday reaches round two with four bumper games.

Kevin Walters has his first win, and the Broncos have snapped a 13-game losing streak, but Trent Barrett has a migraine after this insipid contest.

A Strathpine man hosted 25 people at his house while waiting for his test results, which came back positive. It comes as authorities say the next two days will be “critical”.

A cluster of leg injuries to Bombers Dylan Shiel, Jye Caldwell and Sam Draper have soured a 54-point loss to Port Adelaide on Saturday for Essendon.

Verry Elleegant has claims to being the world’s best after lowering the colours of a brave Addeybb for the first time in Australia in the group 1 Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Melbourne have defeated the Brisbane Lions to secure themselves a home qualifying final in the AFLW. But there are injury fears for Daisy Pearce.

Former Powderfinger bassist and Brisbane venue owner John Collins, QMusic’s Angie Samut and Craig Spann from Live Music Australia will meet MP Bart Mellish to push the Queensland government to relax restrictions on Queensland’s live music crowds.

AFL No.1 draft pick Jamarra Ugle-Hagan has experienced contrasting fortunes to begin his season, injuring his thumb in Saturday’s VFL practice match after last week’s five-goal return.

Brisbane Lions counterpart Chris Fagan says coaches should be disciplined enough to avoid interacting with opposition players at breaks. Meanwhile Gary Rohan was offered a two-match ban.

 Michael Freedman burst into tears as his colt Stay Inside careered away with the Golden Slipper at Rosehill on Saturday.

The pace of change has been frustratingly slow in some areas and statistics suggest family violence is at least as prevalent as it was five years ago,

Just as he was finding his best form, the St George Illawarra skipper is facing the prospect of an enforced layoff.

Damien Lane is bullish about winning Sunday’s $200,000 Wellington Boot (1100m), just don’t ask him which of his two-year-olds is the better bet.

Everything you need to know to pick a winner on an eight-race card.

Many players have excelled at both codes through the years but who in league could make a successful switch to rugby right now?

Ravaged by injuries, the Raiders were mowed down by a Warriors side who can count themselves lucky to have been awarded a crucial try after an apparent forward pass.

A new octopus study suggests the creatures experience short bursts of ‘active sleep’ not unlike humans, but without the “complex symbolic plots”.

The fashion designer was attending the opening night of La Traviata at Mrs Macquaries Point on Friday night when she fell on the bottom two steps of a staircase.

A man has been rushed to a medical post after being bitten in the leg by a shark at a holiday spot in Western Australia’s north-west. 

Precisely 581 days after his last AFL match, Lance Franklin proved he is no spent force, while Sydney proved their rebuild-on-the-run is all but complete.

The NSW government has been urged to relax capacity restrictions on bars and clubs to meet “pent-up demand”.

The extended border restrictions come after Queensland recorded one case of coronavirus in the community linked to a Brisbane landscaper who tested positive for the virus on Thursday.

Homicide squad detectives are investigating a suspected ‘targeted’ attack after a man was shot dead moments after road crash.

Vacant businesses in Collingwood and Fitzroy now display the creations of leading designers.

Four stars of the blockbuster musical reveal what it’s like in the eye of the Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hurricane.

Patti Fawcett is one of the latest alumni of Class Clowns, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival program that spots talent in schools all over Australia.

Pearce excels as Hans Van Meegeren, the Dutch artist, dealer and forger who famously managed to fake a Vermeer and sell it to Hermann Goering during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II.

Brisbane Lions players and officials are among more than 15,000 people in Victoria who have been ordered to get coronavirus tests after a second case of locally acquired coronavirus was discovered in Queensland.

Losing her brother left Eliza Robbins-Brown inconsolable. A first-time funding arrangement from the Transport Accident Commission helped her heal.

Roosters coach Trent Robinson will start debutant Sam Walker and Drew Hutchison in the halves and name Joseph Suaalii as the Bondi club’s casualty ward grows.

Astronomers have long been worried about the uncomfortably close orbit of the asteroid Apophis. But now they say it won’t crash into Earth for at least 100 years.

Junior teams across Melbourne are being challenged by what is described as a “COVID hangover”, while clubs in the country will be forced to forgo Easter revenue

A piano tutor at The Conservatorium High School in Sydney has been charged with sexually abusing a schoolgirl when he was at the university a decade ago.

The Brisbane Lions should have been awarded a free kick in the final minute of their one point loss to Geelong when the Lions’ Zac Bailey tackled Mark Blicavs in the goalsquare.

Queensland Health has extended its list of Brisbane venues visited by the two friends.

With the Australian Grand Prix resheduled to November, McLaren boss Zak Brown expects Formula One to lose a couple of races from this season’s record 23-round calendar.

Myanmar celebrates Armed Forces Day by broadcasting a threat to protesters: “You can be in danger of getting shot to the head and back”.

Johnathan Thurston loved getting one over Mitchell Pearce in Origin, but had nothing but praise for his former rival as he prepares for NRL game No.300.

Australian winemakers have been hit by fresh tariffs from China that will deliver a sharp economic blow to the sector.

The idea of a fit and available Ellyse Perry not being in the Australia side may seem fanciful to many, but five-time World Cup winner Lisa Sthalekar says the star’s place in the T20 team is up for debate.

Embattled Liberal National Party MP Andrew Laming has been given a second dressing-down by Prime Minister Scott Morrison in three days after it was revealed he had bullied two women online.

The accident happened when someone activated the emergency brakes of a passenger train, which stopped abruptly and was struck from behind by another train.

The Australian comedian, who has spoken about her battle with alcoholism, was recently diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The Souths gun, already public enemy No.1 at the Roosters, says he played smart after expecting to be targeted in Friday night’s fiery clash.

As other ships risk the detour through the world’s most dangerous shipping route, there are plans to try to refloat the Ever Given at high tide on Sunday.

Coronavirus vaccine trials are being conducted on children to work out the safest dosage to protect young ones.

Skies that had rained havoc all week allowed a glow to silhouette the Opera House as a company that had lost a year’s revenue was given a chance to spread its wares.

Ahead of the dual T20 and one-day international series in New Zealand, Beth Mooney has relived a nasty bike crash that threatened the start of a new campaign.

Almost every city in the world has to deal with street crime, and some with dog packs. But few, if any, have to navigate such an underworld while also confronting unrelenting war.