There are major delays for motorists heading north, south and west of Sydney as the Easter long weekend and school holidays begin.

Australia’s AstraZeneca rollout will continue as planned as the country’s medical authorities monitor the first reported case of a rare clotting disorder following a COVID-19 jab.

While some operators are struggling to attract as many interstate visitors as they would like, Melburnians are flocking to regional destinations.

The president of the union representing NSW public service staff has asked the state industrial commission to investigate the union’s current leadership election.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said it was unlikely the system would get close enough to hit the WA mainland during the long weekend but urged people in the western Pilbara, and around Exmouth and Carnarvon to keep up to date with forecasts and...

After a long stand-off over repairs, a beloved former Greek milk bar has been boarded up.

Police said the investigation targeted members of outlaw motorcycle gangs attempting to establish a foothold in Logan.

Colonel Young, deputy commander of the Joint Task Group for NSW assigned to the recovery effort, said the relationship between the defence force and state agencies galvanised through the fires and were bedded down by COVID-19. But these were just dre...

Motorists heading to the Sunshine Coast from Brisbane had been hit with about 12 kilometres of congestion around Caboolture.

Federal Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon says the NSW opposition must stick to a script of strongly supporting the coal mining industry if it is to win the Upper Hunter byelection.

Easter is a time to reflect on culture, power, character and conscience and the role we all play in holding our leaders accountable to the pledge they make when assuming office.

The 68-year-old neuroscientist, electrical engineer and entrepreneur discusses why he is striving for an “electric planet”, being comfortable with no afterlife, and how he feels about his ageing body.

Hear her answer you back with more belief her opinion is worth something than you ever had, and be pleased she is part of a cohort that feels entitled to act forcefully.

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Proceeds of the auction of a Brunswick house that belonged to the late Christopher Baker and Kerri Hall will go to grants for social justice causes.

Meanwhile, police said a woman identified as a close contact of a positive case had left the PA Hospital early and was tracked down at New Farm.

Martin Foley repeats his call for governments to stop bickering over the vaccine rollout, after Victoria recorded no new local cases of coronavirus for 35 days in a row.

Annastacia Palaszczuk says she believes Queensland is taking in the highest number of COVID-positive travellers.

WA Police evacuated a shopping precinct in Applecross following reports a man claiming to have a gun had entered Pharmacy 777 and declared “today’s the day”.

The smoking ban is part of a six-month trial that may lead to more widespread restrictions on lighting up.

Almost 30,000 people in NSW are fully inoculated against COVID-19 and more than 94,500 are halfway there as the state recorded no new locally acquired cases.

After weeks of soul-searching about the way we treat women in Australia, Nyadol Nyuon, our new columnist, exposed another ugly layer to our national character.

Bureau says flood watches had been issued across parts of the south-east, including the lower Brisbane River and the Lockyer Valley.

Champion athlete Nathan Baggaley and his brother Dru were found guilty over a 2018 plot to import cocaine worth millions. Now their criminal histories can be revealed.

New figures released by WA Health show of the 1752 hotel quarantine workers, just one in every four was fully immunised.

Find out what you can and can’t do over the Easter long weekend.

The federal government has made vaccine announcements thick and fast since then, with every minor milestone celebrated with media hype.

A 30-year-old Surfers Paradise man has been charged after a house was significantly damaged by fire at Ashmore on Thursday.

A woman has died after her car rolled over on the Kennedy Highway, south of Cairns, on Friday morning.

Australia imported just 1.57 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of March – a fraction of the federal government’s early target.

The grassroots of the state party want their new preselection process to be given the chance to achieve cultural change.

Sydney cafes create the illusion of caring about your cup of tea, but what’s in the pot disappoints.

Some Australian GPs say the federal government has allowed millions of patients to book appointments while providing few doses to clinics.

A 22-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly refused to wear a face mask and then attacked a security guard, police officers and members of the public.

On June 23, 1983, I published a story highlighting the relationship between Bob Trimbole and a police officer he called The Gardener. In Sydney they went nuts.

Climate scientists have practically given up hope of holding the planet’s temperature rise to an average of 1.5 degrees.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

In the internet age of public shaming and online mob justice, the biblical story of Easter has some valuable lessons for us all.

A Sydney clergyman has warned of the growing dangers of a strange new religious cult.

Brisbane travellers will be free to travel across the state and some domestic borders heading into the Easter long weekend after fears of an extended lockdown.

Central-west Queensland is vaccinating their whole community instead of a phased rollout as Queensland Health said it was too small to break down into groups.

Fractional guidance offers a clearer picture.

A briefing note sent to state MPs late on Thursday urged them to abandon nationally-agreed changes to Australia’s defamation laws.

The NSW government hopes it can convince the federal government to approve its proposal by demonstrating it can return international students in a way that does not disrupt the return of Australian citizens or overload health and police services.

The founder of a popular electronic bush doof festival told triple zero operators he was getting attacked and was about to get killed, an inquest has heard.

Drummoyne MP John Sidoti called the planning coordinator of his local council to discuss a proposal that had the potential to affect his family’s property interests, the ICAC has heard.

A multi-vehicle collision and rollover on the Eastern Freeway has brought all outbound city traffic to a standstill with traffic departing the city building rapidly. 

Police divers have found the body of Braxton Plant, who went missing from outside his home in northern NSW on Wednesday.

Tapped phone calls played to an IBAC hearing reveal the boss of Transclean instructed his nephew to “contaminate” trials of a new product that risked cutting revenue.

Police charged the woman 11 months after a man died when he was allegedly stabbed and struck by a vehicle.