National cabinet will have discussions about the reopening of Australia when it meets on Friday after the Australian government announced it had accepted expert advice that Pfizer should now be the preferred vaccine for under 50s.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the mass-vaccination hub would have the capacity to administer the Pfizer vaccine, which has specific refrigeration requirements.

The Health Department has ordered the cancellation of appointments for under-50s at mass inoculation centres across the city in response to new advice about the AstraZeneca vaccine.

The highly paid head of local government in Western Australia’s gold mining capital has been stood down over allegations of workplace misconduct.

Tasmanian devils have had their numbers drastically reduced by aggressive facial tumours. Now, research has shown a common drug could be the key to saving them.

Commuters on the Frankston line and route 16 trams, which run through the city, St Kilda and Toorak, are the worst offenders when it comes to wearing masks incorrectly.

Australia has taken steps this week to make an extremely small risk of having a bad reaction to the vaccine even smaller.

Michael Sucking, 41, was found dead by cellmates on March 7 while in custody at Ravenhall Correctional Centre.

The family of Antony (13), Angelina (12), and Sienna Abdallah (8) and their 11-year-old cousin Veronique Sakr, who died in the tragedy said, no matter the length of the sentence, they would never be able to bring their children back.

A high-profile Liberal party power broker has been linked to an alleged campaign to remove sitting local councillors, in claims made to a corruption inquiry into Drummoyne MP John Sidoti.

Mojo’s Bar has announced its temporary closure and the resignation of owner Andrew Ryan in the wake of surging backlash and a slew of gig cancellations.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the idea for a national women’s summit was “warmly received”.

Sports stadiums, theatres, and places of worship will be back to 100 per cent capacity and New Zealanders allowed to enter WA without quarantining.

The tank of helium allegedly used to kill the grazier was ordered for him over the phone by a woman claiming she was from the local newspaper, a Sydney court has heard.

A routine traffic stop on the Pacific Motorway proved costly for a pair of motorists.

Today on Please Explain Nathanael Cooper talks to Gamilaroi women Brooke Boney about the complex and sensitive issue of Indigenous deaths in custody.

The NSW government has resumed administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to all age groups at its state-run clinics after a brief pause following warnings from Australian medical experts of rare but potentially dangerous blood clotting side effects.

High Court hears federal police are considering referring John Zhang to prosecutors over seizure of $60,000 in bundles of cash.

The heritage-listed Woolloongabba theatre will return as a live music, theatre and circus venue after a restoration overseen by the owners of the Tivoli.

Most of the major developments in the future population centre have been on the Mount Pleasant side, with this the first proposal for the Como city gateway.

A 16-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in Brisbane’s CBD on Thursday night has been identified as Yannis Leulusoo, a “kind and caring” teenager.

Shallow, manipulative snake-oil salesman or “horribly admirable” builder of Australia’s version of ESPN? Meet Craig Hutchison, the university dropout turned journalist who isn’t playing games.

The once lock ’em up cop found a new perspective by becoming an inmate with local offenders and people smugglers. Prison, he says, was good for him.

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Police said an elderly woman lived at the house, and pet dogs found there were being cared for by paramedics.

The three sisters who allege they were sexually abused by Malka Leifer are set to give evidence in person in court later this year rather than appear via video links.

Motorists may well be familiar with sculpture Fire Within Two on the M1 Freeway at the Kororoit Creek Road intersection between Melbourne and Geelong. It was the creation of sculptor Adrian Mauriks

Amanda Keller: “He was like a dolphin, finding talent by sonar.”

Two 1970s concrete eyesores have been merged into one new office tower in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD.

Supreme Court Justice Andrew Beech has queried whether Perth Children’s Court Magistrate Catherine Crawford and court president Hylton Quail needed to continue litigation.

Aiden’s mother took to social media to share news of the “hardest thing” and said she did not know how she was going to get through.

Charge sheets released by the court show Martin Debono was charged with intentionally assaulting another person in Melbourne in 2015.

The rise of Craig Hutchison, founder of the Sports Entertainment Network, has been remarkable, and some say ruthless. Konrad Marshall is joined by sports writer Michael Gleeson to chart how a former journalist, by dint of hard work and dogged determi...

Doctors have been inundated by patients cancelling their appointments for AstraZeneca shots, with some GPs opting to pull out of the national immunisation program.

The federal government’s main vaccine to inoculate Australians against COVID-19 has been hit with concerns over blood clotting. What now for the rollout?

Two Victorian men who transported almost $4.5 million in ill-gotten cash for a crime syndicate linked to China got a heftier sentence to deter money laundering in Australia.

After the shock waves from that bombshell interview, deeper questions have emerged over the implications for the monarchy – and an Australian republic.

An assailant is on the run and a teenager is dead after he was stabbed at a Brisbane CBD park, in an attack on Thursday night that left senior police stunned.

This is an edited version of the Twitter feed of Professor Allen Cheng, a member of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, explaining the AstraZeneca decision.

I haven’t bought new clothes in two years, and a vintage Carla Zampatti piece is one of my cherished wardrobe items.

The new case was acquired overseas and detected in hotel quarantine.

West Australians under the age of 50 who had been booked in to get the AstraZeneca vaccine have been told not to show up to their appointments in light of revised health advice linking the jab to a rare blood clotting condition on young people.

More than 63,000 NSW students were suspended from school last year, almost 1000 of which were in kindergarten. Educators believe anxiety - among students and parents alike - is behind the spike.

Headhunters working for Cricket Australia have started calling targets for the sporting body’s top job. And there’s a lot of names on the long list.

Australia has been caught out by a global vaccine supply shortage. But the government, in trying to convince us that everything is on track, has allowed a sense of crisis to coalesce.

The NSW Government is undermining a key platform of its koala protection policy by removing financial incentives for conservation on private properties as part of a bill to help harmonise council rates.

Over the past 10 years, each Australia’s three most important marine sites has seen a catastrophe. And recent wild weather signals history repeating.

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It is quite clear that the Morrison government cannot be trusted to obtain and provide a reliable supply of vaccine.

The Gold Coast and tropical north Queensland hotel tourism sectors will not return to pre-pandemic levels before 2023, and will take longer to recover than Brisbane, new research reveals.