Saturday sees four bumper AFL games take to the field, follow the action on our AFL Saturday live blog.

Two-time premiers Adelaide Crows will battle for another AFLW flag at Adelaide Oval - crucially without skipper Chelsea Randall due to concussion protocols - after annihilating Melbourne.

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

The owners of some of Melbourne’s most renowned music venues say they’re losing money at their shows because of COVID-19 density rules.

Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge says his side has never been quicker or ‘more nimble’ and it’s allowing them to play with three key forwards.

Put up an electric fence, assemble a drench pump, haul a 200kg bail of fine New England wool more than 50 metres – these are the everyday farm tasks required to complete in the Australian Young Farmer Challenge.

A review into the Queensland government’s response to the 2020 bushfire is expected to be made publicly ‘in due course’ amid calls for compensation and a further inquiry.

Jamie Kah has taken Melbourne by storm this season but it was Sydney’s turn to see her grab a group 1 victory with Cascadian in the Doncaster Mile yesterday.

Notable Australians have remembered Prince Philip, who died on Friday aged 99, as a man devoted to duty and service.

Everything you need to back a winner at Sunday’s Gundagai meeting.

James Ponsonby has already had winners at 10 different tracks this season and he takes a strong team to Gundagai today hoping to make it 11.

Ferdinand, an Indian runner duck from Dapto, rocked poultry history to win best bird at the 2021 Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Melbourne Victory pulled off a shock smash and grab raid in Newcastle, coming from behind to beat the Jets courtesy of a Lleyton Brooks winner.

Titans coach Justin Holbrook had little to complain about after his side’s big win over Newcastle but said the 18th man rule already needs a tweak.

NSW Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan received an application for a fresh inquest from a person “with sufficient standing” under the Coroners Act and now has the capacity to consider that request.

Brett Hodgson took a pay cut when joining Parramatta in 2000, so loyal was he to Tommy Raudonikis who had just been passed over to coach the Wests Tigers.

Restaurants offering $30 lunch specials include Supernormal, San Telmo, The George on Collins, Magic Mountain Saloon and Taxi Kitchen.

The villagers’ special interest in the late Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, manifested itself in daily prayers for his blessing of their banana and yam crops.

Authorities in Western Australia are hoping to get through the weekend without loss of life but have warned homes in the Mid West and Gascoyne aren’t build to withstand the cyclonic conditions set to hit the area on Sunday.

The NRL are expected to review video footage of a Canberra trainer getting involved in Friday night’s melee, including pushing an angry James Fisher-Harris.

Experts say soaring values will hit the brakes in about six months once production of new cars ramps up again.

The Western Bulldogs remain undefeated after a win over the Brisbane Lions on Saturday in chilly Ballarat.

The bridges of Brisbane and City Hall will be lit in red, white and blue to pay respects to the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip who passed away at the age of 99 on Friday.

Tom Trbojevic declared himself a certain starter for Manly next week while declaring Friday-night hero Daly Cherry-Evans still the most important Sea Eagle.

The pair drew on their 20-year history to play a bickering couple in Supernova, which grapples with the realities of early-onset dementia.

A fresh series of the music trivia show featuring Myf Warhurst, Alan Brough and Adam Hills is an unexpected benefit of Melbourne’s hard lockdown last year.

As the arts respond to the COVID-normal world, two- and three-hander plays are making great theatre possible again

Terry Robinson doesn’t wear sunglasses at the races, but taking Art Cadeau to the Country Championships Final at Randwick on Saturday, he put them on because he knew he might need them.

Holly Rankin had large ambitions for this night, which is admirable, and she pretty much pulled it off, which is impressive.

Nathan Cleary knows Jarome Luai is ready to play for NSW as the battle heats up for the No.6 jumper.

Mark O’Connor has made an impressive start as a run-with player which could see the Cats reprise a role that was a feature in three flags.

It’s fiction of course, but the Philip we have come to know over four seasons of The Crown is more complex and sympathetic than we one we knew before.

Mourners pay tribute to Prince Philip

Department of Disease Control director-general Dr Opas Karnkawinpong said that the number of new infections could rise as high as 10,000 per day if adequate measures are not taken.

A biographical play about Coral Browne, the girl from West Footscray who shone on the London stage, is masterfully acted and moving. Plus more Comedy Festival reviews.

Messages were carried back and forth to the protagonists by other participants in the nuclear deal - Britain, Germany, France, Russia and China.

International health officials have pledged to use coronavirus vaccines rejected by rich nations to address a “shocking imbalance” in global distribution.

The Australian novelist says social change is overdue but there are “a lot of wrongs being done in the name of justice”.

An explosive eruption rocked La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St Vincent on Friday night after the government ordered thousands to evacuate their homes.

His one-liners made headlines that became long lists of what are often labelled ‘gaffes’, but many were offensive, others plain racist or sexist.

Footage released by WA Police shows the man being escorted to a police vehicle in handcuffs as officers carry several paper bags’ worth of evidence to the car. 

Tanks and soldiers seen in footage on the march look to be the largest deployment of Russian land forces toward the border with Ukraine in seven years.

The Queen’s husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has died aged 99. Full coverage here.

The Chinese Communist Party is cracking down on the country’s biggest e-commerce company, warning it not to stifle competition.

After three months on life support, multiple heart attacks and a seizure following a horrific stable accident, an old timer is fighting back with the help of his family.

On Friday night, this photographer witnessed curtains of green and red dance across the heavens as the particles interacted with gases at an altitude of about 100 kilometres.

The Australian was one of the big movers in the second round and is poised for another run at the green jacket as he closed in on leader Justin Rose.

Prince Philip, who has died age 99, had an impeccable sense of dress, from his military days through to his later years.

After seven decades of tireless service, the pandemic meant the Queen and Prince Philip were able to spend his final year together at home.

He died at home in his beloved Windsor Castle with his wife the Queen by his side: just the way he wanted it.