It may require the players to return to life in a bubble, but the NRL’s biosecurity expert is confident Magic Round in Brisbane will proceed as planned.

The former NRL footballer assaulted a 26-year-old woman in her Newcastle home in September 2018 while his taxi waited outside.

National cabinet will meet on Friday and Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he is open to the states accepting flights from India once the travel ban is lifted in order to get more Australians home.

How the experts tipped for 2021 round eight, and all the ins and outs as they drop across the weekend.

Michael Hussey’s IPL franchise want their batting coach to be closer to the team’s base so they can provide him with better medical care in his recovery from COVID-19.

The race for Tabcorp’s wagering and media business is heating up with private equity outfit Apollo Global Management ready to go toe to toe with UK bookmaker Entain.

The Prime Minister says new NDIS integrity measures such as contentious independent assessments are needed to ensure a fair and sustainable system.

China has sent a message that dialogue at the political level will be cut off after the superpower suspended the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue.

The 50-year-old pleaded guilty to about 30 outstanding offences on Thursday and was convicted, but not further punished.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on cup day.

John Longmire will be without three of his most trusted assistants at the MCG on Saturday night after the pandemic threw yet another curveball in Sydney’s direction.

The government’s fresh assault on proxy advisers could push up fees for members, according to the head of the country’s second largest super fund.

A radiologist who administered a contrast dye that sparked a fatal reaction has told a coroner he could not do two things at once.

Young Rascal has form around group 1 performers and will be hard to beat in the Gosford Cup.

For many readers, the threat to fine and even jail anyone trying to enter Australia from COVID-ravaged India was “shameful”. Others, however, saw the move as a necessary step.

A number of restrictions have been imposed on Sydney, Wollongong, Central Coast and Blue Mountains areas.

Matt Dunn is hoping for back-to-back Takeover Target Stakes victories with Snitz.

The products of dual Doncaster winner Sacred Falls and Halloween will fight for the big money at Gosford.

This documentary about an $80 million art fraud is a rollicking story.

Eastern suburbs residents braved blustery conditions to be tested for coronavirus on Thursday as more venues were added to the list of potential exposure sites.

Sure, there’s flips and tumbles and splits but for Harley Mann circus is all about connection.

With one of the senior members of the Murdoch family in town at a pivotal juncture for the company, the rumour mill has understandably gone into overdrive.

The half-sister of Winx, Courcheval, has attracted worldwide attention to Friday night’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale.

The trainer and wife of former cricketer Mark Waugh is preparing to clear her name after Racing NSW issued charges against her over the treatment of a racehorse.

The union, which counts more than 100,000 members and has been a major player in the Labor party, has been riven by internal battles since 2019.

As farmers benefit from an end to the drought and city dwellers opt for a tree change, NAB is seeing record growth in demand for business loans across regional Australia.

More than 20 bus routes will be cut from Sydney’s eastern suburbs and another 23 “modified” as part of a major overhaul of the region’s transport system.

In the latest chaotic scenes to erupt at State Parliament this week, Labor walked out en masse after Speaker Jonathan O’Dea kicked Opposition Leader Jodi McKay out of the house after she refused to follow his orders.

Victorian authorities say NSW will remain a green zone under the state’s traffic light travel permit system, noting sequencing of the virus in the new Sydney cases had narrowed the field of public health concern.

Christian Porter and the ABC are at loggerheads over the public release of the broadcaster’s written defence to his defamation claim.

Having been in the ring with both Tim Tszyu and Michael Zerafa, former world champion Jeff Horn is uniquely qualified to predict a winner.

Renewable energy developer Neoen says it will move forward with a planned wind farm after Keith Pitt vetoed a Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund funding recommendation.

Banks haven’t let the COVID crisis go to waste, taking the opportunity to cut their payout ratios to shareholders happy to grab what they can.

Health authorities are quarantining all patients and staff within the compound until they can determine who had contact with the coronavirus patient.

The upper house has rejected the scheme to license irrigators’ extraction during floods while a federal agency has dismissed the government’s river plans.

The jury in the trial of footballers Jack de Belin and Callan Sinclair have signalled they may continue deliberating into next week in order to reach a unanimous verdict on the aggravated sexual assault charges against the men.

Five Australians have developed a rare blood clotting disorder associated with receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine since last week, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has confirmed.

On Wednesday, news broke that the 50-year-old spin bowler had been allegedly kidnapped from outside his home on Sydney’s lower north shore by four men including the brother of his partner.

While nations including Australia debate the details of a temporary waiver of vaccine patents, dangerous variants mutate in raging outbreaks around the world.

Another chapter in the time-honoured Grand Annual has been written, with champions Gold Medals and Zed Em fighting out yet another finish.

The man jailed for filming four dying police officers on the Eastern Freeway last year is accused of assaulting another driver and stealing his car keys.

The former journalist, popular television host and finance minister has been given a chance to oust Benjamin Netanyahu.

As the world tilts towards digital streaming, accelerated by the pandemic, it’s vital that performers are properly paid, say arts leaders.

The decision was made following the detection of two community cases in Sydney.

Apple’s new AirTags, $45 wireless devices that help you locate things, work well. Frighteningly well.

The man who oversaw Collingwood’s salary cap firesale and list overhaul last year, Ned Guy, has quit the club.

Matthew Johns has rejected calls from the Samoan coach to be his assistant as the battle to coach the Pacific nation intensifies.

Customers should be informed about new energy options and be empowered to adopt them, rather than restricting their choices by simply taking options away.

A 14-year-old boy is expected to be charged over the schoolyard stabbing of a 16-year-old student in western Sydney.

Hundreds of food, hospitality and retail businesses in central Melbourne will bear the brunt of a wave of business failures and insolvencies in the next six weeks.