The move sandwiches China between the world’s first and third-largest economies after the US said it would not leave Australia to face Beijing alone. 

WA Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson said recent arrivals from New South Wales and Queensland should check if they had been to any of the newly listed exposure sites.

Nathan Buckley arguably is Collingwood’s greatest player, and has a winning record as a coach, but leaves the club empty-handed. Collingwood’s favourite thing is favourite sons, but its two flags since 1958 have both been won by outsiders.

Melbourne’s tough lockdown restrictions will be eased on Friday, barring any unexpected mystery cases. But Melburnians will be restricted to travelling no more than 25 kilometres from their homes over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend.

The Magpies will seek external support to help them make a decision on a new senior coach to replace club icon Nathan Buckley

Schools, retail, cafes and restaurants will be allowed to reopen across Melbourne from 11.59pm on Thursday.

The greatest game of all’s greatest game of all heads to North Queensland for the first time and we’ll be with you all the way. Coverage from 6pm with kick-off scheduled for 8.10pm.

But Australian children and adolescents may not be asked to roll up their sleeves for many months after the expected approval.

Patrick Dangerfield is one of a handful of inclusions the Cats have made ahead of Thursday night’s blockbuster against Port Adelaide.

Spending hours shooting, editing, storyboarding, engaging with fans and balancing the other responsibilities that come with being a successful content creator have taken a toll.

All the ins and outs for round 13 of the 2021 AFL premiership season, and how the experts tipped.

Tim Watson’s comments on the former Swans star were wrong, but they represent the view of whole swathes of the country.

A court injunction preventing Labor’s national executive from conducting preselections in Victoria has been lifted, paving the way for the party to choose candidates in 22 federal seats.

The era of skyrocketing pay rises for Australian university leaders is another casualty of COVID-19 and an estimated $1.8 billion downturn in revenue.

The corporate regulator says plans to ease continuous disclosure obligations could put Australia out of step with countries overseas.

Some Collingwood fans wanted Nathan Buckley to go, others hoped he would be retained but almost all of them still see him as a legend of the Collingwood Football Club.

The industry’s peak body and a public health body both say pharmacies should be involved “as soon as possible” to help get the country vaccinated.

The sudden evacuation of three-year-old Tharnicaa Murugappan to a Perth hospital has changed the politics around the exile of the Biloela family to Christmas Island.

In the decade to 2018, non-government schools outspent government schools on capital works by $29.6 billion, with the help of hundreds of millions in taxpayer grants every year.

Madam Charm had exceeded expectations with successive wins over shorter trips, but there’s plenty of upside in the three-year-old.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the Central Coast meeting.

Jockey Serg Lisnyy will return to trackwork after his animal cruelty disqualification was changed to a suspension by the Racing NSW Appeals appeal.

Firefighters were called to smoke and flames issuing from a school building on Warners Avenue shortly before 5pm on Wednesday.

James-Robert Davis is accused of abusing and manipulating his partner between 2012 and 2015 by making her wear a collar and holding her in a cage.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s push for mandatory vaccinations in aged care won a chilly reception from unions.

Attorney-General Michaelia Cash says the Commonwealth is serious about working with the WA government on a quarantine facility.

SA Police said anything on display at the range was there to help simulate a “realistic training environment” and was not a reflection on the ABC.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has tried to avert paramedics taking unauthorised strike action over a pay dispute on Thursday insisting the state budget will deliver a package for workers.

A controversial new drug that has offered hope to Alzheimer’s sufferers by slowing cognitive decline still needs to be cleared by local regulators before it can be rolled out in Australia.

Democrats and Republicans put aside their bitter differences to pass a vast bill designed to get America to out-compete China economically and technologically.

The lawyer for a Tamil family battling deportation says no one from the government has approached them with an offer to settle in New Zealand or the US.

The giant retailer’s social licence credentials and corporate governance disciplines were tested and came up wanting.

He was an unlikely presidential candidate, a rural teacher who for the past 25 years has seen his students struggle in crumbling schools where his colleagues also cook and sweep floors.

Hume Coal’s mine and rail project applications have been referred back to the Independent Planning Commission for a public hearing and determination within 12 weeks.

Blues coach Brad Fittler is expected to change his back line despite repeated denials from NSW staff this week.

The local boss of oil giant Shell says society’s growing push to speed up the shift to clean energy is causing major industry upheavals.

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder over the death of teenager Jason Langhans, who tried to stop a fight at a 16th birthday party in March.

“This was a terrorist attack, motivated by hatred, in the heart of one of our communities,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Parliament.

Khal Asfour, who represents the state’s most populous council, says it’s unfair that Waverley Council workers have received preference over others.

The Collingwood great said the decision for him to leave as coach after the Queen’s Birthday clash was the right decision for all. Robert Harvey will lead in the interim.

Up to 15 neo-Nazis - including self-proclaimed white supremacist Thomas Sewell - terrorised hikers at a Victorian camping spot, a court has heard.

Dubbed Operation Ironside, Australian Federal Police and the FBI secretly monitored the communications of hundreds of underworld figures through an encrypted app developed by authorities to track criminals.

In deadline day of the AFLW trade period, Carlton’s Jess Hosking has received a last-minute trade to Richmond to join her twin sister Sarah.

A forfeiture order under Queensland’s hooning laws has led to a $600,000 car being prepared for auction where proceeds will go back to the state.

Deputy State Coroner Jane Bentley could deliver her findings into Tiahleigh Palmer’s death as soon as the end of next week.

Perth got perfect scores for healthcare, education, and infrastructure but the lowest score in the top 10 for culture and environment.

Federal Water Minister Keith Pitt says the government remains determined to build new dams in the Murray-Darling Basin, rejecting comments from a leading researcher that climate change would reduce the likelihood that they would fill. 

Melburnians are set to travel up to 25kms from their homes from Friday, police have foreshadowed more arrests after the ‘sting of the century’ and NSW and QLD are making final preparations for the first game of the State of Origin.

The BBC commissioned the impressive but little-seen series Dickensian in 2013.

Subtle and restrained they aren’t, but the FBI and 9-1-1 franchises have become free TV’s first line of defence in the streaming era.