Three new places have been added to the current list of exposure sites, including a McDonald’s, Woolworths and a child health services centre.

The story of Biloela and its most famous family, who “just wanted a safe, happy life with their kids”, is again burning on Australia’s collective tongue.

At the age of just six, gold-medal swimmer Brenden Hall almost lost his life to chicken pox. Instead, he lost his leg.

A minor flood warning is still in place for Traralgon as more than 52,000 homes enter the weekend without power and a number of Victorian towns face days without internet or phone access.

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NightQuarter on the Sunshine Coast was ordered to close on Friday night, while 50 of border-breaching couple’s close contacts test negative.

Victorian alpine ski operators say while they’re optimistic about this season, they’re desperate for Melburnians to return after a ‘quiet start’ on opening weekend.

Flamboyant Doctor and former owner of the Sydney Swans, Dr Geoffrey Edelsten, has passed away.

The former foreign affairs minister and longest-serving NSW premier laments what has become of the language of politics.

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.

Sattler, who made headlines after being sacked from 6PR over a controversial interview with former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, passed away at Murdoch Hospice with his wife by his side on Friday.

In 2014, Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu revolutionised interpretations of Indigenous history, arguing that Aboriginal people engaged in agriculture, irrigation and construction prior to the arrival of Europeans. Now, in a new book, two highly respected ac...

It can also be revealed Adam Fox obtained a working with children clearance in Australia despite previously facing child abuse charges under another name.

Members of the Royal family and G7 leaders at The Eden Project during the G7 Summit in St Austell, Cornwall, England. UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, hosts leaders from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada at the G7 Summit. This year t...

NSW’s ski season has kicked off with the state’s alpine peaks blanketed in snow, with more falls expected throughout the week.

A man will face court over the alleged murder of a woman on a rural stretch of road east of Nowra.

Flamboyant Australian businessman Geoffrey Edelsten has been found dead in his Melbourne home.

After spending much of last year in lockdown, Finn was convinced that he hadn’t learnt enough. What impact will the pandemic have on his generation?

For too long, the church has been in denial. This weekend, every minister, bishop and archbishop should be preaching on the scourge of domestic violence.

The success of worldwide law-enforcement operations this week redefines the way investigators must work - and how legislators, Australia’s included, will need to accommodate them.

At the heart of the case will be whether Roberts-Smith will walk away labelled a murderer, or whether the Victoria Cross-winner will retrieve his place as one of Australia’s greatest war heroes.

Structural engineers claim building regulators have been slow to act, as new construction technology has allowed buildings to bend with the wind but wall and ceiling framing designs have not kept up.

The An0m bust in Operation Ironside took down hundreds of organised criminals globally, but crime does not sleep and another cartel is waiting in the wings.

A new family home was inspired by Denmark’s concrete wartime bunkers and pays homage to Jorn Utzon. It combines hygge, the Danish word for comfort, with a love of concrete construction.

The eminent views of Hon Gerard Brennan require the strongest support from fair-minded Australians.

Tunnelling workers on the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel will earn more than $300,000 a year after the project’s builders cut a pay deal with one of Victoria’s powerful building unions.

Fresh alerts were issued for Traralgon, Sale and part of the Yarra Ranges on Friday as more rain was forecast for the already-drenched catchments.

As Melbourne emerges from lockdown, experts have cast doubt on the science being used to retain rules such as the 25-kilometre travel limit and the wearing of masks outdoors.

A man is under police guard in hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg after he allegedly stabbed an officer in the hand at Narraweena.

A Federal Court judge on Friday ordered Mr Porter and Sue Chrysanthou, SC, pay Ms Dyer’s costs in the proceedings.

The man who worked for an air services company at Sydney airport was arrested as a result of information allegedly retrieved from the encrypted app An0m.

A new study has found medicinal cannabis-driving road safety risks are similar or lower than other prescription medications.

Since last March, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission has received 231 complaints from people with legitimate exemptions for not wearing a mask.

There are no words to adequately tell of the pain and loss of a partner. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger, and you learn how glib well-meaning condolences can feel.

A public conference on Sunday aims to help people be more sustainable in their everyday lives, with Queensland’s Chief Scientist saying individuals can help lower pollution levels.

Emergency services are telling people in the Traralgon Creek to evacuate before nightfall after the body of a second person was found in floodwaters.

The rules mean people can enter WA from victoria as long as they complete a G2G pass confirming they do not have COVID-19 symptoms, will self-isolate and will undergo all testing requirements.

Schools have fully reopened as restrictions ease but Victoria’s wild weather kept a few closed.

Hundreds of students from Bondi Beach Public School will be accommodated at Bellevue Hill Public School after fire caused extensive damage to one of its buildings.

She was eventually cut free by the man who allegedly left her there, who then made her walk on a dirt track for about 1.5 kilometres.

A man’s body has been found after a home was destroyed by fire west of Brisbane. 

Hornsby mayor and Liberal Party elder Philip Ruddock has apologised to a woman after telling her to “get back on your leash” during a council discussion about dog walking.

As the city reopened on Friday with the easing of restrictions, Pellegrini’s Espresso Bar owner David Malaspina said one more lockdown could ruin his business. “They’re killing us.”

A child was swimming about 75 metres offshore at Five Fingers Reef when he was attacked by a bronze whaler.

As the state emerges from another lockdown, questions are being asked about whether we can avoid another while still fighting the virus.

NSW appears to have embraced a whole-of-government decarbonisation strategy in keeping with global best practice, says a leading Australian energy expert.

She built a thriving organisation aimed at helping women realise their professional dreams – then Emma Isaacs decided to follow her own, expanding into the US. There, the Business Chicks chief encountered something that all entrepreneurs have to gr...

Sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell, 26 and 28, will swim against each other in this week’s Australian Swimming Trials. The pair may have forged a deep bond in the water but, out of the pool, they insist on running their own races.

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