As the event fell victim to the pandemic yet again, some worried for the future of the race in Melbourne.

Clinicians have noted an increase in demand for egg-freezing, with driving factors including the impact of recent COVID-19 lockdowns and a cultural shift in the way women view the procedure.

The incident, between Southern Cross and Flinders Street stations, forced the cancellation of several train services and others to be delayed during the afternoon peak.

Professor Raina MacIntyre thinks it is “essential”. Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly suspects it is inevitable. And one of the developers behind AstraZeneca’s vaccine thinks it’s morally wrong.

Sydney’s hospital system is on “red alert”, with visitors restricted, children blocked from entering and hundreds of nurses and healthcare staff in isolation.

The man was flown to hospital after he was attacked by a shark at Crescent Head, north of Port Macquarie.

Venues in West End, Kangaroo Point, MacGregor, Moorooka and Loganlea joined the growing list of new exposure sites on Tuesday.

NSW Health lists new exposure sites for Sydney, Victorian authorities consider ditching mandatory office masks as soon as this week and Ash Barty is through to her first ever Wimbledon quarter final.

VCAT has accepted allegations that the hospital’s director of obstetrics, Surinder Parhar, failed to properly review the deaths, keep adequate records and supervise junior staff.

With some 400,000 people employed by the state, the union movement has accused the Berejiklian government lacking a coordinated approach to getting its workers vaccinated.

A long-running investigation into the leaking of Malcolm Turnbull’s memoir has netted thousands in settlement payments and drawn in top ranking Coalition leaders in a “family tree” revealing who received the manuscript and forwarded it on.

Tony Flude made scores of friends, and, from the outset – working closely with Landcare Australia (LA) to run events and host numerous corporate works teams – mastered the art of corporate fund-raising.

The 24-year-old is accused of stealing equipment from a business in the Brisbane suburb of Parkinson.

The man was pulled from the “extremely smoke-logged unit” and crews worked on him outside, but he could not be revived.

Tracey Mannix has been suspended from her senior role at Silverwater correctional complex over the alleged incident in June.

Ask Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas what it means to come almost last for Perth radio listeners and he’ll tell you that it shows he’s a success.

Today on Please Explain, chief political correspondent David Crowe joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the latest Resolve Strategic survey that has seen a powerful swing against the Coalition among female voters.

The grim discovery was made around 5am Tuesday after a member of the public noticed someone who appeared to be stuck inside a Good Sammy’s bin.

While older Australians wait for their jabs, NSW Health arranged for Pfizer jabs for 160 year 12 students at St Joseph’s College in Hunters Hill.

A 32-year-old woman has been arrested after fleeing hotel quarantine in Cairns because she wanted to be with her mum.

Marco Tassi said local guests were often homeless, drug addicts, or had recently been discharged from a mental health facility.

The face of Queensland police’s pandemic response expresses fears public confidence in the app may have been harmed after data was used to find a missing gun and taser.

Nova 106.9 is again the most popular station for Brisbane listeners whether they are eating breakfast or on the way home in the evening.

Victoria’s public health team met to discuss the next round of eased restrictions, including the potential removal of masks in offices as well as rules around AFL crowds and other entertainment.

A woman allegedly scaled balconies and kicked down a door to escape hotel quarantine after flying into the state from Sydney.

The pork barrelling and cost blowouts on suburban train station carparks are only the latest example of Australia’s state and federal governments rushing major transport projects to market.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said there was “no doubt” the lockdown for Greater Sydney was having its “desired effect” as NSW recorded 18 new cases.

Despite WA’s border with NSW being closed due to a COVID outbreak in Sydney, the 32-year-old entered the state and ignored a police direction to isolate and board the next flight back. He was found 1000 kilometres north of the city.

Police were called to the woman’s house on Whitehorse Road in Blackburn just after 7pm on Monday.

For decades, the narrative has been that “wild dogs” will kill their stock and must be eradicated. But one small group of farmers decided to test the theory.

WA has binned almost 4000 vaccines while boasting about its “orderly allocation” system over other states as local Pfizer-seekers set about circumnavigating booking systems.

The former Liberal MP talks with chief political correspondent David Crowe about the problems faced by outsiders – particularly women – in politics.

The people who are looking after our most vulnerable need our support.

The problem with thinking that selfish arguments can encourage people to act selflessly is that we can always find ways to be still more selfish.

Most First Nations people in Australia live in Sydney yet often the COVID focus is on remote communities.

The local government employees will be the first in NSW to access paid vaccine leave under a deal struck with more than 100 councils.

Two Sydney councils are in a standoff with the state’s transport agency over them eventually taking on parkland created on the site of a former tip.

Netty Kuila, the “mum” of the cohealth Kangaroos, will pull on the boots for bragging rights and so much more in Tuesday’s community cup.

A federal government minister has claimed that throwing taxpayers’ money at hand-picked electorates before an election is justified, as long as you win.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

High school sport day to end, Taiwan bar to better relations, Officials seek calm for Springboks

Julia Banks has really beaten up the government in her warts-and-all memoir but it’s her interactions with Scott Morrison that make for the best reading.

If we do not take a stand and lift standards then our world-famous livability and appeal are at risk.

A former gambling regulator says he witnessed drug deals and loan sharking on Crown Casino’s gaming floor, but was told it was not the casino’s responsibility.

More than 600 nurses and healthcare staff at two major Sydney hospitals are in isolation after an unvaccinated student nurse who worked across multiple wards tested positive to COVID-19 last week.

Using a different kind of electoral roll.

Philips has issued an international recall for breathing devices which have been found to have a defect, potentially affecting tens of thousands of Australians.

A party held in a hotel room as Sydney went into lockdown more than a week ago has threatened to jeopardise the city’s reopening on Friday, after three young attendees tested positive.

The government’s efforts to inoculate the country’s aged care workforce have come under scrutiny as low-paid casual aged care workers face being scapegoated for a growing COVID outbreak.

GPs may need help to with the country’s vaccine rollout in the final months of the year with the arrival of mass supplies of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.