The Opposition Leader was described by one MP as a “deer in headlights” during a meeting in which Coalition members sought clarity about their position on border closures.

Sydney’s hardest hit areas in the latest COVID-19 outbreak have some of the lowest vaccination rates in the state, while areas in the eastern suburbs, northern Sydney and the Hawkesbury have the highest number of residents fully vaccinated.

A games like no other, as the world comes together for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Royal commissioner Ray Finkelstein compared Crown to a car thief getting off on charges by promising not to steal again.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian hopes vaccination will be her state’s ticket out of lockdown, Queensland’s stay-at-home orders have been extended and Victoria hopes to welcome back AFL crowds as early as next week.

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Veteran James Slipper all too well the dark places Australian sides have gone to at the Auckland venue in the past. But the Wallabies’ young guns are not burdened by history.

Police allege Abraham Sayour used two bank accounts to receive and distribute funds from a scheme using labour hire and payroll companies to siphon money that should have gone to the Australian Taxation Office.

Friends and colleagues of Shanae Edwards, 31, described her as a “shining light” and an adventurous woman who “really lived life”.

The 2021 census will be conducted next Tuesday, August 10. To avoid underreporting of homelessness, welfare and advocacy groups are urging homeless people, including those living in insecure and temporary housing, to complete the form.

The teenager, accused of lighting seven bushfires in the early stages of the catastrophic Black Summer bushfire season, has been found guilty of lighting one fire in November 2019.

There’s no other way to describe promising Northern Rivers galloper Parksville’s appearance at Randwick on Wednesday than as an audition for the $1.3m The Kosciuszko.

Sydney’s midweekers are on the Kenso at headquarters with a seven-race card programmed.

An alert has been issued for contact tracing locations in far north Queensland after health authorities confirmed they were investigating a new case of COVID-19 detected in Cairns. 

Police said they had launched a criminal case for suspected murder, including investigating whether killers tried to disguise the crime as suicide.

Australians could be offered lottery prizes or other benefits to be vaccinated as soon as possible after Prime Minister Scott Morrison flagged he was open to the idea.

Mackenzie Little, Kathryn Mitchell and Kelsey-Lee Barber will all get a shot at javelin gold on Friday as the athletics action heats up at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

One of the three police officers who assaulted a disability pensioner outside his home also struck a teenage boy with his baton in another on-duty assault less than four months later, it can now reported.

Mitchell Moses and Mitchell Pearce make their returns this week as the Panthers keep their cards close to their chest in relation to Nathan Cleary’s comeback.

HBO says Days of Abandonment, based on a novel by bestselling Italian novelist Elena Ferrante, “will not move forward”.

New Queensland exposure sites added to the list on Tuesday include another Indooroopilly school, stores at the nearby shopping centre, and sites across Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

The Catholic sector has called on the government to release the medical advice upon which it based its decision to send year 12 back to school

NSW Health has notified the public about COVID-19 infections linked to shopping centres up to four days after shopping centres and retailers have contacted staff and customers.

A late influx of international entries for the Melbourne and Caulfield cups has left Racing Victoria “pleasantly surprised”.

Netflix’s controversial Byron Baes reality TV show has hit a COVID-related snag after its stars were reported to police for breaching public health orders.

Amid the fallout of Alastair Clarkson’s imminent departure, a group of powerful Hawthorn supporters have engaged a QC to review the club’s constitution in a potential challenge to president Jeff Kennett

Tuesday’s four new cases are linked to the current outbreaks and have been in quarantine throughout their entire infectious period.

Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan only need to avoid an absolute disaster in the medal race to win another gold for Australia at Enoshima.

More than 38,000 Aboriginal land claims are outstanding, some decades old. Now the NSW government has allocated nearly $10 million to address the problem.

Australia’s Twenty20 international series against Bangladesh will not be screened at home after Fox Sports declined to pick up the rights.

There are a lot of good things happening at the Tokyo Olympics ... but not in the toxic swamp otherwise known as Twitter.

International investors are willing to pay a premium for suburban office markets as tenants move away from city centres.

The return of JobKeeper for the sectors, better access to mental health services and the establishment of an events industry taskforce are other key recommendations made by Victorian MPs.

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has admitted the state is approaching the point where people under 60 should get the AstraZeneca vaccine if they can.

Set in a glorious five-star resort in Hawaii, the only noticeable virus is upper-middle-class privilege.

On August 4, 1986, the theft of Picasso’s Weeping Woman was discovered at the National Gallery of Victoria. A group calling itself the Australian Cultural Terrorists claimed responsibility for the theft, saying the painting would be destroyed if th...

Authorities say that despite his advanced age, the suspect is considered fit enough to stand trial on 3518 counts of accessory to murder.

She experienced every gymnast’s “worst nightmare” last week and dropped out of multiple events, fearing injury. Here’s what we can learn from Simone Biles’ decision to compete tonight.

Regional data has identified the area at the centre of Queensland’s school outbreak as the most vaccinated in the state.

Norway’s Karsten Warholm destroyed the world record to hold off American Rai Benjamin and claim 400 metres hurdles gold in one of the all-time great races.

Today on Please Explain, Sunday Life associate editor Genevieve Quigley joins Nathanael Cooper to talk about giving up alcohol.

Billionaire retailer Solomon Lew has demanded struggling department store Myer immediately update shareholders on the company’s full-year trading performance.

Aussie women have been cleaning up at the Games and giving us exciting, inspirational and downright impossible-seeming moments. The last thing they need is to have the added pressure of making sure they appear likeable on-screen.

A loan can be a good way to preserve a home for your child if their marriage breaks down.

The gymnast was hailed a hero for winning Israel’s second-ever gold but the celebrations were tempered when it was revealed he cannot marry under Israeli law.

Like Lin-Manuel Miranda’s New York show In the Heights, Vivo is a tribute to Latin American music but this time the characters are animated.

RBA governor Philip Lowe says while the economic recovery has been stronger than expected, recent lockdowns will probably result in GDP contracting in the September quarter.

Should the first of Brisbane’s five new green bridges at Breakfast Creek honour the significance of the Battle of the Coral Sea?

From almost being eliminated Kelsey-Lee Barber now goes into the final ranked third - and she has some Australian company.

Joining forces with Square will make Afterpay a tougher competitor to smaller rivals as they race to roll out BNPL products around the world.