Travellers at the airport have expressed their frustration and disbelief following the shock announcement that the Queensland government would be blocking arrivals from NSW, Victoria and the ACT.

Education Minister James Merlino wants senior students fully vaccinated by October 4, but the state cannot guarantee it will have the supply to do so.

Equine vet Adam Matthews and Mornington trainer Lisa Enright have been questioned by police as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption and illegal activity within the state’s racing industry.

HSC examinations are likely to be delayed again until early November, and some tests may be cancelled.

Police allege the Melbourne man accused of kidnapping two children at Blackburn North was known to his victims.

A report criticises the state government for declaring “case closed” for children reported at risk of serious harm without a caseworker even making face-to-face contact.

Free travel will be restored into Western Australia from South Australia as of midnight on Wednesday, but the door will shut for anyone trying to get out of New South Wales.

Fawaz, a 50-year-old construction worker from Putney, said he did not know how he contracted the virus which has now infected his entire family.

Just 6 per cent of Aboriginal people in western NSW are fully vaccinated, as the region hits a record number of new COVID cases.

The incident on Wednesday afternoon was expected to cause long traffic delays while debris was removed from the motorway.

Augustine Nosti stole the money over more than a decade and used it to feed his gambling addiction, putting up to $14,000 a week through poker machines.

A teenager who stabbed a young woman in a Melbourne park had a police officer call his mobile phone later that day because he thought he had lost his phone and could not recall the attack, a court has heard.

The government says it wants all year 12 students to be vaccinated before VCE exams, as 1.3 million people tried to contact the vaccination booking call centre.

Instead of rendering assistance, the despicable Pusey went for his phone, not to call for help, but to record the dead and dying police - police who were just doing their jobs.

Today on Please Explain personal finance editor John Collett joins Jess Irvine to discuss how you can get a better deal on your mortgage.

The State Coroner will inquire into some of the most polarising bushfires of the 2019/20 bushfires.

NSW has surpassed 6 million coronavirus jabs, Victoria and NSW have expanded Pfizer vaccine eligibility and voters have backed Australia’s national vaccination targets.

Annastacia Palaszczuk defended the delayed release of the report into an earlier Brisbane outbreak linked to a hospital by pointing to the NSW situation.

In the race to vaccinate the population, it is essential that the people we considered the highest priority in January do not continue to be left behind.

Janet Venn-Brown led an extraordinary life. But after her Palestinian husband was assassinated by Mossad, she began to feel the call of home and finally returned home to Sydney aged 72.

Dozens of Christ Embassy Sydney worshippers have been fined for not wearing masks, along with the pastor as he was served a seven-day prohibition order.

Queensland’s hard border with NSW could also be in place until the end of October.

The apparent breaches of COVID protocols occurred on the same weekend another COVID-riddled ship entered WA’s waters, with 20 of the 22 crew members testing positive.

The Premier Gladys Berejiklian said NSW was approaching full vaccination for one-third of its population, following 125,000 doses being administered across the state.

Paul Fenn discovered new talent like Liz Hayes and Peter Overton.

It was a house search that ended death: Cliff Lockwood shot and killed car thief Gary Abdullah, believing he would be shot first. For Lockwood, his life was forever changed, spiralling out of control.

You might feel it’s your civic duty to speak up when people aren’t following the rules, but now is the time for understanding.

Pusey has been released from prison having served his jail terms for filming four dying police officers after a crash on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway, and other offences including assaulting a woman.

“Don’t ever call me your drummer again,” Watts told Mick Jagger on one occasion: “you’re my f------ singer.”

As the dissent between COVID-free Labor resources states and the Morrison-Berejiklian NSW axis grows, Australia faces its biggest test: how to open to the world again. And exams are just about due.

Police alleged the incident was targeted as another two men and a woman were released without charge.

Some pundits last year predicted months of learning would be lost, but our research found otherwise.

James Adcock and his partner were standing in a corner of the Potts Point markets on Saturday, each eating noodle soup, when a suited man approached them.

We have been inundated with a massive wave of information since the Delta outbreak in Sydney began.

It is no longer possible to change your address online, following suspicions that people were attempting to circumvent the public health orders.

The direct link between a higher education qualification and a dream career is breaking down as more young Australians enter a world of insecure, low-paid work.

Let’s use the pandemic to find a fairer way to prepare and select kids for university.

Students have not gone backwards in literacy and numeracy due to lockdowns, and in some cases they even improved

Victorian primary school students achieved the best NAPLAN results in the country this year, despite spending months learning from home during the pandemic.

Health workers need to be protected from burnout as they cope with increasing pressure from COVID-19

Scamwatch has this year received more than 28,900 reports of scammers impersonating government agencies over the phone, with losses of more than $3.88 million.

Could it be that for actor Chris Hemsworth that there really is such a thing as oversharing? If so, it’s news to his 50.3 million social media followers.

Cool courage: Luna Park fire, Trust Appeal saves garden and royal insulted.

After an announcement that recruitment for the Australian Women’s Army had begun, there was a rush “like a spring bargain sale” on the register’s head office in Sydney.

The message being sold is that happy days are around the corner: once we hit the 70 and 80 per cent mark of vaccinations.

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

A review has found “critical errors” were made by a federal government department during the Ruby Princess COVID-19 debacle in Sydney last year.

Family and friends are mourning the death of Ianeta Isaako, while her husband fights for life in hospital.

NSW is set to hit 6 million vaccines today, Victorian authorities are concerned about a rise in mystery cases and a leading infectious diseases expert says it will be safe to reopen the country once 70 to 80 per cent of people are vaccinated even if ...

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