Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has announced public transport will be suspended for six hours on Saturday to deter people from attending an anti-lockdown rally. Meantime, the curfew for the 12 local government areas of concern in Syd...

The incident has sparked calls for changes of WA’s criminal laws to consider amending the circumstances where people are arrested without a warrant.

Addressing sexual harassment and other violence against women starts with recognising that it is a systemic problem that requires a fundamental change to the roles of men and women.

If NSW leaders don’t get the policy settings right, there is a real risk we will be back in lockdown after a brief reprieve.

The state’s coroner is investigating the cause of death of a COVID-19-positive Victorian man in his 20s widely reported to be the among the youngest Australians to succumb to the virus.

Jon-Bernard Kairouz, who correctly predicted NSW case numbers for five days, was charged after the July anti-lockdown protest. He is now in hospital with COVID-19.

Authorities have released footage of a residential street burnout done in front of a crowd as part of a baby gender reveal.

Almost two dozen mayors from across the political divide have joined forces to campaign against the government’s proposals.

The alleged driver of the truck, a 48-year-old Dartmoor man, will face court early next year.

Melbourne’s early learning centres have reported more parents asking about staff vaccination rates as the industry grapples with persistent COVID-19 cases.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton warns that case numbers in the state are yet to peak and the risk of daily new infections climbing to 1000 is real.

Tim Smith is in line to be Victoria’s Attorney-General if Matthew Guy wins the next election. The trouble is that Smith isn’t a lawyer.

Two of the three sisters who allege they were sexually abused by Malka Leifer have given evidence against the former school principal, but the third accuser won’t be questioned in court until Friday at the earliest.

Cases have risen in the councils with the worst vaccination rates in Sydney, as health experts and local representatives express concern about younger people struggling to book Pfizer shots.

Five Runcorn State High School students met with students from St Thomas More College - the centre of the Sunnybank COVID cluster.

Today on Please Explain personal finance editor John Collett joins Jess Irvine to discuss the explosive growth in Australians investing in the sharemarket via ETFs.

The online event will involve a significant gathering of high-profile ministers, rights groups and curriculum authorities to discuss sex and consent education reform in light of Chanel Contos’ petition.

The alleged male driver of the truck, who was uninjured, was arrested and is assisting police with their inquiries.

The Victorian government should weigh up all possible options to get students back to school safely before the end of the year – even if that means delaying plans to ease other restrictions.

NSW authorities have alerted their Qld counterparts to a new case along the state’s border, after new close contact sites were identified or updated in Brisbane’s south.

Khaled Temssah, a father of two, pleaded guilty to preparing to travel overseas to engage in hostile activities.

Following the vicious and unprovoked attacked, the couple were left in the dark about the investigation, and were only told of the boys’ punishments on the eve of a police radio interview.

The Premier has welcomed the Ombudsman’s investigation, but said the public servants behind the permit system had a difficult job.

Lasender Sheriff, 18, who was charged with attempted murder, had his case heard in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

“A women’s library highlights women’s contribution to their country’s development.”

James Packer appears to be packing away the toys for good. The embattled casino magnate, who turned 54 last week, has quietly tipped his 108m lucury yacht IJE on the market.

A registered nurse writes on why she rejects the health union’s defence of aged care staff who will fail to meet Friday’s deadline to be vaccinated.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian returned to the daily COVID briefing to announce 80 per cent of people aged 16 and over in the state had now received their first dose of vaccine.

The St George Illawarra player and the Sydney newspaper will not face off in a defamation trial after his case against the masthead was settled out of court.

All affected residents and staff across the western Sydney facilities visited by the fully vaccinated doctor are being tested.

The details of the 26-year-old’s last days alive are being detailed during a five-day coronial inquest which started on Monday at Perth Magistrates Court.

Police want to question a man, aged about 20, who is accused of assaulting a 55-year-old man at the Auburn clinic.

The man, who has been living on Sydney’s northern beaches, was originally convicted of cultivating two prohibited plants.

The underground mine collapse occurred north of Emerald about 12am on Wednesday.

This celebrity couple has moved their family West.

NSW Health has confirmed 17 Paralympians are undergoing quarantine at their homes after exemptions by the state government.

A software malfunction used by the national immunisation register has incorrectly identified vaccination recipients in Victoria as being of Indigenous heritage.

The government must now urgently move to enshrine isolation leave in our National Employment Standards.

Ideas like shared equity, which could help families overcome that first huge hurdle to ownership without inflating prices, may be the sorts of tools we need to restore the home ownership dream.

The rush to secure a grand final ticket has led some in WA faking allegiance to the Demons or Bulldogs ahead of a mad scamble for 10,250 general public tickets being released on Thursday.

New figures calculated by Perth Labor MP Patrick Gorman’s office show by the time the new WAAPA campus is built, students will be footing 93 per cent of the cost of their arts degrees.

I admire Kristina Keneally but the Labor Party might do well to remind itself of the results of the last federal election down here in the seat of Gilmore.

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

All men walk out of GPO, milk to be sold in cartons, and a frenzied first night.

Teachers in inner Melbourne are pushing for mandatory vaccinations for all staff and for most eligible children before students resume face-to-face learning.

Trolling public figures is never OK, but news organisations and journalists need to think seriously about how to engage with Twitter.

A new digital border pass recording travellers’ COVID-19 vaccination status is key to plans for reopening the international border, while experts warn that rising coronavirus infections in NSW and Victoria are putting hospitals under pressure.

Will this boomerang come back?

Social gatherings may be among the first activities to resume under the state’s new road map to reopening.

For the second year, Jewish people will not be able to attend synagogues for the holy day of Yom Kippur.