Police say 44 people have been arrested and warned of more to come after a large crowd of protesters clashed with officers as they marched through the city and halted traffic on the West Gate Bridge.

Protesters marched the streets of Melbourne today in the wake of the State Government's requirement of mandatory vaccines for workers and the abrubt shutdown of the industry for two weeks.

NSW’s peak legal body is calling for a wide-ranging review into the state’s compulsory acquisition laws to even up the stakes between the government and landowners.

A pilot who died in a plane crash that killed his four passengers near Essendon Airport in 2017 had failed an in-air competency test, an inquest has been told.

A leaked email said the council will copy last year’s NYE format and cancel the traditional 9pm fireworks, the “harbour of light parade” and the lord mayor’s picnic.

Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas said he understood Dexus had found securing an anchor tenant for their redevelopment difficult. Empty shops over Christmas would be a disappointing blow to the city.

Peter Wishart respects his son’s non-vaccination stance but must now dismiss him, with jabs for construction workers to be mandatory.

The stay-at-home orders have also been extended to anyone who recently ventured into the now-restricted border bubble, as new exposure sites were listed at Brisbane’s domestic airport.

A young woman, believed to be the officer’s daughter, has been fined more than $4000.

A public health alert was issued on Tuesday for 10 new sites of varying risk, including five close contact locations, across the domestic airport last Friday.

In Hume, in Melbourne’s north, 64.5 per cent of those aged over 15 have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, up from 55 per cent last Monday.

The attack on the CFMEU orchestrated by the far right should be a warning to all political leaders about the challenges we face in rebuilding our nation after this pandemic.

Ly Ming Tong’s father claims he went to police asking for help to put his son into rehab. But a miscommunication led to officers thinking they were attending a serious domestic violence incident.

Mitchell Cole blamed a cocaine addiction for his failure to complete work for which he had accepted tens of thousands of dollars from multiple clients.

Community groups and opposition MPs are concerned about the future of Sydney’s major parklands if they are run by a new super agency.

Today on Please Explain, photographer Luis Ascui joins Nathanael Cooper to recount being pepper-sprayed at Melbourne’s violent anti-lockdown protests.

Werribee man Paul Pecora mingled with mourners before grabbing $535 of donations for cancer research at St Kevin’s Catholic Church in Hampton Park in July 2015.

Police commenced an investigation after receiving footage of the incident at the intersection of Phillip and Bent streets.

COVID-19 is a serious health risk to Victorian workplaces, and we have a responsibility as a movement to encourage our members to do whatever keeps you and your co-workers safe.

Claims of inappropriate workplace behaviours will be independently scrutinised by WorkSafe after teachers grew impatient with the education department’s lengthy investigation into complaints.

Victoria recorded 603 new coronavirus cases as vaccination levels rose in some Melbourne areas hardest hit by the latest Delta outbreak.

American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced its vaccine is safe for children aged five to 11, and it will seek US authorisation for this age group.

The Victorian construction industry will be shut down after a violent protest, the NSW government plans to pour billions of dollars into LGAs of concern and it’s the first day of the PM’s visit to the US. 

An array of new riot squad equipment arrived in Melbourne in 2018. Who’d have thought it would first be used to enforce government health orders?

The Hills Shire and Camden councils report more than 95 per cent of their residents aged 15 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Premier labelled as “misinformation” reports her state was considering pushing back some elements of the national reopening plan to when 90 per cent of the eligible population was vaccinated.

A report shows the defunct observation wheel, which has become a feature of Melbourne’s city skyline, has a range of creditors including a Liechtenstein-based foundation that is owed almost $2.5 million.

The crisis cabinet has approved a new measure allowing kids in lockdown areas to form social bubbles in groups of three. 

Three people have been charged in relation to the 2020 Eastern Freeway truck crash in which four police officers died.

Christian Porter being back in the news reminded CBD of some extracts from “Briefs” – the magazine from the law students of UWA.

A police case details the global network allegedly used by members of an Australian drug syndicate to import tonnes of illicit drugs.

The Premier has stressed the plan for hospitals to survive the coming months depended on the system being “technically overwhelmed in some ways”.

The prediction came as Premier Daniel Andrews walked back a pledge to establish 4000 extra ICU beds in the state.

The scenario paints a bleak picture for rural areas with lower than average vaccination rates, and could lead to some towns being shut off from the rest of the state.

Christian Porter’s resignation from the ministry should not be an end to the “blind trust” matter. The public should be told who has bankrolled his legal fees.

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

Gai Waterhouse left the Supreme Court yesterday with renewed hope of obtaining her training licence.

Forty years ago, we finally had a dictionary to call our own. But the Macquarie was more than a collection of Australian slang, as Thomas Keneally found out.

Sitting there staring out at a virus-riddled city, the entire quarantine machine seemed like a massive waste of time, manpower and resources.

That comes in vanilla, caramel and mocha.

As businesses call for certainty, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk floats double dose targets ranging from 80 per cent to 90 per cent. 

The Andrews government will announce the closure of the building industry after a day of violent protests outside the Victorian headquarters of the CFMEU.

The research team whose work underpins Australia’s pandemic exit strategy believes the Delta strain of the virus is significantly more deadly than they assumed when the national plan was adopted.

The NSW government will splash the bulk of its COVID recovery spending in 15 western Sydney council areas, including many which faced the harshest lockdown measures of the Delta outbreak.

The call from the domestic violence sector follows reports some women have been disclosing their abuse at vaccine appointments because it’s one of the few times they have been able to leave their homes in months.

Science network OzSAGE said schools should be given the same treatment as NSW Parliament, where the upper house’s ventilation system has been upgraded to ensure eight exchanges of fresh air every hour.

Carly McBride was killed by Sayle Kenneth Newson, who brutally assaulted her and dumped her body in bushland in 2014. She was found two years later.

Joseph Hitchcock and Luke Sheahan were charged with affray over the brawl but did not have direct involvement in the teenager’s death.

Australia’s corporate boardrooms, like its parliaments, remain too “pale and male”. But diversity in leadership is still a goal worth chasing for business and politics alike.

Chana Rabinowitz told a court she was advised against making a statement to police about former school principal and accused child abuser Malka Leifer in case she was later sued.