Interstate travellers will be able to visit Victoria without quarantining for 14 days before Melburnians can go to Ballarat under what Victoria’s Health Minister has dubbed a transitional anomaly.

Gary Ayres, a five-time premiership hero, has backed Andy Gowers’ bid for the club board, as Jeff Kennett says he will try to find a way to resolve any board issues

Legendary bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse will be back at Randwick for the first time in four months - and says there are only two hopes in Saturday’s $15m sprint.

Rob Priestly is the latest in a line of independent candidates seeking to oust sitting government MPs at the next federal election; in this case, the Nationals’ Damian Drum.

David Warner sympathises with England, claims Stuart Broad hasn’t got his measure, talks up the T20 World Cup and suggests a retirement date.

Until this week, I thought no two people looked more alike than Prince Albert of Monaco and Sir Clive Woodward. I was wrong.

The handicappers would have given Home Affairs just 48kg in The Everest had it been a handicap. But he’d have his hands full even at the light weight.

It’s the $15 million sprint which will be decided in about 70 seconds, but who can actually win the race. Here’s a case for and against each of the 12 contenders.

Albury trainer Mitchell Beer says there are no shortage of Albury locals on at the $101 for Sunrise Ruby to win The Kosciuszko.

Four-time premiership-winning trainer Peter Moody scoffs at the suggestion there’s a “gaping hole” in his training resume.

Three men have appeared before a Melbourne court after allegedly helming one of Australia’s biggest money laundering syndicates, with one of them denied bail.

Western Bulldogs star Bailey Smith is under investigation by police for an incident on the Gold Coast after a formal complaint was lodged.

NSW’s plans to quash quarantine for fully vaccinated arrivals has delighted Australians stuck overseas - but some worry about their reception in other states.

Johnny Allen has been cleared to ride Explosive Jack in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup. But in the midst of the spring carnival, another stable has a positive COVID-19 case.

The NSW Department of Education will provide “limited” home-schooling resources to parents who refuse to send their children to school for the rest of the term, according to the new back-to-school guidelines.

A WA Police spokesman said authorities were alerted to the emergency when one of the boat’s occupants made it to shore and raised the alarm.

This year’s SciFi Film Festival looks at life beyond the everyday.

A tornado has torn roofs off homes and damaged properties across Armidale in northern NSW, and has become the second tornado to hit the state in two weeks. The “unprecedented weather event” hit the regional city at about 10pm on Thursday, State E...

The original 12 slotholders will have forked out $3 million at the end of this year to be part of Peter V’landys’ mega-rich horse race. But how many are in profit?

Footage shows police raiding a rural property in south-east Queensland seizing an estimated $25 million in cannabis plants. Four men have been charged.

Mining giant BHP is backing the clean economy to grow critical minerals operations in the regions as the Nationals weigh a deal on net zero.

What is a “COP”? How did we get here? And what needs to be achieved at Glasgow?

Hours after the Queen made it clear she was unamused by the number of world leaders yet to confirm their attendance at the Glasgow COP26 climate talks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced he would attend.

Police arrested a 23-year-old man, who had been detained by security staff at The Golden Sheaf, but released him pending further inquiries.

As coronavirus cases in the Hunter area outstrip those in some of the city’s hardest-hit hotspots this week, businesses in regional NSW are scrambling to cancel bookings and postpone events after travel was blocked until November 1. 

Resumption of full activities at WA’s biggest non-bulk port will help ease concerns about deliveries from the international shipping industry already in turmoil from pandemic-related disruptions.

Despite soaring public sector wage bill, Victoria’s public finances were improving before latest lockdowns hit.

The prospect of venturing out again, attending an office, commuting or socialising may take some adjustment.

With witnesses spread across the country, as well as in Afghanistan, the case brought by the former SAS soldier has been hampered by the pandemic.

Scott Morrison reminded Australians that he decides who can enter the country after the NSW Premier changed hotel quarantine rules and declared the state “open for business”.

The case marks the first time in Australia that a follower of a cryptocurrency influencer has successfully sued the celebrity trader for losses incurred on an investment.

Kenyan police are investigating an Australian charity that claims to save vulnerable children from human trafficking.

Justice Robert Beech-Jones found that restrictions on movement according to vaccination status “are the very type of restrictions that the Public Health Act clearly authorises”.

The significant easing of Victoria’s border permit system was revealed soon after NSW announced that fully vaccinated international arrivals won’t need to quarantine from next month.

Ratings2win.com.au expert Paul Daily believes Nature Strip is in the form of his life and is the one to beat in The Everest.

Incentivise is a red-hot Caulfield Cup favourite, but if he is to be beaten an ex-Aidan O’Brien colt could be the one to do it in a race without foreign raiders.

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.

The piano ballad, Easy on Me, is an enticing taste of her upcoming studio album 30.

Vice Admiral Mike Noonan confirmed the six Collins-class submarines, which were built in the 1980s and early 1990s, might need to undergo two complete rebuilds over the coming decades.

Jailed at 14 and eventually bunking with a child killer, Sandie Jessamine escaped three times. Nearly 50 years on, she recalls the traumatic years that shaped her future.

Cricket Australia confirmed they are working with the state government on a number of options, such as playing without crowds and postponing the games.

Delia Falconer’s essays are preoccupied with the end of the world as we know it.

SJ Norman’s stories are perfected for this muted moment.

Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.

From nocturnal drawings to tantalising hints of telepathy, mysterious things have happened during our long and strange slumber.

Tom Keneally wants to demonstrate how the violence and injustices of historical upheavals can still reverberate.

The great poem’s appeal is still strong: perhaps it’s the ultra-violence. Perhaps it’s the relevance to the world’s hell of 2020-21.

One of the Indigenous artist’s favourite tactics has been to turn the tables on white paternalism. His retrospective show at the MCA issues many challenges.

An overheard conversation makes it clear that the workplace has changed.

The two leading characters in Michelle de Kretser’s new novel are separated by the structure of the novel and the design of the physical book.