Newly liberated Melburnians could be granted more freedoms in less than a week, with an emotional Daniel Andrews flagging a further easing of restrictions and incentives for people to return to the city.

Geelong have committed to Chris Scott beyond 2022 but the club will look different under new CEO Steve Hocking.

Search efforts around the Blowholes campsite where Cleo Smith disappeared from on Western Australia’s remote and rugged Coral Coast were wound back on Friday.

Ben Sawyer said he had no concerns over the veteran star despite a run of low scores in the recent India series, but admitted the batter had expressed frustrations over her recent form. 

Entriviere has long been targeted at The Invitation and punters think gun Kiwi trainer Jamie Richards has got the preparation spot on right.

Tegan Bennett Daylight's new series of essays offer a testament to literature and its place in her life.

Welcome to Freedom Friday. When the clock struck 11.59pm on Thursday and Victoria’s lockdown lifted, the dormant city of Melbourne sprung to life.

The Redcliffe Dolphins’ decision to callously throw away their history in the pursuit of national prominence is a tragic waste of a proud past.

The women’s national team is back on Australian soil for the first time in almost two years. But against the backdrop of a wide-ranging SIA inquiry into abuse within the code, it is not the happy return they’d have envisaged.

With initial backing of $10 million, the venture has lined up its first four projects including one by an Oscar-winning American director.

A WA Police officer who fatally shot a Geraldton woman while on duty has been found not guilty of murder.

The woman who became the subject of memes after her husband gifted her a yellow Lamborghini was defamed by a Seven News report that suggested her charity was dodgy, the Federal Court has ruled.

Six months after he was announced as Cronulla’s coach for 2022, Fitzgibbon finally had a chance to pull on his new colours. And he’s hinted at one big change for a prized recruit.

More than 14 million Australians will be able to leave and re-enter the country without quarantining if they are fully vaccinated from next month.

Psychologists are urging us to get out and reconnect with dear friends and family in real life - but with a couple of conditions.

I prefer to avoid moisturiser, fragrance and deodorant and run a blow-dryer over my body to make sure I am completely dry before application.

Cricketers across Melbourne will return to training this week, as the countdown begins for Victoria to hit the 80 per cent double-dose vaccination target and their season to start.

Jock Serong has won the $50,000 ARA Historical Fiction prize for his novel, The Burning Island.

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Fresh enquiries by police come after Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the Gold Coast ride-share driver was likely to need intensive care, but no new community cases had emerged.

Victorian government consent over a proposal to extract gas near the Twelve Apostles raises questions about its long-term plans for the future of gas in the state.

The actor is suing the ABC and The Sydney Morning Herald for defamation, with the case due to go to trial in May next year.

A man in his 20s was killed after he was trapped under the bus following a crash in Woodpark, near to Smithfield, in the city’s west.

After five months of detailed forensic investigations, liquidators from McGrathNicol will soon move to recovering and selling assets owned by Bill Papas and his Forum business.

As the NSW Premier confirms bid to win the Australian Grand Prix for Sydney, his Victorian counterpart says the race is going nowhere.

The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office confirmed the actor had discharged the prop firearm, but that no charges have been filed and the investigation is ongoing.

The department faces a large fine after admitting to workplace safety breaches at its youth detention centres, where a guard was bashed with a guitar and another officer had hot water thrown in his face.

Birds and animals in motel rooms, along with famous friends, have helped video artist Doug Aitken merge art and spectacle in an immersion of the senses.

Mr Tudge says he wants school children to be taught an “accurate” account of history, but one which gives a “positive, optimistic view” of modern Australia.

The Premier’s phone rang throughout the night, with constant threats to himself and his family to the point where he was forced to turn it off.

Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce wouldn’t reveal if his party had any non-negotiable demands but said if the Liberals rejected their deal it would be a “pretty serious statement”.

Melbourne’s sixth citywide lockdown has come to an end, the WA government has offered a $1 million reward for information on missing girl Cleo Smith and NSW’s ICAC inquiry into Gladys Berejiklian continues.

The Trade and Industry Minister insisted he strongly supported the merits of a controversial multimillion-dollar grant request for a gun club in Wagga Wagga, which is the subject of a corruption inquiry.

Fully vaccinated Australians will be able to holiday without quarantine in Thailand from November 1, but Indonesia hasn’t greenlit Australia yet.

Households were not only buying up canned goods and toilet paper during the coronavirus pandemic, they were also stocking up on rolls of coins.

Paul Daily, from ratings2win.com.au, is prepared to forgive Zaaki his failure last start and expects him to win Saturday’s Cox Plate.

More than $60 million will be refunded to motorists as the NSW government moves to phase out its $40 E-Toll deposit system.

Ms Dweh, 36, was just weeks away from giving birth to her fourth child when she was bludgeoned to death inside her Dayton home, north of Perth, on October 3. 

Hutchins had been selected as one of American Cinematographer’s Rising Stars of 2019 with a number of indie features to her credit.

The ICAC’s public hearing starts at 9.30am today. The inquiry will hear from Stuart Ayres, the NSW Trade and Industry Minister. He is not accused of wrongdoing.

News Corp boss Robert Thomson says he found out about his Australian newspapers’ shift on climate change when he read about it in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

The Vienna Tourist Board will use the adults-only site to show images of paintings and sculptures that have been blocked by social media sites for nudity or sexual content.

Qantas has brought forward the restart of flights from Melbourne and Sydney to destinations including London, Singapore, Bangkok and Johannesburg as Australia’s two biggest states prepare to reopen for international travel on November 1.

At the launch of his latest movie, Three Floors, the much-lauded Italian director explains why he is furious about the demands of Netflix on filmmakers.

As galleries re-open, check out these colourful shows by ‘accredited superstar’ Dhambit Mununggurr, highly inventive Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran and more.

The acclaimed author of Burial Rites says Devotion is “saturated in love” and her most personal book yet, inspired by falling in love with her wife.

Naomi Parry helped steer Amy Winehouse’s distinctive look and supported her through good times and bad. Ten years on from Amy’s death, Parry looks back.

Steven Mellody has pleaded guilty to committing more than 50 sex offences against two students from the school he taught at.

During lockdown, Marty Filipowski had to get creative about where he could swim. On several occasions, that meant slipping into the water behind the Andrew Boy Charlton Pool and swimming around to the Sydney Opera House.

John Reginald Wright, 78, appeared in Bunbury Court in WA on Thursday and was extradited to Queensland overnight.