Melbourne is enjoying its first weekend out of lockdown, as Sydney GPs warn those who got their AstraZeneca shots close together not to skip their booster. More than 14 million fully vaccinated Australians will be able to travel internationally from ...

Irish maestro Joseph O’Brien has raided Australasia’s most prized weight-for-age championship, winning the Cox Plate with State Of Rest.

After going close several times in big races, Icebath broke through in The Invitation

There is something about Randwick that brings the best out of Hilal, which isn’t a bad thing seeing it is the centre of Sydney racing.

Melburnians have taken their first steps back into life after lockdown six. Some people only dipped their toe into the pool, others jumped right in.

Sought after Christmas presents are tipped to be in short supply because of a freight lag on imported products.

A bikini, board shorts and a bucket hat are everyday essentials for the champion surfer.

The day began in dramatic fashion with the scratching of hot Cox Plate favourite Zaaki, and ended with Irish eyes smiling as State Of Rest survived a protest.

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Everything you need to know to find a winner on cup day in the Central West.

If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. Jockey Ashley Morgan won’t be changing anything on Aesop’s Fable as the in-form mare chases her third straight country cup.

Usman Khawaja appeals to cricket and political authorities to get India and Pakistan playing Test cricket again.

The 36-year-old went from planning on changing nappies to enduring surgery and chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer while still pregnant.

Australia have won five straight matches in a single season for the first time since the 2015 World Cup, but the victory in Oita was hardly impressive.

A twist in the search for four-year-old Cleo Smith has led forensic police to shift their attention to her family home.

Tens of thousands of international students have been stranded outside Australia but a deal struck with Scott Morrison by Singapore’s leader has given some new hope.

Who Ash Barty will face in Melbourne in January remains to be seen given the vaccination issus within the WTA and ATP tours.

The man died at the scene while the rider is in critical condition in hospital after a car hit them from behind, police believe.

Northern Beaches mayor Michael Regan is urging councillors to consider using drones and laser displays instead of fireworks to ring in the new year.

A $90 million hot springs development is set to open on the Mornington Peninsula next year, directly across the road from the existing Peninsula Hot Springs.

As a child, Cameron Green imagined what playing Test cricket would be like. The reality was not what he had expected.

Livestock shortages, restaurant reopenings and long-awaited social gatherings are set to push beef prices even higher.

While there has been only one confirmed captaincy change, there are nine clubs who are or could be thinking of making a call come the start of the 2022 campaign.

Sydney is firming as the destination for Australian Jai Opetaia’s world title fight against IBF cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis.

While the gifted US writer-director David Lowery sticks closely to the original 14th century story, no-one will mistake The Green Knight for your regular medieval fantasy epic.

Bailey has been taking stock of how the world has changed during the pandemic and where we go from here.

His character, a goldfields pimp, is worlds away from the roles he’s played in Packed to the Rafters and 800 Words.

Health Minister Roger Cook called “despicable” the threats to Premier Mark McGowan over increased mandatory vaccinations.

The title rivalry flared up with championship leader Max Verstappen calling Lewis Hamilton a “stupid idiot” as they went wheel-to-wheel in second practice for the US Grand Prix .

Adam Federici, who was only installed as captain less than a month ago, has announced his retirement just days after predecessor Mark Milligan suddenly quit his role as an assistant coach.

Quoting everyone from Buddha to Yoda, strangers write to year 12s telling them in their own words: ‘You’ve got this.’

If you wait a while and interest rates rise, there are likely to be other attractive property investments.

Just as Melbourne issued a warning to The Dolphins about poaching Cameron Munster and Harry Grant, Manly have done likewise regarding Redcliffe junior Daly Cherry-Evans.

Philadelphia 76ers All-Star Ben Simmons met with the team on Friday, but indicated that he is not ready to join the team on the court.

The answer Biden gave to a question at a public forum forced the White House to quickly clarify that the administration was not announcing any changes to its existing policy on Taiwan.

Stefan Roth is among Victorian business owners promoting themselves as “non-discriminatory” as the state reopens with widespread vaccine mandates.

Victoria has recorded 1748 new local cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths, as the Victorian government considers additional freedoms once the state hits its 80 per cent double vaccination target.

After the drug lord was killed in 1993, his giraffes, zebras and flamingos were sent off to zoos, but four giant hippos were allowed to remain in a pond.

The currency manipulation deprives impoverished Syrians of much-needed funds and allows Bashar al-Assad to circumvent sanctions for atrocities enforced by Western countries.

An unvaccinated woman in her 70s died at Hornsby Hospital overnight, while a man in his 60s who had been double vaccinated died at the Albury aged care facility where he was infected.

Though Facebook has been remarkably successful since going public in 2012, the new filings argue investors face serious downside risks they cannot understand.

Actor Alec Baldwin was handed a loaded weapon allegedly by an assistant director who indicated it was safe to use in the moments before a cinematographer was fatally shot, court records show.

There are no fig-leaves left - Cambodia cannot now be described as anything other than a dictatorship. Australia must raise its voice for democracy there.

The former Labor powerbroker has arrived at Silverwater’s Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, where he will begin his sentence of three years and 10 months.

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young explains why timing is everything in Queensland’s roadmap to reopening.

Queensland recorded no new cases of COVID-19 on another “Super Saturday” as schools open for pop-up vaccination clinics.

World No.1 Ashleigh Barty will sit out the rest of 2021, choosing to skip a trip to Mexico to defend her WTA Finals title to instead focus on the Australian summer.

In a sensational development, Cox Plate favourite Zaaki is out of Saturday’s famous race due to an elevated temperature.

A legal challenge to Victoria’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate launched by a teacher and her husband has been dramatically expanded to include more than 100 plaintiffs from a broad range of occupations, including an employee of CSL which manufactures the...

Cleaning companies say “COVID-19 deep clean” costs have jumped since introduction of rebate for businesses that become exposure sites.