NSW recorded 296 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, while Victoria recorded 1935.

Dylan Nguyen’s mates picked the HSC over the IB because it finished earlier. Now Dylan will do his last exams when they are doing their first.

There was widespread relief when the government announced that from Friday venues can once again screen films, run stage shows and host gigs.

Deputy Premier Steven Miles says restrictions and lockdowns could be imposed in areas with lower vaccination rates, but only as a last resort.

Three more asylum seekers tested positive to the coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the outbreak tally to 20.

Victoria’s next step of the road map to reopening has been brought forward to this Friday, but there’s no need feel anxious about the quicker timeline.

The impressive take-up rate for vaccinations, particularly in NSW, has allowed Australians - for the first time in four months - to feel truly optimistic about the nation’s future.

The 33-year-old Annerley man finally had to take no for an answer after he allegedly sped through a border checkpoint, crashed his car, then hitchhiked back into the state.

Like ageing footballers, the Coodas had been offered only a series of one-year contracts over the past decade and have decided to take their show to commercial station 3MP.

The lead investigator into the disappearance of Cleo Smith says a car was spotted turning onto North West Coastal Highway from Blowholes Road the morning she went missing.

Nearly 70 years after the polio vaccine was invented, elimination is close. Two cases of the virus poliomyelitis have been reported worldwide so far this year compared to 140 last year, says the World Health Organisation.

Record numbers of new homes have been delivered over the past five years, yet we’re seeing prices skyrocket.

A community not-for-profit group set out to create jobs for local refugees, and ended up with one of the world’s largest urban permaculture farms.

Hanadi Rafraf was awarded $453,472 for injuries she sustained in a car accident. But that’s not what her solicitor told her.

The temperature recorded at Sunshine Coast Airport hit 36.3 degrees – a 16-year October high – but severe thunderstorms are heading our way.

Born and educated in Melbourne, Harold Lewis Plumridge served for 27 years as director of music at Mentone Grammar School.

Mr McGowan refused to divulge any details of why he had to leave a wedding due to a reported incident near his Rockingham home on Saturday night but confirmed a leak of his home address and mobile phone number on social media by anti-vaxxer groups on...

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

The case of media mogul Harvey Weinstein led a push to end the use of non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment, which lawyers say “cut the tongue” out of victims.

A new book tells story of the reviled ‘Vandemonians’ - Tasmanian convicts in Victoria - including an ancestor of a former federal Labor leader.

It is painful for my grandmother to tell me of our family’s fate at the hands of a Nazi death squad, but she must.

As Victorian and NSW students return to the classroom, it is crucial that we make wise choices about how we teach.

There are concerns gendered toys such as pink play kitchens or construction sets depicting images of boys are restricting children’s psychological and emotional development.

International students have been left in a vulnerable position during the pandemic, but Australia has high hopes for reviving its third-biggest export industry.

The new campaign, which will be rolled out on television and social media, shows people camping, enjoying the theatre or New Year’s Eve fireworks.

The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.

After getting back on the bike after an accident, what struck me (other than the ground) was how much the experience was just like getting out of lockdown.

The Victorian government has unveiled the new changes to its road map from this Friday, including regional travel, entertainment and crowds at events.

While no new cases were recorded in Qld on Sunday, the exposure site list was expanded after a pair tested positive after being escorted into NSW.

Reforms to social media platforms, particularly with respect to elections, can be achieved without trammelling free speech.

Premier Daniel Andrews has revealed a “fundamental, massive” change to coronavirus restrictions that will come into force when the state reaches 90 per cent full vaccination, possibly as early as November 24.

As Australia surpasses a first dose rate of more than 86 per cent, doctors and pharmacists say that the discussions that they are having with patients still yet to receive their first vaccine dose are becoming more challenging.

A frank Fran Kelly on what prompted her to call it a day, the ABC’s ‘left-wing’ bias and her single-word take on prominent pollies.

As I was leaving an office after a chaplaincy visit, a young man caught up with me and said: “Excuse me chaplain. Could we go for a walk for a while?”

Quick-turnaround tests are set to play a key role in drastically cutting the number of people in isolation and kickstarting the CBD.

Premier Dominic Perrottet said housing affordability and booming prices were the biggest challenges in a generation.

Experts say COVID-19 case numbers in the coming days will be crucial to understanding how the virus is spreading in reopened NSW.

A proposed $340 million redevelopment of the War Memorial Hospital in Sydney’s eastern suburbs by aged care provider Uniting is attracting mounting criticism.

Tony Abbott may just have found his Hamlet. Certainly, speaking out forcibly against China can be a very lonely soliloquy.

An ABC board member and self-declared classical liberal cautions the national broadcaster’s conservative critics against adopting the “cancel culture” tactics of the illiberal left.

Just when your back is turned, Sydney has spawned a new neighbourhood in the heart of the city as the CBD stirs from COVID-19 paralysis.

Proven cocaine offenders avoided a conviction being recorded in 62 per cent of cases that came before NSW local courts last year, compared to 12 per cent for amphetamines.

The first men in history to complete the hardest, most dangerous and most improbable flight flew 22 hours and 20 minutes non-stop over the Arctic.

Of course climate change technologies will change employment opportunities.

There is a problem when critics prefer a speaker be silenced or removed from the public sphere rather than debated. 

Kobi Doyle spent the first year of his life at Westmead’s Grace Centre for Newborn Intensive Care after turning blue shortly after birth. The treatment had a 5 per cent success rate. He is now 12 and lives happily on the Central Coast.

Pubs, bars and restaurants are offering workers their pick of shifts and roles and hourly rates in some cases more than $40, costs a key industry body said would have to be passed on to patrons.

Some students will feel anxious and cautious about the return to school; others will bounce out of the house without a backward glance on Monday.

From Monday, when students return full-time to Jamison High School, the power used to charge laptops and light classrooms will have been sourced from solar panels recently installed on the school’s rooftops.

The state government’s proposed parklands bill has been strongly criticised by Inner West mayor Rochelle Porteous as well as community groups representing park users.