Melburnians will be able to travel to regional Victoria from Friday, the Nationals have accepted a net zero target by 2050 and NSW’s anti-corruption hearings resume this week. 

As useful as it has been in lockdown, remote learning has been difficult for parents and students alike but further research is needed for a more accurate picture of any residual educational gaps.

Reopened schools are increasingly having to juggle face-to-face and remote learning simultaneously as high case numbers force students into isolation.

Arona Peniamina was found guilty of manslaughter after he stabbed his wife more than 20 times and bashed her skull with a bollard at their Kippa-Ring home.

Sydney solicitor Nathan Buckley, who has launched various challenges against public health orders, has brought a case in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

October 25 was supposed to be a very significant day for NSW. But after the state achieved its vaccination targets ahead of schedule, it was just another post-lockdown Monday.

Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said the government was continuing to work with NSW Health around isolation requirements for children “so that we’re not having an unfair impact on families, particularly parents who are vaccinated”.

Reports emerged on Monday the man, who had previously shared anti-vaccination content on social media, had been unco-operative and abusive towards hospital staff.

A third Melbourne Demons fan who sneaked into Western Australia to attend the AFL grand final has been jailed for at least two months.

One officer who challenged the police vaccine mandate told the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission she felt “bullied and coerced into taking the vaccine against her will under threat of dismissal”.

The mayor of a council in Sydney’s north has been barred from speaking to staff in person and over the phone after just over a month in the job.

The ICAC’s public inquiry starts at 10am today. The former deputy premier and his then-adviser, Peter Minucos, are expected to give evidence. The men are not accused of wrongdoing.

Melburnians share their experiences as the city reopens. Today, the first day of the series, Yolanda Dorosz writes about her first time back in a pool.

The health and safety regulator has laid charges over allegations the Coroners Court failed to protect staff from risks to their mental health before the 2018 suicide of a senior lawyer.

Despite their own battles, Melbourne eateries teamed with other businesses to grow food and prepare 150,000 meals for those who needed it most during the pandemic.

The NSW Government is significant expanding the NSW national Parks (NPWS) estate with the purchase of two properties, Avenel station near Broken Hill and Koonaburra station near Ivanhoe, which will adding an extra 166,534 hectares.

More people from minorities are being urged to stand for council this year.

As administrators from all major sports are rushing to understand the effects of concussion on players, the Shane Tuck inquest would be a perfect forum to broaden our knowledge of severe brain injury and save lives in the future.

Environment reporter Miki Perkins joins Bianca Hall to discuss the COP26 Glasgow summit, and the urgency of the global push to limit warming to 1.5 degrees.

Ellie Smith, mother of missing four-year-old girl Cleo, has posted a moving tribute to her daughter after a car was spotted near the campsite the morning she went missing.

The new road map back from restrictions outlined by the state government at the weekend will not be delayed even if there is a spike in coronavirus case numbers, according to Sports Minister Martin Pakula.

More than 500,000 students in years 2 to 11 returned to class across the state today, a week after kindergarten, year 1 and year 12 students went back to school.

Neville Power has been charged with three counts of failing to comply with directions after a WA Police investigation into a non-permitted private helicopter flight from Queensland.

Two police officers were injured in the incident and went to Armadale Hospital.

The worst of the severe thunderstorms are expected to hit south-east Queensland on Monday afternoon.

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.

The Queen’s historic visit to Australia ended on April 1, 1954, when the Royal yacht Gothic steamed slowly out of Fremantle Harbor to the cheers of 40,000 people and the sound of sirens from every ship in port. The first reigning British monarch to...

The founder of a Melbourne wellness company that planned to expand into China with the help of former Liberal trade minister Andrew Robb has had his home repossessed after the business collapsed.

The Park Hotel outbreak is a reflection of the deliberate indifference that is official government policy regarding people seeking asylum.

Anthony Albanese is running out of time to make an impression on the electorate.

It’s the most painful hour of the year for Aunty’s top dog.

A Sydney mayor has accused half the elected body, including his predecessor, of trying to disrupt his ability to run the council.

For 16 years, Peggy McDonald has housed after the birds in her backyard, and been looking after birds for 40-odd years, but two months ago, she decided it was time to hand over the reins.

The federal education minister’s efforts to politicise the curriculum reveals a resurgent attack on what some have called “the black armband” view of Australian history.

Lara White will return to class in Sydney this week and her mum is happy with her daughter’s progress during remote learning.

A pilot and seven passengers escaped with slight injuries when their light aircraft made a belly landing at Bankstown Aerodrome.

Sixty years ago, 20-year-old Tania Verstak - born in China of White Russian parents - became the first “New Australian” to win the Miss Australia quest.

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

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

And other tales from the age of wizards.

“If you’re not vaccinated, you’re not getting in,” says Premier Daniel Andrews.

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 to 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.

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.