Getting in a punch-up, if indeed it happened, will be forgiven more readily by another club, and it would be surprising if someone else wasn’t willing to punt on Jordan De Goey purely on the cost-benefit equation.

Victorian Liberal MP Tim Smith has declared he will take some time out but will not admit that his political career is over after a booze-fuelled crash on Saturday.

The premiers have decided to part ways with utility Tyrone May for bringing the club into disrepute with his post-grand final social media post.

For a man who has lived and breathed politics for two decades, Smith’s colleagues were left shocked by his surprising naivety about the scandal with him at the centre.

World leaders are struggling to reach a new pact to limit rising temperatures, Victorian state Liberal MP Tim Smith is refusing to quit Parliament and NSW will review its process of awarding taxpayer-funded grants.

The Scots College campuses for years 5 to 12 in Bellevue Hill will be closed on Thursday due to a COVID-19 case detected in the school community.

The teenager was hospitalised with upper-body injuries, which police said were minor.

Sydney’s second city will not have an endorsed Liberal Party presence as the state executive distances itself from several problematic councils in the upcoming elections.

The former government minister, whose sister died earlier this year, has been granted a private examination after concerns for her welfare were raised following a series of damaging allegations this week.

Goondiwindi mayor Lawrence Springborg issued a statement on social media that a recent positive case from New South Wales was being transferred to a COVID ward in a facility in the south-east.

The legend also questioned the players’ commitment to the men’s Twenty20 side after mass withdrawals from Australia’s winter tours, which he says compromised the side’s World Cup preparations.

Hundreds more children have been left in state care in Queensland as the pandemic has proven a “pressure cooker for families”, surprising the government.

Professor Edward Holmes has won Australia’s top scientific award for his world-leading work on the evolution of COVID-19.

I once imagined myself travelling to Berlin for my 50th birthday celebrations, where I’d enjoy sophisticated conversation about art and avant-garde theatre.

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has made a significant shift away from Dominic Perrottet’s long-pursued plan to axe stamp duty.

Lawyers for a group of Victorian workers who are challenging the state’s vaccine mandate have argued it limits people’s right not to have their privacy “unlawfully or arbitrarily interfered with”.

Racing Victoria stewards have confirmed they want to speak to Brae Sokolski after his exuberant celebration, which included jumping the Flemington mounting yard fence.

It’s been a library, family home and the headquarters for an espionage inquiry, now St Brigid’s will open as a permanent public art gallery.

A 10-time finalist in the nation’s premier portrait prize for women has scooped the 60th annual Portia Geach Memorial Award.

Video allegedly taken last month showed cars flanking either side of the road outside the GP’s surgery near Colac, and dozens of people queued up on foot.

The Brumbies are making an early start on their recruitment of Dan McKellar’s replacement, with two high-profile names in the mix

The scheme, offering $10 community club vouchers from several vaccination hubs, comes as Queensland reported an eighth day without an active COVID-19 case in the community.

The French ambassador has defended his country’s attack-class submarine program, insisting the project was not over budget or delayed.

Josh Addo-Carr left the benchmark club to join the wooden spooners, but is confident better days are ahead at Canterbury.

A $15,000 buy when Will Freedman was establishing his Scone stable, the three-year-old turned heads at a barrier trial at Muswellbrook a month ago.

Everything you need to know to pick a winner on an eight-race card.

Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers has made clear a Labor government would require businesses to reveal more about the risks posed by climate change.

Last year’s US Open champion Dominic Thiem has confirmed he has been vaccinated for COVID-19 and is targeting January’s Australian Open as a key part of his return.

Australia is preparing for more oil and gas exploration as it declined to join the major international push to cut methane emissions.

Commonwealth Bank is seeking to cement its dominance with young people by allowing customers to trade cryptocurrencies.

Frustrations grow as 11,000 Victorian households and businesses remain disconnected.

In police body-worn camera footage taken just moments after Cleo Smith was found a detective asks: ‘We’re going to take you to see your mummy and daddy, OK?’

The eagerly anticipated opening-round fixtures for the 2022 season will be headlined by the premiers kick-starting their title defence on home soil against the Sea Eagles on March 10.

The detective sergeant and another senior officer were charged last week over accusations they tried to illegally obtain information, while on duty, about an internal police investigation.

Former obstetrician Surinder Parhar has been banned from practising medicine for 12 years after “catastrophic” failures were linked to the deaths of babies at Djerriwarrh maternity service.

The Sydney Sixers made it back-to-back wins on Wednesday after a timely 47 runs from 52 balls from their superstar allrounder.

The government has declared a state of emergency and urged the capital 5 million residents to register their weapons and defend their neighbourhoods.

The country’s four main proxy advisers have denied blocking NAB’s appointment of Gen X technology entrepreneur James Spenceley to its board, after it was announced then retracted in nine days.

A former financial officer at a construction payroll company has admitted to stealing almost than $840,000 to pay the debt of a Melbourne sex worker he claims to had fallen in love with.

A former private equity executive who has never held elected office, Youngkin sold himself as a political outsider. His win is not the only one worrying Democrats.

Family services warned the toddler was at risk, and now he has lifelong disabilities after his mother left him in a car outside a pokies venue for five hours on a scorching summer’s day.

Woolworths took Mosman Council to court after a local panel rejected its plans for a Military Road store as “unsuitable” and “contrary to the public interest”. 

MP Marlene Kariouz accused of spending up to $18,000 a year on memberships, while one of her key staffers said ballot papers were filled out for members who either didn’t know, or didn’t care, about their vote.

Police want to speak to a man captured on CCTV as they investigate the suspicious death of Paul Browne, 33, whose body was found in a fire exit at Rosebery.

Resources Minister Keith Pitt was not required to assess the potential environmental impact of fracking in the Northern Territory before he awarded $21 million in grants to a gas company, a court has heard.

The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age are expanding their newsrooms.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has personally thanked Australian Defence personnel who helped run the evacuation missions from Afghanistan.

The US-China relationship is at its lowest ebb since Trump left office. Climate change is no longer the salve that once brought the countries together.

Justice Michael Wigney has upheld the case brought by the CDPP but ordered the prosecutors file a fourth indictment after finding ongoing problems with the charges.

Today on Please Explain, WAToday reporter Peter De Kruijff joins Rachel Clun to discuss the successful search and rescue of missing four-year-old Cleo Smith.