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

It was people aged in their 20s and 30s who kept us engaged this year, and stopped us from falling into a complete COVID funk.

The family of the man accused of murdering campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay has broken its silence to ask for privacy, saying they are “completely traumatised”.

The parents of Hoang Vinh Le took the child from Canberra and subsequently told authorities they gave him to a woman they met at a coffee shop and paid $200.

Victorian police will continue their search for the remains of missing campers after charges were laid over their disappearance as NSW moves towards the removal of masks, QR code check-ins and vaccination certificates and Australian support for stron...

Grant, the father of former NSW police minister Troy Grant, drank beer and wine before he ran over an acquaintance while driving from a Christmas party in 2019.

Days after killing his girlfriend, Dennis French updated his Facebook status to “free as a f---ing bird”. Now, he’s been given a 10-year jail term for her death.

A teenager has been arrested and charged with the alleged murder of Rene Latimore. 

Private and public health employees unvaccinated by December 15 cannot continue to work, due to the state government mandate.

A man who kept his deceased girlfriend’s body in their apartment room for three weeks before disposing of her in a bin has walked free after more than two years in custody.

Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins says the findings of her review of workplace culture at Parliament House, due to go to government next week, might surprise some.

Newcastle’s light rail network has been suspended after a mechanical issue was found in the Spanish-built trams, which are from the same manufacturer as the cracked inner west service.

A man has been found dead after his ute was washed off the road in flood waters in central Queensland, as the Bureau of Meteorology has warned the intense rainfall will continue.

Activists protested outside the Woodside building in Perth, with a protester locking her arm in a barrel with cement; an imitation of the protest at the Burrup Peninsula on Wednesday.

The legal academic, author and filmmaker discusses her working-class upbringing, finding spirituality, and why she wouldn’t last long in politics.

Before Federal Labor MP Tanya Plibersek met Michael Coutts-Trotter in 1990, the now senior state bureaucrat served time in jail. They have three children.

The racist message accused him of participating in “the biggest massacre in Australia’s history since 1970” and included a threat to his young twin sons.

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The lack of clarity for those hoping to enter the state from hotspot areas has fuelled the latest feud between Queensland and the Commonwealth. No new cases were reported in the state on Friday.

A real estate agent sued police for wrongful arrest after he was caught drink driving. However, it later emerged he twice lied under oath about how much he consumed.

Today on Please Explain, chief political correspondent David Crowe joins to discuss a tough week in politics for the Prime Minister.

A seven-year-old boy at Warringa Park School in Hoppers Crossing suffered a fatal head injury, in lapses a judge said were “absolutely fraught with danger”.

The brainchild of tech entrepreneur Bevan Slattery, HyperOne has promised to update the country’s digital infrastructure via 20,000km of fibre optic cable.

John Barilaro settled a case against Jordan Shanks this month, but the entertainer will be called to give evidence in a continuing case against Google.

Brides and grooms to be are scrambling for wedding venues, photographers and caterers as coronavirus restrictions lift, but not celebrations can be squeezed onto weekends.

Having demanded that we deal with sexual assault differently, Grace Tame and Chanel Contos discuss the power – and pain – of asking uncomfortable questions.

Protests are a little like home-brewed beer. Mine is complex, deep and deserves to be savoured while yours stinks of old socks and gives you wind.

More than 60 elderly residents need to find new homes because the aged care facility founded by two bankrupt brothers will be shut down after the business amassed potential debts of almost $25 million.

Looking towards 2022 and the election, Morrison could hardly be facing a more uncertain environment.

The timber workers union warns that Christmas grocery shortages are on the way with some supermarkets “desperate” for pallets.

Police say they are happy with how the search for William Tyrrell’s remains is progressing, despite wild weather hampering investigations.

More than 275 days into Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination roll-out, 365,000 West Australians over the age of 12 are yet to get the jab as the pace of the program begins to slow.

Victoria’s travel permit system and the regional ‘border bubble’ have been scrapped as the state recorded 1362 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths on Friday.

Migrant teachers say they are struggling to have their qualifications recognised in Western Australia due to a convoluted registration system.

A sense of change in the Fremantle Doctor is blowing through Murdoch University’s Bush Court as most of the former executive under ex-vice chancellor Eeva Leinonen are swept away, with improved academic oversight taking shape.

Experts weigh in on when public transport use will rise, tourism will bounce back and workers will return to Brisbane’s CBD.

A Christian school fired me because of my belief that a person can be a Christian and be gay. But I’m not aware that the school ever dismissed staff members on account of other “sins”.

The outgoing conservative MP has accounts with CoinJar and MetaMask.

Liberal-National MP and Man About Manila George Christensen has added another feather to his cap: crypto trader.

The brutality of medical training saps your humanity until what is left is a shell of the person you were. This cannot continue.

Principals, parents and academics warn gifted and talented students won’t get the help they need if an expert advisory group is dismantled.

You can understand why people might conclude that these strong labour market outcomes are thanks to our closed borders and low immigration. But that would be the wrong lesson to draw from COVID-19.

Prominent paediatricians have warned that rules banning unvaccinated 12 to 15 year-olds from attending public venues or social gatherings risks causing further mental health harm.

Plans to revive and build swimming pools across Sydney have led to the formation of a political party and accusations of elitism in the run-up to local council elections on December 4.

I have expressed my religion’s teachings to others in private and public. How much more freedom do I need that would cause a government to tear itself apart?

Innocent until proven guilty an eroded concept, and tippling tales from around the world.

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

As governments lag on climate policy, people are looking to drive change in other ways. What are their tactics and do they work?

Australia is considering an unofficial boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, the Prime Minister has vowed to prevent schools suspending students based on their sexuality under draft religious freedom laws and the NSW lower house is poi...

An audit of Queensland’s progress on its renewable energy target has found the government to be overstating its progress, failing to communicate a vision, and at risk of falling short.