More an oasis than a watering hole.

Recommendations to improve the workplace culture of Parliament House must be adopted as a package, not cherry-picked or watered down.

Mark McGowan’s closed border populism has left Cricket Australia with an age-old conundrum - loyalty to the game’s structure or hunger for revenue. The venue for the fifth Ashes Test could make a $17 million difference.

Collingwood forward Jordan De Goey has arrived back home and has been supported by Scott Pendlebury, as De Goey gets set to fight assault and harassment charges via video link into a New York courtroom next month.

While the time it takes to process pension claims has soared, veterans are struggling to access the right help, the commission has heard.

The Omicron variant has many of us asking “when will COVID-19 end?” The answer depends on what exactly you’re talking about.

A second healthcare worker was also attacked at a COVID-19 testing site in Pakenham but did not require medical attention.

It was a messy journey, but the Andrews Government got there in the end: the new pandemic bill strikes a sensible balance.

Hawthorn have taken a hit and paid a small tax to the AFL for exceeding the soft cap in the year coach Alastair Clarkson left but are confident his pay-out won’t affect their budget.

Police found the human remains in remote bushland after hours of sifting through dirt in a painstaking search for missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay.

The Sydney Thunder coach knows what it takes to beat Australia in an Ashes series.

A City of Sydney lord mayoral candidate wants to claim back sections of the Oxford Street thoroughfare for pedestrians by widening the footpath and reducing the width of the road.

Victoria’s Chief Health Officer says there are strong reasons to watch the new Omicron strain very closely and urgently understand more.

The Thoroughbred Welfare Initiative has broad support from industry participants however the funding required to implement its recommendations remains uncertain.

The Conservation Council of WA has launched a second legal action against the Scarborough to Pluto LNG project adding to uncertainty about its construction a week after Woodside approved the $16 billion investment.

The nurses union believes Gillian “Jill” Dempsey’s death could be the first COVID-19 fatality of a Victorian hospital worker.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed Australians will not go back into lockdowns after the border reopening to some visa holders and countries was paused to slow the spread of the new strain into Australia.

There’s been a delay to international borders reopening, the Morrison government has flagged using public funds to fight private defamation cases against online trolls and a May election is looking even more likely.

At the strike of midnight, a republic was born and the last colonial bonds severed nearly 400 years after the first English ships arrived on the island.

The Roar has been ordered to hand over insurance money it kept after Brett Holman suffered a devastating knee injury in 2018.

Federal MPs who sexually harass and assault staff face being suspended from Parliament and having their pay docked after a review found harassment was “normalised”.

An expert on extremism has urged state parliamentarians to support the Greens-led inquiry, warning the far right is one of the greatest challenges of our time.

All international arrivals to NSW will continue to be subjected to a 72-hour self-isolation period.

Scott Morrison told a media conference that standards of behaviour in Parliament must improve. Soon after there was a wild squall of verbal slurs in question time.

Regulators must take meaningful steps to rein in the Wild West that is Australia’s cosmetic surgery industry.

The South Australian wicketkeeper has performed strongly in a World Cup, held an official leadership position and is battle-hardened by recent match practice.

The four-year-old has switched to Bjorn Baker’s stable and, after a period of maturing and gear tinkering, will be out to show his class.

Sydney’s midweekers are in the city’s west with a seven-race card set for the Farm.

The NRL is refusing to register the contract of Anthony Milford while he is facing charges of assaulting two women.

Australia’s expert immunisation panel is reviewing whether to shorten the time frame for vaccine booster shots, with the threat of a COVID-19 surge during winter likely to influence the decision.

Renewables are rapidly replacing coal in the energy grid, spurring a drop of 7.7 million tonnes of greenhouse emissions in the past 12 months.

A review of patient safety issues in the cosmetic sector after decades of devastating patient harm is long overdue, but there is a long way to go before true reform takes place.

Driver Robbie Morris still has faith in Funky Monkey’s ability but knows she needs to do everything right for the remainder of the Inter Dominion trotters series.

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The Jenkins review of the workplace culture of Parliament House spoke to more than 500 people. These are some of their stories.

Father Brian Glasheen has been to 45 Inter Dominions, but this year hopes to have a horse of his own in the final.

The World Health Organisation told its member nations that the overall global risk related to Omicron is “very high”.

Since September last year, West Australians have been able to purchase the lobsters straight from the back of fishing boats.

The winners of this year’s Australian Laureate Awards share a creative connection that can be followed back to pioneer Linda Jackson.

Rarely do opposing captains go head-to-head in a Test, but the appointment of Pat Cummins will give him the chance to square off against his English opposite.

AMP’s newly appointed chief executive Alexis George has sought to start a new chapter in the 172-year-old company’s trajectory by partnering with fintechs after a bruising past few years.

Westpac chief executive Peter King has vowed to deal with widespread compliance problems by pushing ahead with a cultural overhaul.

While the first 500-bed stage of the regional quarantine hub had been slated for operation by the end of 2021, weeks of wet weather in the region have put the project behind.

Ms Balmain, then aged 22, was last seen in the Kingsford area November 5, 1994, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, and is believed to have been killed. 

Government spending on healthcare, business support and the vaccination rollout helped soften the economic hit of lockdowns, but the Omicron variant has cast doubt over the recovery.

Erica Heddergott struck her 50-year-old son William with an axe and suffocated him at their Greensborough home when she believed she was dying from brain cancer and that her son couldn’t survive without her.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Nepali student Aashish Thakur was ready to get on plane to complete his Masters in Information Systems degree in Australia. And then the ‘inevitable’ happened.

Chris Luxon may be the answer National has been looking for all along to take on the likeable NZ Prime Minister, but he’s hedging his bets.

The NRL concedes changes must be made to prevent Brandon Smith-style scenarios, but they won’t occur for at least another season.