How Oscar Piastri, a boy from bayside Melbourne, made it to the cusp of the Formula One grid, winning the F2 title on Saturday night.

Australia’s COVID-19 booster shot program will be accelerated, with people now eligible for a third shot of a COVID-19 vaccine after five months.

Meanwhile, NSW recorded 560 cases on Saturday, the highest daily total since lockdown restrictions were eased in October.

Angus Glover was slapped with a disqualifying foul in the final minute as a frustrated Sydney Kings went down by eight points to the Illawarra Hawks.

Joe Root remains confident England can stand tall for the remainder of the Ashes and warned against writing off star all-rounder Ben Stokes. But, rubbing salt into the visitors’ wounds, they were fined 100 per cent of their match fee for their slow...

The door was ajar for England at the start of the day but it was slammed shut by a clinical display from Australia, who completed an emphatic nine-wicket victory.

Remy Siemsen scored twice and Mackenzie Hawkesby provided two assists in Sydney’s 2-0 win in the derby.

What a difference a night makes. On Friday, it seemed Australia would be made to fight out the first Test. But shortly after lunch on Saturday, it was all over.

Behind this week’s inevitable images of joyous reunions and various iterations of ‘We did it, Queensland’ is a trail of shattered lives.

With his ability to ride light, Regan Bayliss could follow in the footsteps of the recently retired Glen Boss, who was the master of the Randwick mile.

West Australian speedster Jhye Richardson is in the box seat to make his Ashes debut in Adelaide, while perennial squad member Michael Neser is also in the frame.

Based on an initial assessment of the fire scene it is believed the fire was deliberately lit

Dale Finucane was wheeled out to the Cronulla faithful for the first time on Saturday as he discussed his move from Melbourne and Brandon Smith’s infamous podcast.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the relocated Armidale Cup meeting.

The transfer of  the Armidale Cup meeting to Tamworth on Sunday means the feature race not only changes venue but will be run over 1600m instead of 1900m.

The auction was one of 1755 scheduled on Saturday, and buyers were taking their time to bid after having the luxury of more choice on Melbourne’s biggest auction day on record.

Schoolies let their hair down and celebrate in Byron Bay after hellish final year of learning amid Sydney lockdowns.

A “catastrophic power failure” pulled the plug on the broadcast of the first Ashes Test for about 25 minutes on the fourth morning at the Gabba.

Oz Comic-Con Homegrown is back at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre this weekend. Finally, the cosplay, comic and colourful Melbourne characters have a chance to get back together with their tribes.

COVID-19 is not dampening the mood for Jack Riley from Sydney who is enjoying his Schoolies week in Byron Bay.

In Arkansas at least two nursing home residents were killed when a tornado destroyed their building.

Three in four properties in Sydney and half in Melbourne are only affordable for the highest earning 20 per cent of first home buyers.

Ms Boardman, a Victorian public servant, will stand as the ‘Voices of Mornington Peninsula’ candidate in Flinders, which will soon be vacated by Health Minister Greg Hunt.

Travis Head got the man of the match award and nine votes out of 10. In contrast, Jack Leach was tonked from his first over to his last to return figures of 1-102 off just 13 overs.

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El Padrino was beaten in a Cranbourne maiden on debut, but the Street Boss colt has  blossomed in the three weeks since he headed north.

Nathan Lyon showed how, with the right fields, he can return to being a genuine wicket-taking threat for Australia on home soil.

The document recommended that then president Donald Trump declare a national emergency to delay the certification of the election results.

A former South African captain has been the unlikely hero behind Gurinder Sandhu’s rebirth.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson didn’t have to look far when casting Licorice Pizza - the stars were (practically) family.

Sydney CBD hotel Swissotel has turned its rooftop into a city farm to harvest honey for its new restaurant and provide a home for bees in a difficult environment.

The relationship between fashion and art in Melbourne has never been more symbiotic than at the NGV’s Coco Chanel exhibition.

Troy Cassar-Daley emerged from a difficult time in his life with the help of new music, his fans and his friends.

Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said one person carrying the Omicron coronavirus variant had been in the community while infectious.

Bobo will make his season debut against the Mariners on Sunday but the Sky Blues are down to bare bones with injuries and COVID-19 hitting the club.

The US had frozen the supply of funds to the country after the Taliban takeover in August.

The remarkably accomplished Ian Howard survived childhood polio and double pneumonia, the early death of his father, World War II, including the D-Day landings, and finally COVID-19, to die peacefully in his sleep at the age of 98.

Cricket Australia has confirmed that the fifth Ashes Test will be played in Hobart. Matthew Wade said he hoped CA’s decision would help his state’s bid to field a standalone team in the AFL.

Australia have won the first Test Match in the Ashes series between Australia and England at The Gabba, Brisbane.

Chinese centre Zhou Qi admits he didn’t think he would fit in with his South East Melbourne teammates as quickly as he has. Now the Phoenix hope to take those good vibes and turn them into a win over Melbourne United on Sunday.

Annie Farmer was the last accuser to testify in the British socialite’s trial. The defence will begin to put its case next week.

Australians Marc Leishman and Jason Day teamed up for a 16-under 56, coming up just one stroke shy of the event’s scramble scoring record, to take the first-round lead at the QBE Shootout.

England fell in a heap on day four as Australian steamrolled the tourists at the Gabba to claim a nine-wicket victory in the first Ashes Test of the summer.

Jess Wilson, a policy director at the Business Council of Australia, has been endorsed as the Victorian Liberal candidate for the seat of Kew, knocking out shadow treasurer David Davis in the final vote.

Labor MP Julian Hill has sharply criticised the Biden administration over the prosecution of Julian Assange and demanded the Morrison government “stand up” to the UK and the US.

South East Melbourne Phoenix have posted another win over New Zealand and now focus on Sunday’s Throwdown, where Chris Goulding remains in doubt.

The Australian Ballet’s end of year gala is a generous spectacle of traditional pieces and exciting new work.

History teaches us that the best way to lose a lot of money is to buy an overpriced asset at the peak of a boom.

A phoenix was lowered by crane to perch and frolic atop the newly rebuilt La Mama Theatre, and a cry of “Viva La Mama!” went up.

While Penrith star Nathan Cleary’s shoulder surgery made headlines, South Sydney’s Cameron Murray quietly had the same procedure at the same time.