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The ALP has labelled it a “funding gerrymander” but Prime Minister Scott Morrison says some LNP electorates simply get more funding because the local member is “great”.

Council libraries have been deemed too important to deny entry to the unvaccinated from Friday. State-run libraries, not so much.

Experts fear Australia’s vaccination rate may flatline near 90 per cent as recent falls in jab hesitancy slow.

Three entire flights were initially deemed to be close contact sites, but now most of the passengers are considered casual contacts.

Amid a warning that daily coronavirus infections may reach 25,000 cases a day in January, Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant has pleaded for people to keep wearing masks.

Disadvantaged students in WA have struggled with NAPLAN, but the Australian Education Union has said the test is not the most accurate way to assess a child’s abilities.

Victorian shoppers will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination in most retail outlets, but masks will remain mandatory due to stubbornly high coronavirus case numbers and the risk posed by the new Omicron strain.

The reclassification removes WA Police discretion to allow West Australians currently in NSW to return to the state, except for in extraordinary circumstances.

School-run tuition of small groups of students has helped children whose learning was disrupted due to COVID lockdowns exceed expectations on their NAPLAN scores.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton expects case numbers in Victoria to follow NSW predictions, but said there was no need to shut the border.

Melbourne’s oldest cinema is being transformed into the city’s newest live music venue.

For Australian sporting clubs and competitions which have only just emerged from two years ensconced in bio-secure bubbles, the newest variant of the coronavirus brings with it a different sort of challenge.

Unit controller Graeme Edwards died in hospital in November 2018 after a high-voltage circuit breaker exploded on him at the Yallourn Power Station.

It will be alleged the accused 22-year-old submitted fraudulent documentation relating to an election funding application for $24,000.

Bringing forward booster shots to four months would have made half of NSW’s 16 and over population eligible by mid-January.

David Warner will use the thrill of playing an iconic Ashes Test as a spur to push through the pain barrier for a second season after being given the green light to play in Adelaide.

NSW is removing restrictions for the unvaccinated, federal government grants are under the spotlight and Tasmania’s borders have reopened. 

Jimmy Anderson will use Josh Hazlewood’s razing of India as a reminder that the pink ball will move by day as well as night.

Nicochet has a golden chance to end a 883-day drought in a modest BM 64 race at Thursday’s feature Hawkesbury meeting.

Tips and preview for Thursday’s feature meeting at Hawkesbury.

Ahead of their 150th year celebrations, the Bombers have released a five-year plan that calls for success on and off the field.

Councils will be given maximum timeframes to assess planning proposals for new apartment blocks and residential precincts or risk forfeiting hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees from property developers.

More than 326,000 NSW businesses are facing a 26 per cent rise in workers’ compensation insurance premiums over the next six years as a result of poor claims management continuing to plague state insurer icare.

After almost three years out of the Test side, Jhye Richardson has the formidable task of filling Josh Hazlewood’s giant-sized boots in Adelaide.

The former lawyer has secured endorsements from a suite of Liberal Party heavyweights.

Anthony Albanese has warned discretionary government grants programs could be investigated under the party’s planned national integrity commission.

A moving team address about the Indigenous jersey and a sharp performance to back it up appears to have rekindled Australia’s interest in Kurtley Beale.

Ali Younes, known in rap circles as Ay Huncho, is one of two men wanted by police for their alleged involvement with organised crime.

Attorney-General Michaelia Cash has cast doubt on any deals with moderate Liberals to fast-track protections for gay students alongside the religious discrimination bill.

A range of shoppers and business owners are in Sydney’s CBD to enjoy restored freedoms – but many are concerned about what the future holds.

Captain Chris Goulding says United are ready to bounce back from a 0-2 start and Sunday’s emotional loss to the Phoenix.

Queenslanders have been warned to expect a surge in COVID-19 cases sooner than expected as Omicron arrives in the state.

Renters frustrated by their run-down homes are pursuing legal action against their landlords at record levels.

Geelong spearhead Tom Hawkins is refusing to put a ceiling on his AFL career nor the potential for his partnership with Jeremy Cameron as the pair enter their first full pre-season together.

The Sydney Morning Herald will hire five trainee journalists as part of a broader expansion of the newsrooms.

Police allege Robert Lavars sent the mail, sometimes containing both dead mice and faeces, on 28 occasions to government addresses.

A two-dose Pfizer vaccination appears to provide just 33 per cent protection against infection during South Africa’s current Omicron wave.

Learn more about the ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank), including what it is and what it is not.

Frustrated Westpac shareholders have lashed out at the bank’s poor financial performance, hitting the lender with a first strike on executive pay at a feisty annual general meeting.

Joe Nocera spent years untangling the complex and troubling relationship between a New York therapist and his client. How the story made it to the screen is just as complicated.

The former Australian Test cricketer allegedly sent 66 text messages and made 18 phone calls to his ex-partner in a 2.5-hour period on Tuesday night.

Brett and Bruce Jenkins each have more than 300 fraud charges. They faced a committal hearing in Brisbane on Wednesday.

John Stonehouse was a cabinet minister with a great career ahead of him. But then it all came crashing down.

Marc Fennell was a baby when The Weeping Woman was stolen from the National Gallery of Victoria in 1986. His lack of knowledge about the brazen heist became an asset to the making of the documentary Framed.

The Sex and the City sequel began with some bold decisions, smart new characters and some dubious hat choices for Carrie.

Writer/producer Aaron Sorkin had one rule on the set of Being the Ricardos. Nicole Kidman explains why she broke it.

Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid franchise started life as on online illustrated novel in 2004. It’s easy to see why the book and movie series have endured.

The actress best known as feisty lawyer Lucca Quinn in The Good Fight immediately saw herself in the lead role of revenge thriller The Beast Must Die after returning home.

Oddly enough, Justin Bieber. Yes, Justin Bieber might win Triple J’s Hottest 100 in January.