Australia will be looking to assert their dominance on the second Test in Adelaide with a polished bowling performance on day three.

Long-serving Nationals MP Melinda Pavey has been dumped as a New South Wales minister and two Liberal ministers resigned ahead of a widely tipped reshuffle by Premier Dominic Perrottet.

It’s no overestimation to say Cameron Green’s spell was of a standard Pat Cummins would have been proud to deliver himself.

Sydney Kings turned a record loss only days ago into a resounding win, beating the Phoenix on Saturday.

Dawid Malan helped to drag England back into the second Test on Saturday but, like Joe Root, left what would have been a memorable century on the table.

Dozens of people who attended The Cliff Dive in Darlinghurst last Saturday have been forced into isolation.

Queensland is holding its nerve and will not make any border changes in the face of rising cases, but locals have been urged to be vigilant to the dangers all around.

Thousands of Sydneysiders flocked to the city’s beaches on Saturday, with the city expected to reach 36 degrees on Sunday.

There are growing calls for mask wearing to be reinstated in some settings in NSW as Omicron case numbers rise.

A 14-year-old has died after slipping and falling into a lake in Sydney’s south-west on Saturday afternoon.

Students at two primary schools are in isolation on the eve of Christmas after attending a camp in East Gippsland that has since become Victoria’s biggest active COVID-19 outbreak.

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A Tasmanian community has been rocked by grief after a jumping castle was blown into the air at a Devonport primary school, leaving five children dead and several in hospital.

Immediate family members have kept watch by the children’s bedside since the tragedy occurred at Devonport’s Hillcrest Primary School on Thursday.

Although it’s not our first Christmas with coronavirus - this year will be the first that families will have to navigate through a new variant and divisions over being vaccinated.

Oyster farmers are confident there will be an abundance of oysters in top condition over summer.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is leaving some of the longest serving ministers behind to install a fresh-faced group in cabinet.

One by one my friends started cancelling Christmas parties, and it looks like I will have to cancel mine too.

Melbourne is not back in lockdown, but some people are living under self-imposed restrictions over the next week to avoid exposure to a rising number of positive cases that could leave them in isolation on Christmas Day.

Sydney Fish Market is expecting to move almost two hundred tonnes of seafood in its marathon 36-hour trading period from 5am on December 23 to 5pm on December 24.

The pro-vaccine counterprotest was dwarfed by the larger anti-vax gathering, with police keeping the two groups apart.

Australian and England cricketers will face tougher restrictions for the rest of the Test series while the Big Bash is under threat as COVID-19 cases soar in NSW and Victoria.

Mikayla Weir has ridden more winners at Taree than at any other track in her six-year career. And she’s hoping to add to her 300-plus tally on Sunday.

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Amid the grief over the deaths of five children, the Hawks and Tigers will play in a fundraiser for the Devonport community in March.

The Bureau of Meteorology on Saturday released its first-look forecast for Christmas Day, with temperatures generally expected in the high 20s and 30s across the state.

A mining company has flagged the destruction of a sacred Gulf Country hill. Is it Queensland’s own Juukan Gorge disaster, or a chance to raise a community out of poverty?

St Ives pharmacist Jacinta McDonald said the testing kits were flying off the shelves like toilet paper in 2020.

Former arts minister Don Harwin had many detractors but none would begrudge the energy the lover of music, visual arts, and dance brought to his portfolio.

Melbourne and Collingwood had more than just each other to contend with when they faced off at Casey Fields on Saturday in their AFLW practice match.

Political correspondent Matthew Knott lived through a tumultuous time in US history.

The president of the Australian players’ union says it is unacceptable that players who have returned negative COVID-19 tests will be forced to spend Christmas in hotel quarantine.

Fireburn might just about be the only two-year-old city winner not being set to the Golden Slipper next year.

A premiership, Origin series win and the birth of his second child – but Penrith star Jarome Luai says 2022 can be even better than 2021.

Actor and community activist Ron Pinnell grew to become a respected actor and later a noted local heritage advocate in Richmond.

Sydney is set to peak above 30C on Saturday, as a heatwave moves across the country.

Star Western Bulldogs midfielder Bailey Smith has reportedly taken indefinite leave from the club to deal with family and personal issues.

Tom Gleeson relishes the opportunity he has on Hard Quiz to roast Australian celebrities.

Ashleigh Barty maintains the future is bright for Olivia Gadecki despite the emerging Australian skipping the Australian summer because she doesn’t want a COVID-19 vaccination.

“It’s about layers, including a comfy jersey wrap dress and a chunky knit.” says the homewares and clothing brand founder.

Ross Carter’s 2021 batch of handmade plum puddings was almost brought undone by a lack of one simple but crucial item – cloth. Dr Carter’s family has been making and selling Christmas plum puddings since the 1930s. His grandparents started the...

South Sydney coach Jason Demetriou said there were some simple reasons the club went with Cameron Murray over Damien Cook and Cody Walker for the captaincy.

Clayton Oliver capped a premiership season by winning his third Melbourne best and fairest last night as the Demons inducted Neale Daniher into their hall of fame.

New Magpies president Jeff Browne has declared he wants a “new Collingwood” to throw their weight around in the manner befitting the biggest club in the AFL.

Despite the best efforts of local authorities, the town’s giant straw goat has been destroyed 35 times in 55 years, usually by arson.

Putin’s Foreign Minister has demanded that the US and its allies halt all military activity in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Quade Cooper’s stunning return to the Wallabies and Australia’s successful World Cup bid were the highlights of another year of twists and turns.

As 2021 makes tracks, nine Australian novelists pen personal recollections on another tricky year.

Wally the Wobbegong, Homer the Hammerhead … Jason Iggleden names each of the creatures he sees on a morning routine that’s becoming an online phenomenon.

Exploring the fine craft of feature writing, Walkley-nominated journalists Tim Elliott and Melissa Fyfe discuss their top stories for 2021.