Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll’s favourite holiday memories are seeing the joy in her children’s faces as they unwrap presents, but now she tells Brisbane Times she spends her break watching corny holiday movies with her daughter...

Not looking forward to the days of air rage.

A tropical low moving across far north Queensland that threatens to dump 300 millimetres of rain in 24 hours could also dampen spirits in Brisbane on New Year’s Eve.

World No.1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the ATP Cup men’s teams event in Sydney, but his participation in next month’s Australian Open remains uncertain.

Darcy Vescio, an AFLW foundation player, posted the news on on social media on Wednesday evening.

It is not the snarling and cussing England teams had become accustomed to from the men in baggy green but in many ways it is more cutting, an open recognition of the gulf in class between the two sides.

Supporters have defended the $120-million upgrade to the speed monitoring network after the number of fines issued to motorists almost doubled year-on-year.

Growing Australian COVID-19 cases continue to force a number of leagues to postpone games and threaten to disrupt the start of the AFLW season.

It is all systems go for Sydney’s beloved Pink Test despite NSW reporting a record 11,201 positive COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.

As interstate travel requirements change around the country, the WA Premier still wants other states and territories to keep providing pre-departure COVID-19 PCR tests for the small number of people able to travel into his state.

Lord mayor Sally Capp has confirmed the drone swarm will no longer be held on Friday due to COVID-related freight and logistics challenges.

As Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant warned of rising infection numbers, Health Minister Brad Hazzard criticised “the worried well” for clogging testing queues.

As 2020 drew to a close, many Victorians wished each other a better 2021. But after another gruelling year, we are less certain about what this new year will bring.

Andy Murray has touched down in Australia and the world’s elite tennis players wasted no time in seeking out Melbourne Park’s hard courts as preparations for a jam-packed summer began in earnest.

It says something about the psyche of the beleaguered England team that none stayed with valiant captain Joe Root while he answered for their shortcomings.

The Australian Medical Association is urging state and federal governments to agree to guidelines for when to use rapid antigen tests at a hastily convened meeting of national cabinet on Thursday.

Australia’s comprehensive victory in the third Test and the Ashes series carries an important message for cricket’s future about the importance of diversity.

Veteran trainer Jim Jarvis is eyeing off a good value double at the feature meeting at Coffs Harbour on Thursday.

All you need to know for all eight races on the card at Coffs Harbour on Thursday.

Wiradjuri artist Karla Dickens has weaponised an everyday item to produce a devastating commentary on exploitation.

Victoria’s Health Minister said that while Wednesday’s case numbers may be a “shock” to the public, they were ultimately expected.

Organisers say the “Sydney tradition” of camping out by Circular Quay from 6am to get a front-row seat for the famous fireworks display won’t be allowed.

A rare photograph of a deceased US president Abraham Lincoln in his coffin was speculated to be the prime treasure nestled in the copper box.

Some of our best photos of the year and top stories by The Age photographers 2021, the year in pictures.

World No.260 Bernard Tomic said earlier this month he remains a better player than Nick Kyrgios, in comments that left the Australian superstar baffled.

Business groups want the federal government to step in and provide free rapid antigen tests for workers, saying many companies are unable to afford the additional expense following months of restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Since the pandemic started people have been urged to get tested. Now, with huge queues around the country, governments have changed the message.

The Ashes may be in the bag, but tearing my husband and son away from the fourth Test will be a challenge.

The Northern Irish actor shot to fame as a serial killer in The Fall, but now he’s found the role that scratches a “lot of itches”.

There will always be cricket and tennis, but the streaming services have irrevocably altered the landscape with the launch of major local series and returning favourites.

For the feisty Cat, adolescence has some additional twists and trials when her widowed mother Isabel becomes the Prime Minister.

The story of the 2018 rescue of a teenage soccer team will soon get the Hollywood treatment, but this gripping National Geographic effort makes you feel like you are inside the cave system with the rescuers.

William Shatner joined a space mission at the repeated request of Jeff Bezos, and the 90-year-old was overcome with emotion as he looked back at Earth.

Researchers have used digital technology to take the first accurate look inside the mummy, which has remained wrapped to preserve its decoration.

Police have released composite images of two men accused of dangling a teenager from the window of a high-rise building in Fitzroy before sexually assaulting her in 1982.

In a new filing, the Duke of York argues that Virginia Giuffre cannot sue him in the US as she is really living in Perth, not Colorado as she claims.

The Department of Defence has found there are no national security grounds to justify overturning Landbridge’s 99-year lease.

The experience of the Reagan era shows that things can get better, and that economic and political fortunes can change faster than it might seem in a gloomy December.

The court’s ruling stirred up public outrage and is the latest step in a months-long crackdown on rights activists, independent media and opposition supporters.

Scott Boland’s destruction of England has created the perfect moment for Australia to unveil Mitchell Swepson’s wrist spin in Sydney.

The pandemic has taken a toll on many couples, but there are easy ways to help reset your relationship for the new year

Ashley was appointed MBE for her services to the transgender community.

The Mess Hall event, which was attended by a COVID-positive backpacker known as Case 1133, has now resulted in 11 community transmission cases, with one more case linked to the event recorded on Thursday.

The 57-ft. American yawl Ondine slashed 14 hours 44 minutes from the Sydney to Hobart yacht race record in a thrilling finish when she beat Astor across the finish line by 61 seconds.

At least 21 people have been killed and more than 77,000 have been driven from their homes.

Ghostbusters Afterlife is an exercise in nostalgia that drastically departs from what has come before.

Police are on the hunt for a man who climbed a wall close to the family home in Ellenbrook where a seven-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in her own bed.

Next summer is looming as David Warner’s swansong on home soil as he eyes bucket list items abroad before drawing stumps on his Test career.

The champion jockey has forfeited the ride on the Perth Cup favourite due to a vaccine mandate, and high-profile owner Peters is unsure when he will race again.

NSW Health is taking steps to limit COVID-19 testing that is not clinically urgent, as the Chief Health Officer concluded they “probably aren’t ... getting to all the cases”.