The bouquet of the season.

Paramedics have been dealing with record call-outs as those managing symptoms at home seek advice and assistance.

The man spearheading Queensland’s present response to the pandemic says the virus would be here “whether we opened the borders or not”.

People in Melbourne’s west are being told to prepare for wild weather as thousands in western Victoria are without power after heavy rain and strong winds lashed large parts of the state.

Queensland residents have been left waiting hours for COVID-19 tests, with frustrations boiling over in queues.

Concession cardholders will receive 10 rapid antigen tests, but universal free access has been ruled out, while tennis star Novak Djokovic has been granted a medical exemption to enter Australia despite not being fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The surge in demand for rapid antigen tests has been an added stress for those trying to visit loved ones in nursing homes.

The daughter of the engineer who oversaw the reconstruction of the GPO clock tower in the 1960s says his collection of papers, photographic slides and technical documents should be preserved for the nation.

A year on from Washington’s Capitol riots, President Biden’s inauguration promise to display “tolerance and humility” towards his political and ideological enemies is ringing hollow.

Elective surgery has been halted again as pressure mounts on Victoria’s hospitals, ambulances and testing systems amid escalating omicron infections.

Parents trying to book vaccine appointments for 5 to 11-year-olds on Victoria’s new system are reporting mixed results since it launched on Wednesday afternoon.

Ambulance Victoria said the situation had been exacerbated by the number of paramedics in isolation, with 500 Ambulance Victoria staff currently out of work while awaiting COVID-19 test results.

Company says some pharmacies have been selling the sought-after testing kits at excessive prices.

Sledging matches, crocodiles, beer bottles and Omicron were all part and parcel on the first day of a very strange Sydney Test.

The man attempted to drive his partner, who has Parkinson’s disease and dementia and uses a wheelchair, through outback WA as temperatures soared in the car.

An interactive map shows COVID-19 case numbers in your postcode, while an analysis of data points to high infections in suburbs populated by Sydney’s youth.

Health authorities say there were five new community COVID-19 cases recorded in WA – including the worker from the Lucky Shag announced on Tuesday – as another quarantine hotel security guard and someone connected to the Delta-variant cluster wer...

An offshore worker who stopped by Divers Tavern in Broome before heading home to Queensland has tested positive to the virus and the pub is now an exposure site among several new locations in Perth including Yagan Square on New Year’s Eve and Day.

Police are seeking assistance to identify a man who allegedly stuffed wheelie bins full of luxury goods from a Sydney store in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

Writer’s response on winning prized award: “You are pulling my leg, aren’t you?”

A woman of equal parts vision and determination, Rennis Witham was smart, funny, gregarious, loyal and incorruptible.

The 10 million rapid antigen test kits are to be distributed free around the state in addition to the 34 million kits announced last week.

The mother-of-three died two days later in a Perth hospital intensive care unit where it was discovered she had experienced a blood clot and cerebral aneurysm.

Premier Dominic Perrottet said rapid antigen tests and masks will play an important role in keeping schools safe during first term

It came as experts and the federal opposition called on the Morrison government to make rapid antigen tests free to ease pressure on testing sites.

A Perth man has fallen to his death and another has been injured during a rock climbing accident near Albany in WA’s Great Southern region. 

The tragedy follows days of treacherous weather conditions as ex-cyclone Seth passed through the Queensland and NSW coastline.

The men in their 30s were arrested on December 30 after Australian Border Force officers found 99 kilograms of drugs hidden in a shipment of latex bed pillows

There are 32,000 active cases across Queensland, but the Chief Health Officer said the “real number” of people infectious in the community was significantly higher.

Failing to ensure that every Australian has free and easy access to RAT tests will worsen the economic impact of the current outbreak.

Today on Please Explain, The Age’s arts editor Nick Miller, who has written an explainer on how to fix busted ballet dancers, joins Nathanael Cooper to look at how it’s done.

Power problems on Shell’s giant Prelude gas vessel in December risked the “catastrophic failure” of parts of the ship’s structure according to a report by the offshore safety regulator.

In an open letter to Premier, a Perth doctor says staff are constantly bombarded with desperate emails and calls to fill gaps in rosters.

Private providers have negotiated to open six more sites in south-east Queensland, but most will close after lunch every day.

The 99-year-old former Manly ferry sunk beside the coal loading wharf at Waverton on Saturday night.

There is a proud history of Aboriginal activism, but what happened in Canberra broke with that tradition.

The Christmas and New Year period is a time of disproportionate marriage breakdown for many, which has only been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Several infection control experts believe the more tightly fitting P2 or N95 masks should be subsidised or made free by the government.

Perverse incentives in academia and scientific publishing have led to a surge in research fraud.

The Victorian government is discussing new measures to slow the spread of cases and protect the hospital system from stress.

The airline is finding that pilots who have not flown for long periods due to the pandemic are making errors such as commencing take-off with the park brake on.

Our governments, led by the Prime Minister, seem to be making it more difficult for us to get tested for COVID-19 despite record numbers of cases. It’s hard not to conclude that all our sacrifices have been for nothing.

Part of the film for the installation of the “talkies” at the Prince Edward Theatre, arrived yesterday from America by the liner Aorangi.

Fifty years ago, the last flight of US servicemen from rest and recreation leave left Sydney Airport for Vietnam, ending a program that had brought $80 million worth of tourism to Australia.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Conspiracy theorists have been slammed as the number of cases in just one remote north Queensland health district doubled to 58 on Tuesday, while aged-care homes were also hit.

Once you get out of the carpark.

Organisers of the famous open-water swimming race have decided to cancel this year’s event and make it virtual

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has attempted to explain why the government cannot divert more staff to test people for COVID-19.

As COVID-19 cases surge in Australia, some young people are making light of their diagnoses. Some say they are tackling the stigma, while others say they’re being disrespectful.