It hurts the head to think.

The Docklands drone swarm will give its debut performance on Saturday, with 350 drones buzzing into the city sky to create colourful light displays after COVID-19 woes stopped a planned New Year’s Eve event.

NSW residents are required to report a positive rapid antigen test result from today, Victoria’s triple-zero service is under strain and Novak Djokovic’s visa saga has entered its sixth day.

Usman Khawaja is in line to usurp Marcus Harris while Mitchell Starc hopes a pink ball and green pitch will convince the selectors he should play.

The AMA and NSW Police Association have called on the NSW government to reverse its decision to repeal legislation which provides automatic workers’ compensation cover to essential workers infected with COVID-19

The pandemic’s third wave will ruin Olympic campaigns for some unlucky athletes. Australian officials and athletes are doing their best to avoid that scenario.

With contact tracing essentially abandoned, some are asking why Australians should keep getting tested at all.

Doctors say many clinics can’t access the highly protective N95 masks, despite the state government advising medical professionals to use them, owing to a big jump in demand from ordinary shoppers.

Close to 60,000 additional COVID-19 cases were recorded in NSW in less than nine hours on Wednesday, with the true scale of the state’s Omicron wave emerging after the government mandated the reporting of positive rapid antigen tests. 

Tennis Australia want Hewitt and Purcell to break bread after the latter accused the former of playing favourites with Australian Open wildcard selections.

Ben Stokes has put his hand up to push through the pain in Hobart but veteran James Anderson and the lionhearted Mark Wood are under fitness clouds.

The Geelong v Western Bulldogs AFLW clash is in doubt for Saturday night due to player availability as Bulldogs players isolate under the state government and AFL’s protocols.

The Magic Millions sale started to live up to its name on Wednesday after there was a ceiling at the seven-figure mark on the first day.

Industry is pleading for restrictions on temporary migrants’ working hours to be scrapped amid critical workforce shortages.

While consumers are confronted with empty shelves at the supermarket, farmers are having to plough produce back into the ground because there are not enough workers to harvest, transport and unpack it.

Check out how our experts tipped the secpnd round of the 2022 AFLW season.

The Women’s Tennis Association will provide its strong support to the Czech tennis player who was deported from Australia after initially being allowed in despite being unvaccinated against COVID-19.

In season 2022, the first crop of AFLW players will reach 50 games. If you account for short seasons and COVID-19 interruptions, that’s an even bigger achievement than it sounds.

The new information which has emerged will no doubt inform Immigration Minister Alex Hawke’s consideration of whether to exercise his personal power to override the decision of the court quashing the cancellation of Djokovic’s visa.

Queanbeyan trainer Joe Cleary is eyeing a treble at Thursday’s feature Moruya meeting.

All you need to know for the seven-race meeting on the Far South Coast.

The city’s economic prosperity lies with the mainland, says the finance minister, as Western investment and those qualifying to live abroad head for the exits.

Australian immigration officials have widened their investigation into Novak Djokovic’s visa application to include his COVID breaches in Serbia and an incorrect entry form.

Fredrik Blencke, 49, has been charged with contravening an AVO and common assault.

First-year healthcare students and retired nurses will be among the recruits, as the nation records one of its deadliest days since the start of the pandemic.

The combination of a mega player auction next month, two new franchises and an increased purse of $940,000 per team, means there are even more riches on offer.

Jason Sangha has taken charge of a Sydney Thunder team with many players of south Asian descent who are in impressive form.

Police are hunting for the alleged kidnappers of Condell Park man Omar Elomar, who was abducted from his palatial home on Sunday night before presenting at Bankstown Hospital 48 hours late.

The tennis champion’s mother believes he did not know he was infected when attending public events after his positive PCR test.

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke holds the key to Novak Djokovic’s chances of defending his Australian Open title.

The young girl was one of six children in the care of a couple in their 70s when she drowned in a pool.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

And why don’t positive COVID-19 cases get told? Here’s how coronavirus variants are being tracked in the United States.

Adam Brooks, the successful candidate in the Tasmanian Division of Braddon, fronted a court hearing on Wednesday.

No Roger, no Serena, no Venus, but no worries. The 2022 Australian Open will have a different look and feel, regardless of whether Novak Djokovic is sent home.

Councils across Sydney are changing hands following the NSW local government elections.

The blaze, which was reported at 8pm Monday, started at Curtis Bay Beach in Dunsborough and burnt through 225 hectares, threatening lives and properties in the Meelup and Eagle Bay areas. 

This Hollywood biopic of Richard Williams, father of Serena and Venus Williams, portrays a gifted if insufferable ringmaster steering the early tennis careers of his young prodigies.

Two officials allegedly entered an exclusion zone, halting construction, and refused to leave the site on two occasions.

We need a new model for electing our head of state, and this is it – one to put before the 5 million voting Australians who were too young, and in some cases not even born, to vote in the 1999 republican referendum.

Rubbish collection has been delayed in Melbourne municipalities including Moreland and Monash due to worker shortages, and the industry warns worse may be to come.

Three years after retiring, Casey Dellacqua knows how nerve-wracking it is to be on centre court, especially when it’s for a post-game interview.

A Very British Scandal is based on the true story of the Duke and Duchess of Argyle’s divorce, and milks the public’s fascination with the sex lives of the rich and entitled.

If Squid Game didn’t convince you of the depth and breadth of international TV at the moment, these dozen foreign-language shows will.

A new four-part doco takes viewers inside the terrain and the tactics of gossip columnists.

While there are obvious comparison to the US hit Stranger Things, Paraiso is a slick, fun ghost story set in early 90s Spain.

The mystery case is the first in WA unable to be linked to a known cluster since April 2020 and indicates there is undetected transmission in WA.

Businesses went on a record-breaking hiring spree in November, but there is uncertainty for job hunters as Omicron takes hold in recruitment data.

Farmers across the state have pleaded with the federal government to increase the supply of rapid antigen tests to the agriculture sector as the country’s food supply chain continues to buckle under the pressure of increasing COVID cases.

Despite the threat of COVID-19, Sydneysiders and expatriates flocked to Nielsen Park on Wednesday as temperatures hit 29 degrees.