Not long after deciding on a winter sport to pursue, Bree Walker’s family moved to tropical far north Queensland. Her unlikely journey could see her take the podium in Beijing.

There have been $9 million lots for horses this week as yearling sales continue to break records ahead of Saturday’s feature race.

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has used his personal power to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa, as his lawyers prepare to file an immediate injunction against the decision.

Riverside bushland behind Brisbane’s three prisons could provide a landing spot for a bridge to ease congestion in the western suburbs.

After narrowly missing out on victory in Sydney, Australia will be pushing for a 4-0 series result against an England team desperate for a win.

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has used his personal power to cancel the tennis star’s visa.

Scottish star was unhappy at being quizzed on Novak Djokovic’s visa wrangles after a stunning return to form in the Sydney Tennis Classic, which bodes well for his Australian Open campaign.

Queensland health authorities have begun shifting some public hospital patients into the private system to free-up capacity ahead of the anticipated COVID case surge within weeks.

A witness to the shooting says he shook hands with a victim only seconds before they were shot dead.

The Australian Republic Movement’s advertisements include new slogans “we’ll take it from here” and “one of us, for us, by us”.

The family of Charlise Mutten say she has been missing since Thursday from their property at Mount Wilson.

The Australian Open singles champions will get a modest top-up on last year’s offerings, taking home cheques close to $3 million.

The world number one could be deported within hours. But he’s vowed to fight on in court. What legal options does he have left? And why did the minister intervene to kick him out?

Former players from India and South Africa have condemned the behaviour of Indian captain and superstar Virat Kohli after he and some teammates pointedly vented their anger at an overturned lbw decision into the stump microphone during the final Test...

Australian Open organisers are awaiting a possible legal challenge from defending champion Novak Djokovic against the decision to revoke his visa for the second time.

Barring a successful legal challenge, three of Djokovic’s rivals will be smiling from ear to ear.

The Immigration Minister has cancelled Novak Djokovic’s visa, NSW and Victoria are holding firm on starting the school year on time and there are changes to isolation requirements for teachers and childcare workers who are close contacts.

As she prepares for her Australian Open campaign, Roland Garros champion Barbora Krejčíková reflects on her remarkable 2021 and the moment her speech left a tennis great in tears.

Novak Djokovic’s visa cancellation might be popular but will damage Australia’s reputation for years to come.

Transport delays are disrupting the supply of rapid antigen tests, the one thing most needed to ease the delays, as the globe races to secure more than 1 billion of them.

The “mystery case” is confirmed as infected from a source with the Omicron variant, hence advice that visitors to 14 previously announced exposure sites in Perth’s south should be tested immediately.

The week in photos from the award-winning SMH and AFR photographers.

Sending a wealthy tennis star home after he breached visa entry rules made too much sense for a country whose citizens have paid a high price in the pandemic.

Friends gathered outside the Mill Park home on Friday remembered dental nurse Poonam Sharma, 39, as a “good mum” to her daughters Vanessa, 6, and Angela, 10.

The property industry has criticised the NSW government for extending protections for commercial tenants during the Omicron outbreak, saying the intervention hurts landlords.

The Diamonds play their first international series in almost a year this week. It’s set to show Australia sits against the rest of the world ahead of the all-important 2022 Commonwealth Games.

US private equity firm Blackstone’s takeover of casino operator Crown is growing more likely, with multiple parties confident of regulatory approval.

Racing NSW form expert Brad Gray runs his eye over a bumper 10-race card at Rosehill.

Scotch College says it conducted extensive background checks on the man it appointed to be its new principal, even though it has now sacked him before he got to start the plum new job.

The author and journalist had faced criticism on social media in recent weeks for not acknowledging the artists’ boycott.

Mel Brooks’ memoir has the apt title of All About Me, and he has a lot of stories to tell.

Like other Disney hits before it, the Encanto soundtrack has been climbing up the pop charts - and dominating family playlists.

Being bold has helped make the tennis player the most stylish and highest-paid female athlete.

Sydney residents have reported paying up to $30 for individual tests that appear to have been separated from larger packs and sold in resealable sandwich bags.

The chief executive of Australian coal miner New Hope Corporation has abruptly resigned after just 18 months in the job.

Sydney Morning Herald and The Age photographer James Brickwood travelled with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison as he visited multiple states during a busy schedule in December 2021.

Authorities say they will begin using the state’s quarantine hotels to house virus patients from next week as the state records 34,836 new COVID-19 cases.

Bjorn Baker has stakes plans with Belluci Babe, which returns at Rosehill on Saturday.

From Shinto new year rituals in Japan to the ongoing military tensions between Ukraine and Russia, these are the best photos from around the world in the past week, as chosen by The Age's photo editors.

Police have moved to evict a large group of anti-vaccine, “Original Sovereign” protesters camped near the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra.

A wave of cash is flooding into pubs as venues from the inner-city to the bush change hands making them one of real estate’s hottest sectors.

After contracting COVID, Alex de Minaur won just five of 17 matches from Wimbledon until the end of last year. This is how he rebuilt his game from the ground up.

Justin Langer spent most of his four-year tenure trying to be a football coach of the national cricket side. It was an uncomfortable fit.

Sarah-Holland Batt will guide you through the thickets of contemporary Australian poetry.

Damon Galgut’s novel is a family story that embraces inheritance, land and implacable historical influences as South Africa lurches toward the end of apartheid.

Sergio del Molino’s book about our physical covering is reflective, digressive and beautifully written.

Book reviewers Lucy Sussex and Fiona Capp consider a mix of fiction and non-fiction releases. Here are their picks from the bunch.

In his remarkable, unclassifiable books W.G. Sebald was a harbinger of the concern with trauma that has since become ubiquitous.

Grieving a fat man who chokes on takeaway seems difficult for Australians. Americans can do it.

A New York judge has given the green light for a civil trial to go ahead against the prince. What legal avenues are open to him now?