The Queensland government insists it has not been putting out mixed messages on how to handle the coming peak of cases.

The world No.7 turned around the momentum and overcame a nasty tumble to triumph against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the match of the tournament so far.

Transport Minister Mark Bailey wants an investigation into a federal government contract for the same rapid antigen tests yet to be delivered to Queensland.

Follow along for all the major moments of day five at the 2022 Australian Open.

The Queensland Premier has insisted the state’s check-in app is still needed, despite significant changes to contact tracing in the state and questions about its benefit.

West Coast AFLW coach Michael Prior has sincerely apologised to those offended when he said the Pride jumper issue that engulfed West Coast this week had been done to death.

This time last year Paula Badosa was in the early stages of 21 days of “hard quarantine”, the Spaniard copping the double whammy of returning a positive COVID-19 test while doing hotel quarantine.

Legendary American singer Meat Loaf, real name Marvin Lee Aday, has died at the age of 74.

The little girl was allegedly kidnapped last year and Nine has done a near $2 million deal to tell the family’s story.

Most West Australians have no first-hand experience of COVID-19, and are not particularly interested in acquainting themselves with it.

Asu Kepaoa hasn’t played since rupturing his ACL in April last year. His return hit a massive roadblock at training this week.

The singer, who died with his wife Deborah by his side, sold more than 100 million albums worldwide over his six-decade long career.

When Jordan De Goey was arrested in New York City following a nightclub fracas on October 30, his viability as an AFL footballer was very much in doubt.

The level of vaccine protection would be at its best at the end of March, according to WA’s medical advice, as the government stays quiet on when borders might open.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told world leaders they must protect global supply chains as he warned of the threat of economic coercion.

Star West Coast forward Jack Darling has been banned from club facilities and his future is up in the air as the Brisbane Lions also placed Cam Ellis-Yolmen on the inactive list after the pair did not meet a vaccination deadline for AFL players in Qu...

Police said earlier batches of the armour plates were not affected, but there were concerns over a recent batch.

Recent crowd behaviour at the Australian Open has left many fans asking exactly what is considered acceptable etiquette for a tennis match.

Some of the Pacific nation’s ports are 70 years old and need upgrades, which Australia will fund as part of a bid to strengthen trade ties and regional stability.

The British Foreign Secretary warned global partners, including Australia, of the urgent need to work together against global threats from China and Russia, which were enjoying their closest relationship in 70 years.

WA Premier Mark McGowan announced last night that his state’s border reopening would not proceed as planned on February 5, while Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected claims by some retailers that the Commonwealth is redirecting supplies of ra...

The girl was with her father at a property in Stanhope Gardens when an unknown man and woman approached and snatched her, police said.

The man who has coached the world No. 1 for all bar one season over the past 15 years has expressed his frustration at the “unjust” decision to deport Djokovic from Australia, accusing media of “manipulating the information”.

Tennis stars are increasingly backing the “personal responsibility” ethos of the Australian Open’s voluntary COVID-19 testing system, which only mandates tests for symptomatic players.

The Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions has been holding discussions with hospitality and retail groups to discuss how making the COVID-19 booster mandatory might affect their staff and customers.

Glory have lashed out at the WA government for its border backflip, which is likely to force the club’s two teams to play out their seasons on the eastern seaboard.

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Five weeks before her daughter was allegedly murdered by him, Charlise Mutten’s mother Kallista gushed about her new fiance Justin Stein in a series of messages obtained by the Herald.

In Corowa, in southern NSW, where an infant was found in a freezer, a town grapples with the unknown.

Some Sydney doctors have elected to give children’s coronavirus vaccines at a shorter interval in an attempt to have more kids double-dosed by the first days of school.

Aboriginal people are grossly over-represented in Victoria’s criminal legal system and prisons and will, once again, suffer the most as a result of this government’s failure.

Aaron Mooy and Tom Rogic are among nine new faces picked for Australia’s crucial clashes with Vietnam and Oman, along with a crop of players from the Olyroos.

Business groups warn WA’s ongoing border closure will exacerbate workforce shortages and damage the country’s reputation.

On the same day Jesse Bromwich joined the Dolphins, a fellow veteran prop was set to reunite with Wayne Bennett in Redcliffe.

Speaking after the release of a Swimming Australia report into the treatment of women and girls, the Olympic superstar says coaches who won’t change must go.

Police are scaling back their search after looking for 14-year-old Krystal Can for the past 13 days without success.

Meteorologists use data fed through satellites and local weather stations, pumped into complex mathematical equations, to predict if a deluge of rain is coming, how much and whether a warning needs to be issued.

Novelist and short-story writer George Saunders is offering an online writing class.

From Louis Vuitton fashion to icy Orthodox Christian Epiphany rituals, these are the best photos from around the world in the past week, as chosen by The Age's photo editors.

A parliamentary report claims the government has been “dishonourable” by leaving hundreds of interpreters and other citizens at high risk of brutal reprisals from the Taliban.

The Australian sharemarket was pummeled on Friday amid fears the Federal Reserve would tighten monetary policy.

Locations in Booragoon, Melville, Munster, Spearwood, Willagee and Kardinya have all been added to the list, alongside several from Perth, one in Innaloo and one in Armadale.

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

JFK’s nephew Robert headlined a who’s who of right-wing provocateurs invited to online forum, where George Christensen announced he would return to journalism.

Gold Coast player Tori Groves-Little announced themselves as the first non-binary athlete in the AFLW competition in October 2021, the day after their 21st birthday. This pride round will be the first where they feel they have reached complete accept...

Footage of the alleged incident at Flinders Street Station went viral on social media last year.

Australia won the first match of the series by nine wickets but Ellyse Perry, who is arguably the biggest name in women’s cricket, was left on the sidelines.

The man responded to an Airtasker advertisement in July 2019 for asbestos removal at a Paddington house.

Australia’s biggest musical democracy is back once more.

In a race to get to hospital in time, Brisbane couple’s overdue baby just couldn’t wait any longer.