Ash Barty, the world No. 1 at the peak of her career, worked over rising star Amanda Anisimova in an intelligent display to advance to the quarter-finals.

Predatory worms are the worst.

The Australian Open has hit the middle Sunday with the fourth round beginning headlined by Ash Barty and Rafael Nadal.

WA Health has appealed for anyone with symptoms of sickness to be tested for COVID-19 immediately after cases in the community increase.

City no longer draw specialists, Victory and Sydney face off in “elevator game” and former heroes haunt their first clubs.

Rafael Nadal has expressed strong confidence that his body, battle-tested after four Australian Open matches, will have no problem holding up and going the two-week distance of a major.

Travel stocks and aviation groups are experiencing yet more setbacks as the Omicron wave delays WA’s border reopening and the EU imposes travel restrictions on Australians.

The entertaining pair are through to the quarter-finals at the Australian Open and have a message for the No.1 seeds they knocked off on Friday.

Some Australian athletes will follow the leads of other countries and take burner phones to China because of cybersecurity fears, while others say they are not worried.

The cost of studying languages at university has been slashed, so why don’t school-leavers know about it?

Not long ago, Bonnyrigg High School in Sydney’s west was the school ambitious parents avoided.

‘One of each’ is the aim when Australia’s 44 Olympic athletes head to the winter Games in Beijing.

Close contacts from a range of vital sectors will be allowed to return to work from Monday but will require frequent rapid antigen testing, at a time when kits are in short supply.

Many chemists do not have enough rapid antigen tests to start handing out free kits to pensioners when the federal scheme begins on Monday, as the Pharmacy Guild blasts the government for failing to regulate their sale.

We asked our readers what they wanted to know about the back-to-school plan. Here are the Victorian Education Department’s answers.

Fire at a carpark at the Great Western races in the Grampians destroyed up to 18 vehicles on Sunday.

Peter and Paul Snowden are set to test Golden Slipper chances Metalicity and Ebhaar at Rosehill on Saturday.

In their last four clashes, the Kings collapsed in the fourth quarter to hand their opponents the win, an issue which was becoming increasingly frustrating for fans. 

Remote learning will be a last resort as state government and schools prepare to welcome students back for face-to-face learning in just over a week.

Northcote mother Kate Ellis, who has cystic fibrosis, says she feels “completely invisible” after hearing the government’s COVID-19 return-to-school plan.

Psychologists have discovered that when it comes to selling luxury goods, a neutral or even contemptuous expression helps.

The bodies of 68-year-old Christine Stephan and her 73-year-old husband, Joseph, were found after the blaze was brought under control on Sunday morning.

The Phoenix know they need to rebuild their match fitness after two games in more than six weeks.

Showing up, offering a helping hand and other small acts of kindness go a long way.

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

The world’s best T20 batter had surgery last week, but is still being considered for selection for Thursday’s Test start in Canberra.

Trainer Kurt Goldman is wary that a “PB” first-up from mare Underground Music could make her vulnerable second-up at Goulburn on Monday.

Selections based on a good to soft track 

Craig Tiley and Daniel Andrews have expressed very different views on whether Novak Djokovic could, or will, return to Melbourne Park in 2023.

Assemblies, inter-school sport, swimming and athletics carnivals and excursions will also be allowed subject to Department of Education guidelines to reduce the risk of virus infection.

Graham Arnold is unlikely to be coaching the Socceroos this week after testing positive for COVID-19, forcing him into isolation and adding another layer of disruption to the team’s challenging World Cup qualification campaign.

Paula Badosa couldn’t work it out. She was hitting big, heavy serves and the ball just seemed to be coming back at her with interest.

If COVID-19 has become endemic, that doesn’t mean it is “less bad” than a pandemic virus, just that it’s here for good. But what does that mean for us?

Sprinklers, sunscreen and straw hats were de rigueur as fans at the Australian Open were hit with above-average temperatures.

Shirts and a banner were confiscated by Tennis Australia at Melbourne Park on the grounds they were prohibited political statements.

The government is right to make getting children back to school a top priority. But keeping schools open won’t be easy.

Sydneysiders copped a mixed bag of weather conditions on Sunday, with patches of sun accompanied by scattered showers across the city.

After the retirement of the previous landlord, the remote island is seeking someone comfortable with a lot of time on their own.

I’m probably one of a handful of people (along with Camilla and Charles, I’m guessing) who’ve had a right royal gutful of movies about the People’s Princess.

Koala experts from all over Australia are involved in a genome survey that will map the genetic thumbprint of 450 koalas and build a genome map to demystify the at-risk species

Hakea Prison had its first genuinely suspected case of COVID-19 after an inmate was transferred to the Canning Vale facility on Wednesday night, which has since been downgraded to a false positive.

A field of gnomes, an angelic visitation in a toilet block and a pair of Hammond organs all feature in a show set to premiere in the Midsumma festival.

After a personal tragedy Just began expressing her art in knitting. She has now won a major grant to push forward with her ideas.

A report has found transport networks in NSW are unprepared for driverless cars and would disrupt the experiences of all road users.

Despite expected rival bidder JKO Play pulling out of the race for Aristocrat’s takeover target, there are now fears that not enough shareholders will support the deal at a vote in early February.

Desire helped me quickly remember the milk order for one house. But standing on the running board of a small truck that rattled and shuddered its way through the suburbs, I felt sure I would never remember what all the other houses were meant to get.

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.

Ten deaths were reported on Saturday, while 863 people were in hospital with COVID, including 47 in intensive care.

When the Olympics are staged during normal times and in normal countries, athletes race to get there, beaming. It is a different story for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics.

Australians hoping to book a holiday in Europe may face being locked out after the European Council advised member states to block visitors from Australia.