Predatory worms are the worst.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One of the toughest aspects of the myriad COVID-19 restrictions over the past two years has been the impact on children.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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

Victorian primary and secondary school students and staff will be asked to complete a rapid test twice a week before school for the first four weeks of the 2022 school year.

The Victorian government has outlined its back-to-school plan for the start of the 2022 school year. Here’s what you need to know.

Since Wednesday, hospitalisations have decreased by 5.3 per cent and ICU cases have reduced by 13 per cent.

The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.

As the Prime Minister prepares to face voters in just a few months, he might care to reflect on how that good old Australian hip-pocket nerve is faring.

But there’s some good news in the new hospital data, which reveals patients who had their booster are being admitted to hospital at very low rates.

The rapid spread of Omicron has undermined consumers’ confidence in the economic outlook, their ability to afford essential items, or plan their financial future. Despite Australian households saving significantly during the pandemic, they have a c...

If we were choosing a day to unify us as a country, would we choose the moment the Union Jack was first planted on this land? I don’t think we would.

British PM Boris Johnson’s political self-immolation would be harder to come by in NSW, where our leaders ingeniously insulated themselves from breaking their own rules by not having many.

The pandemic is accelerating the trend to withdraw children from formal education with 9000 children now registered for home schooling in NSW – a jump of nearly 30 per cent.

Alpha Omega Senior College in Auburn has only existed for about 10 years, but it already has a success rate in maths to rival some of the state’s top selective schools.

Trucks, vehicles and building materials have been scattered across one of Sydney’s most exclusive enclaves amid years of construction noise and traffic chaos for long-term locals.

The effect of the lockout laws in improving public safety was overstated, while a fall in assaults in the Sydney CBD and Kings Cross was offset by a rise in trouble in areas within walking distance of the lockout zone.

When Cook arrived in Australia there were two laws, two ways of seeing things. Nothing much has changed. Now Uncle Wayne Thorpe thinks about how his people want to approach Truth telling.

The highly questionable decision by the authorities not to fine Hillsong for flagrantly breaching COVID orders at their recent youth camp sends an unwanted message to Hillsong devotees.

The COVID surge has prompted some councils to shelve Australia Day festivities, while unvaccinated people will be permitted at other outdoor events.

Two local health districts account for about a third of the state’s 650,000 cases since the beginning of December.

New analysis shows the proportion of blue-collar workers in a local government area was the biggest determinant of the spread and impact of COVID-19.

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

The start of the school year is creating anxiety for parents and teachers alike as COVID-19 cases are tipped to rise, but health experts are preaching calm.

Victoria’s funeral industry is warning that staff shortages could see mortuaries being unable to take more bodies.

Victoria Police estimated 1500 anti-vaccine mandate protesters turned out for Saturday’s demonstration in Melbourne’s CBD.

Townsville loves its new stadium, but the fate of the Cowboys’ old home remains up in the air.

Australia’s eastern coastline continues to be hammered by tropical cyclones, rising sea levels and significant tides as islands are ripped in two. And experts predict other parts of the coast will be eaten away.

Dr Gerrard said the peak of cases will hit different parts of Queensland at different times, as he warned against changing public health measures before then.

The Age photographers and wire agencies captured all the key moments of this year's Grand Slam

NSW Maritime are conducting a safety blitz on boaters, jet ski riders and kayakers this weekend as police continued to search for a fisherman whose boat capsized.

Heidi Strbak is understood to have suffered critical injuries after a fall at a home on the Gold Coast on Saturday morning.

NSW Maritime is running a state-wide general compliance blitz this weekend.

Baruch Pinchas Leifer, an influential and highly regarded rabbi, was arrested this week over historical sexual assault allegations.

Holidaymakers are choosing safety over spending amid the surge of Omicron cases in Victoria.