While the RAT problem could be over for those of Middle Age.

The 2022 Australian Open reaches the quarter-finals on day nine of the event.

Ashleigh Barty has equalled her best finish at the Australian Open and moved just two wins away from ending a famous drought for the sporting nation.

Paralympic champion and tennis golden grand slam winner Dylan Alcott is the 2022 Australian of the Year.

Rafael Nadal won through to another semi-final, in what appeared a gutsy performance but was accused of getting preferential star treatment from umpires by his opponent who also questioned his illness.

Boosters are rocketing up but the first and second dose rate has levelled off, just as the peak of the most contagious variant of coronavirus envelops the state’s most populous cities.

A Queensland paramedic says 10-hour shifts are blowing out to 14 – with no meal breaks – as health staff struggle to fill the void left by those in quarantine amid a surge in Omicron patients.

Since the massage parlour cluster in mid-January, around 100 local cases have emerged, with sub-clusters and unrelated cases now appearing as well.

New federal powers to seize property and deny travel could be wielded against Russians who are implicated in aggression against Ukraine.

Efforts by major political parties to engage with young voters ranges from patronising to plain embarrassing.

Economic growth is not translating to equivalent progress in quality of life across the whole population, wellness research reveals.

Australians are being urged to get a COVID-19 booster shot. But what does the data tell us about the effectiveness of the vaccines on offer and about the ideal interval between doses?

The Aboriginal flag is now in public hands, Australians are being told to avoid Ukraine over fears of a Russian invasion and Labor has pledged $440 million for better ventilation in schools and student mental health.

The NSWRL and Manly have completed their investigations to a bloody brawl that occurred on the sidelines of an SG Ball trial game on Saturday.

Since the code brown was announced a week ago, there has been a 23 per cent drop in people turning up at the state’s public hospital emergency departments.

The Andrews government is facing growing pressure to impose tough new rules on Crown’s poker machines, but there are warnings the move could push problem gambling into suburban gaming venues.

After staying away last year, a group of “loud T-shirt” wearing friends are back at the Australian Open.

The Buy Better At Inglis Classic Handicap (1400m) at Warwick Farm is a crucial race for five-year-old Zoo Station.

Everything you need to know to pick a winner on an eight-race card.

Mark McGowan has failed in his bid to get out of appearing in person at his defamation trial against Clive Palmer in Sydney next month.

Research shows that when the state government opted against imposing a lockdown as infections rose in December and January, Victorians took matters into their own hands.

New research suggests the birds are being exposed to rat poison via accidental or deliberate poisoning of prey species such as possums.

Almost two-thirds of young Victorians care most about finding a role that has a positive impact.

In his first interview in Bulldogs colours, Matt Burton has revealed he asked Ivan Cleary for a release from Penrith on two occasions.

The growing concern that tens of thousands of Russian troops massed along the Ukraine border would soon move into Ukraine territory came despite Russia claiming it has no plans to invade.

The state said on Tuesday that there would eventually be a “recommendation” for Years 3 and up, but the Institute says it should be “encouraged” now and later mandated.

Madison Keys used to hit every tennis ball that came at her as hard as she could. Every ball was a chance to be a winner. She played tennis like climbing mountains, she hit them hard because they were there to be hit.

The boss of Andrew Forrest’s iron ore miner Fortescue thought the miner was ready to manage COVID-19 at its mines before WA Premier Mark McGowan delayed the relaxation of border controls.

While well-behaved women seldom make history, there is nothing inherently history-making in being merely ill-behaved.

Epidemiologists have questioned the decision to keep QR codes in places people are unlikely to catch COVID-19, such as supermarkets and large retail stores.

Key players will only get one training session before crunch World Cup qualifier, while the host for the all-important World Cup Qualifier between the Socceroos and Japan on March 24 has been announced.

What seemed like liberation for Britney Spears has descended into turmoil once more. Why has her sister apparently turned against her?

The ASX fell 2.5 per cent on Tuesday as inflation and volatility spooked traders, prompting a blue-chip sell off

The Omicron outbreak has already claimed the participation of hosts India but the Matildas aren’t concerned of falling victim to the virus.

Grace Tame refused to smile at a pre-Australia Day event at The Lodge on Tuesday, and barely acknowledged the PM, and when asked to pose for a snap, she gave Scott Morrison the most awe-inspiring side-eye a political photographer could ever hope to c...

Huang Aiping, who bought the account from another Chinese user in October last year, said he did not know it was Morrison’s account when he purchased it.

The Aged Care Services Minister defended his decision to go to the cricket the same day he refused to front a hearing on the government’s handling of the Omicron wave.

In a swift coup, Burkina Faso’s military deposed the democratically elected president, arguing he failed to manage the nation’s terrorism crisis.

Households are confronting the sharpest inflation spike in years, fuelling the case for an early interest rate rise.

Brittany George, 24, a former athlete with the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, was last seen in Ascot, in Brisbane’s north on Friday, January 21.

The state government has to find a new Crime and Corruption Commission chairman after Alan MacSporran’s resignation, while also finalising a landmark reform package.

From healing ceremonies to a family-friendly drone show, free public concerts and a 21-gun salute, we detail what’s on this Australia Day.

Townsville’s original field of dreams, which the North Queensland Cowboys called home for their first 24 years, will be demolished to make way for a police precinct.

The circumstances were reminiscent of those on the Rust film set in the US, when actor Alec Baldwin’s prop revolver fired a live round during a rehearsal.

The antibody treatments that helped treat Trump have been restricted by the Food and Drug Administration after they proved useless against the new variant.

Western Australia’s ongoing hard border has prompted a witness reshuffle, but the former soldier’s defamation trial is set to return to the Federal Court in Sydney next week.

Reigning Australian of the Year Grace Tame sparked criticism when she greeted Prime Minister Scott Morrison at an event in Canberra with a stern look.

In sentencing the 20-year-old, Magistrate Steven Malley said the phone calls showed the electrical apprentice lacked maturity.

The City of Melbourne and business groups are pushing for workers to return to city offices from next month, although the state government has given no signs of changing its work-from-home recommendation.

Victoria’s lifesavers have treated the same number of people for jellyfish stings in the past five weeks as they did over the entire previous financial year.