Medal hopes were on the slide.

Constable Zachary Rolfe and other members of his team were deployed onto Yuendumu’s streets by the local officer-in-charge four hours earlier than agreed, a court has heard.

Former police commissioner Bob Atkinson said children could be in the system all their lives, being under the criminal justice system for about 70 years.

The operation of Brisbane Airport’s parallel runway will be altered from next week to reduce the impact on residents.

Victoria Police say the pair were known to each other and investigators are not looking for any other suspects.

The apology to Indigenous Australians came 14 years ago. Now Scott Morrison has infuriated some by saying forgiveness was an “act of grace”.

The 41-year-old man from northern Tasmania has been described as an experienced and competent pilot who was doing an incredibly difficult job. 

Former footballer Jarryd Hayne is facing the prospect of a third trial after an appeal court quashed his convictions on Monday.

A NSW Treasury official revealed the full extent of the long-awaited review into Sydney’s tolling structure on Monday.

The federal government is considering scrapping its $1080 low- and middle-income tax offset, the NSW Premier is blaming local issues for swings against his government in Saturday’s byelections and more elective surgeries get the green light in Vict...

Having set the highest bar for herself, what now do we make of the revelation that not only did Zali Steggall accept, but failed to disclose a six-figure political donation from the family trust of a coal magnate?

The Supreme Court challenge was due to have a three-day hearing this week, but it was suspended on Monday afternoon.

The coroner has confirmed that human remains found in Victoria’s high country in November last year are those of missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay.

The corruption watchdog is investigating Victoria Police over allegations a privileged conversation between a lawyer and a member of the Mongols gang was covertly recorded and potentially used to build a legal case against the bikie.

“We’re not quite yet there yet, but I think we’re very close if we continue to see this trend happening for the next few days,” the Health Minister said.

Eighty years on from the fall of Singapore, former prisoner of war Norman Dillon remembers the trauma of being held captive.

Liberal councillors say the “racism not welcome” signs have made eastern suburbs residents feel like racists and should be removed.

Today on Please Explain, The Sydney Morning Herald’s chief sports writer Andrew Webster joins Bianca Hall to talk about the worldwide phenomenon that is the Super Bowl.

Two Mandurah aged care facilities have also recorded COVID-19 cases as the state’s total caseload up until 8pm on Sunday night hit 75.

Parents initially received notification on Friday that there has been one positive case, but since then cases have been confirmed in Year1/2, Year 2 and Year 5 classrooms.

The former footballer was convicted last year of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent after an incident in Newcastle in September 2018.

The estranged wife of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has told the Federal Court she discovered her husband was having an affair when his girlfriend turned up at the couple’s Sunshine Coast home.

An unspeakable act of brutality by a Japanese soldier haunted Sheila Bruhn all her life.

When men in fluorescent-orange vests appeared at the gardens on Monday morning, Lyndale Cooper - chained to a fence out the front - burst into tears.

Ray White Redbank Plains salesman Joseph Stephan, 73, and his 68-year-old wife Christine were found dead inside.

Single women have “Galentine’s Day”. Men need to make their own plans for connection on days that can make them feel especially isolated.

NRL boss Andrew Abdo may be out of practice spending time with large groups of people IRL, but he did a good job hosting the league’s All Stars on Saturday night.

It’s a bitter irony for Australia and partner nations that the People’s Liberation Army is active in the region. Not so long ago we encouraged it and gave it legitimacy.

There is a global emergency unfolding in Myanmar but, unlike its allies, the Australian government has so far refused to take any meaningful action.

The debate on religious freedoms was hijacked, construing Christians as people with a burning desire to discriminate. But it’s possible to protect both faith and sexual identity.

A Senate inquiry has been launched into the politicisation of research grants, amid concerns over the power of a minister to veto research funding.

Clive Palmer’s defamation claim is one of several legal challenges the billionaire has levelled at Mark McGowan and his government.

The best photos from the international wires at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games in China.

A bill aiming to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 in Queensland will be discussed further on Monday.

Voters in Bega, Monaro, Strathfield and Willoughby sent a clear message to Premier Dominic Perrottet at Saturday’s byelections.

Opioid painkillers have a very small benefit for sufferers of osteoarthritis, while increasing the risk of adverse events, a study has found.

Mr McKell to retire, aid for French artists and removal of barracks urged.

Australia’s biggest biscuit company, Arnott’s, had been forced to withdraw its biscuits from thousands of supermarkets after an extortion and poisoning threat.

Tens of thousands of nicotine vapes being sold illegally to children and adults have been seized by state health authorities over the past 18 months.

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

Toys in isolation and vindication for Bob.

University chiefs are concerned that generous IB marking gave private school students an ATAR advantage after more than one in 20 achieved the highest possible rank.

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Nine pop-up vaccination centres for vulnerable and disadvantaged kids have opened at venues including the Melbourne Zoo, Scienceworks and Healesville Sanctuary.

Australian scientists believe they have taken a key step towards building a silicon quantum computer – a device that could finally take the technology into mainstream use.

The new Geelong fast rail will be so slow it doesn’t qualify as fast, and the rest of Victoria’s regional populations shouldn’t expect their own version any time soon.

In 1960s Melbourne, gays and lesbians were publicly vilified and often bashed, including by the cops. They could be fired for being gay. Francesca Curtis was having none of it.

Annastacia Palaszczuk was grilled by journalists over fresh claims involving the outgoing Integrity Commissioner.

Spectators thronged to St Albans Lunar New Year Festival, which was hot, and on ‘in real life’ for the first time in two years.

The festival offered the thousands of attendees a much-needed taste of normal life after two years of pandemic restrictions