Constable James Kirstenfeldt was asked whether he was trying to “help” his colleague by failing to recall in evidence crucial details of the “so-called arrest plan” for Kumanjayi Walker.

A more welcome thing to go viral.

Beaches from Clovelly to Botany Bay will be closed on Thursday after the city’s first fatal shark attack in almost 60 years.

Victoria is tipped to wind back restrictions in line with NSW, which will encourage workers to return to offices and remove the indoor mask mandate on March 1.

The families say they are concerned the hearing, due to resume next month at the District Court of The Hague, may not go ahead if war is declared.

The bulk of the state’s pandemic restrictions will end on February 27, including masks in shops and offices, density limits and QR codes. Public transport services will also return to a regular timetable at the end of the month.

It may have been cathartic to see Prince Andrew raked across the coals, for all the world to see, but it’s easy to forget that Giuffre would have received the same treatment in court.

Attorney-General Michaelia Cash says the government is “not progressing” with its planned anti-corruption watchdog at this stage, the federal crossbench is stepping up calls for political donations reform and former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian...

NSW Police urge a person who sent an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers about the whereabouts of 78-year-old Robert Duncan to get in touch.

Principals say schools are dealing with cases but not chaos this term.

Melbourne gig venues and politicians are urging the state government to provide cash support or remove capacity restrictions after Carlton’s historic Curtin Hotel announced it would close.

An ABS report shows the changing face of people dying with COVID-19, and points to how the response is also changing.

Marjorie Welsh, 92, died in hospital six weeks after she was bashed and stabbed at her home in Sydney’s inner west.

Newington is putting the idea to its community alongside a proposal to make the school more culturally and socio-economically diverse.

Western Australia has recorded 128 new COVID-19 cases overnight, with 115 of those acquired in the community and 13 linked to travel. 

Vaucluse’s Shark Beach in Nielsen Park will be closed from March to complete a significant refurbishment to the stone seawall that has been in the works since it was damaged in a storm in 2016.

The man kicked the dog during a vaccine mandate protest in Melbourne’s city centre last year, and is now fighting the charge of animal cruelty by arguing he acted in self defence.

The 2026 Commonwealth Games can be a good long-term investment for Victoria, if they are managed right.

Restrictions on elective surgery will start rolling back from Monday, and look likely to be completely lifted by the end of February.

Moomba is back and at “full tilt”, said Melbourne lord mayor Sally Capp as she launched this year’s festival.

Seven West Media has been forced to pay out the man wrongfully identified in news reports as Cleo Smith’s abductor.

Today on Please Explain, Indigenous affairs reporter and Gamilaroi man Cameron Gooley joins Nathanael Cooper to explore why the Prime Minister’s comments were so poorly received.

Pan Macmillan has temporarily pulled a children’s atlas and apologised after concerns were raised over references to Indigenous petrol sniffing and alcohol use that were criticised for lacking context.

A spokeswoman said Jetstar’s schedule was published from April onwards, pending border restrictions.

Michaelia Cash has backed the appointment of Joanne Farrell to head Safe Work despite a damning report into the working environment at Rio Tinto, where she looked after health and safety.

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

The operator of two aged care homes in regional NSW says she has no choice but to close their doors, forcing 40 residents to find new accommodation.

Without a thriving city centre, the state’s economic trajectory is uncertain.

Police said there were several other children in the home when the toddler was found in a critical condition.

The Health Minister said there had not been a need for classes to quarantine and no schools had been closed as a result of the virus spreading.

The state government has entered exclusive negotiations to host the event with a heavy focus on boosting the regional economy.

Epidemiologists say the Omicron outbreak will probably follow the trajectory of waves overseas, where cases have passed their peak and started to flatline but remain at high levels.

The new renting system for the e-scooters will be trialled for 12 months, and the City will decide if it should be implemented permanently.

Yesterday, lawyers dove into a cross-claim that Clive Palmer defamed WA Premier Mark McGowan in interviews. Today the case continues in the Federal Court.

The woman was taken to hospital with burns after a reported gas bottle explosion at the home of the former rugby league great. 

Customers are in for an ordeal at Karen’s Diner – due to open in Melbourne’s Lygon Street next month – where staff have been trained to insult, ridicule and ignore them.

Previously, the couple had a policy of keeping the romance under the radar. But some news is just too good to keep quiet.

The state’s leaders faced many questions about who suggested an inquiry leader so closely linked to its witnesses. Why did they avoid the answer now revealed?

Men in the public eye often rely on the women in their life – wives, mothers, daughters – to defend their reputations. But why are women always doing the protecting?

One of the key policy debates that should be happening is on education – and there are good ideas out there. But will we hear about them from our leaders?

West Australians have proved they are very willing to get vaccinated, and we don’t need bottle shop attendants (allegedly) punched in the head to get the job finished.

When the Herald took to the streets of Warringah to interview voters about the scandal some felt Steggall’s image had been sullied but most supported her.

John Kinghorn once described the involvement of disgraced MP Eddie Obeid in a business deal akin to the smell of a dead cat. Now he is at the centre of a stink over a political donation.

Churchill Primary in the Latrobe Valley had “far too many kids” unable to read, and after persisting with conventional teaching methods for years, the principal turned to phonics. She says the results were remarkable.

A new play explores the issue of people who were raised with a non-Indigenous identity but later assert, on questionable grounds, that they are Aboriginal.

Epidemiologists say there is little more to be gained from the state’s mandate shutting the unvaccinated out of venues across WA.

That nurses voted to take industrial action says much about their frustration with NSW Health constantly saying the health system was coping during the pandemic, when it clearly was not.

Girls as machinists, rabbit pestilence and Coast Hospital admissions.

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

Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon has asked her department for immediate “detailed advice” on controversial locations proposed for cabins and campsites.