Based on eyewitness accounts and video footage, experts believe that a white shark was likely responsible.

Researchers have discovered how a bacteria which lives in the nose can travel through nerve pathways into the brain, highlighting a possible cause of Alzheimer’s.

Won’t someone think of the Aussie mania for sporting dominance?

Queensland’s Child Death Review Board, established in 2020 after the death of Mason Jet Lee, has tabled its review into the recent deaths of 55 children.

The Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger jet, will reappear in Brisbane’s skies next month as demand continues to rise.

It is the first step towards allowing the Prime Minister and the federal party to install preferred candidates and sitting members in key seats ahead of the election.

The state government says former police commissioner Mick Fuller has been ruled out of the running for a position on the board of Racing NSW, two days after he confirmed his ambitions for the horseracing body.

Rapid antigen tests will be supplied free to students until the end of term 1, but the government is yet to commit to ending the mask-wearing rule for students in year 3 and above.

NRL signs “largest cryptocurrency sponsorship in Australian sport” in move the anti-gambling lobby labels dangerous.

Mikaela Shiffrin was a strong favourite, even after her ill-fated performances at these Games, but for the third time here had the letters DNF next to her name.

When bystanders removed the keys from the ignition, the driver punched a Good Samaritan in the jaw and tried to restart his car.

Contrasting interpretations of the Immediate Response Team’s mission on the night Kumanjayi Walker was shot dead in Yuendumu has been a central element in the opening nine days of Constable Zachary Rolfe’s trial for murder.

The man who was fatally bitten by a shark in Sydney’s east on Wednesday has been identified as diving instructor Simon Nellist.

The NSW unemployment rate fell quickly after the Delta lockdowns. The arrival of Omicron put an end to that improvement, at least temporarily.

It was only an intra-club practice match, but Jade Gresham was nervous. It was his first game in 10 months and he was rightly a bit twitchy.

The former Cricket Tasmania staffer who was sent lewd text messages by then Australian captain Tim Paine alleges she raised complaints of sexual harassment by colleagues with five managers at the organisation but nothing was done.

It was not immediately clear how serious the incidents over the last 24 hours were. The US previously warned of a possible false-flag attack by Russia.

The NSW government is grappling with how it will pay for the multibillion-dollar cost of building the Western Harbour Tunnel.

The sea at Little Bay was as “white as a meringue” on Wednesday afternoon, chopping and churning with a large school of fish, eyewitness Claire Marie said.

Labor has backed down from its opposition to the federal government’s plans to tighten deportation laws, Sydney has recorded its first fatal shark attack in almost 60 years and the Victorian regional city of Ballarat is looking likely to host the a...

The record daily case number comes as the state’s peak doctors’ lobby estimated WA would be recording 9000 cases by April at its peak.

The Waratahs kick off their Super Rugby season against Fiji with a home game at CommBank Stadium on Friday. The only problem is, it may not feel like one.

Origin Energy will close the 2880-megawatt Eraring generator at Lake Macquarie in NSW in 2025, seven years earlier than scheduled.

The AFL Players Association has a vision to make AFLW a full-time job by 2026 and has not ruled out a joint men’s and women’s football collective bargaining agreement to achieve it.

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

Premier Mark McGowan is among those who visited one of the venues, however, a spokesperson said he did not meet the criteria to require him to quarantine for seven days.

Outgoing Sydney Liberal MP John Alexander says the delay on a national integrity commission has gone on too long.

Gambling giant Tabcorp says it has started clawing back customers lost to online bookmakers during last year’s COVID-19 lockdowns.

The decision by acting Education Minister Stuart Robert to veto six research grants on Christmas Eve has been widely condemned by academics.

Musical An American in Paris puts Australian Ballet dancers in the lead roles, asking them to sing and dance at the level of seasoned music theatre veterans.

The newly elected chair intimated Cricket Australia may have erred in allowing the issue to drag out all summer, leaving current players and the board under fire from former greats.

Despite Omicron hitting the state, new figures have revealed Victoria’s unemployment rate is at its lowest level since Countdown first aired on TV.

Krone hasn’t won since last year’s Coolmore Classic, but she is ready to defend her title after putting motherhood on hold.

Adrian Bott loves JJ Atkins winner Converge but believes stablemate Silent Impact will get the favours in Saturday’s Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill.

Richard Roxburgh is returning to the stage at Sydney Theatre Company’s Walsh Bay headquarters for the first time in seven years.

Sam Clipperton has his sights set on a return to the group 1 winner’s circle this autumn and Best Of Bordeaux could be the colt to take him there.

Jackson Hastings will miss the Tigers’ first trial of the year, against the club that forced him out of the NRL.

The noted conservationist and filmmaker says sharks do not swim around thinking they want to bite humans. We intrude into their world.

The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art has mounted a show that delves into our country’s troubled relationship with public space.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the twilight metropolitan meeting.

A neo-Nazi group has also been listed as a terrorist organisation under the criminal code as the federal government continues to focus on national security ahead of the election.

The Labor leader said the government was undermining Australia’s national interests, while the federal government doubled down its attacks on Labor over China.

In February each year, Australian cricket appears to be running out of time.

New Zealand confirmed they’ve struck a $186m private equity deal but Australia are banking on the 2027 World Cup to boost the value of any potential deal.

Pressure is mounting on the Reserve Bank to increase interest rates as the nation’s job market held strong during the Omicron outbreak despite hundreds of thousands of workers taking sick leave.

The Star’s chief executive Matt Bekier says it is inevitable Australia’s two major casino groups will merge, even though he has bowed out of the battle to control rival Crown Resorts for now.

Mariana Chedid took the plunge and started her own small business as the pandemic raged. Australian Bureau of Statistics and bank data shows she was one of many thousands backing themselves.

The Inglis Easter Yearling Sales at the Riverside stables on April 5 received the best possible boost when six horses with siblings going under the hammer won at Randwick and Caulfield last Saturday.

The Indian Premier League free market has taken notice of the big-hitting all-rounder and so too are national selectors.

Octopus Group has announced a plan to invest £26 billion ($49.15 billion) over the next 10 years in Desert Springs Octopus, a company which it says will be majority Indigenous-owned and led.