It may lead to a sexy handsome fish.

Australians directed to leave Ukraine immediately as Russian tanks roll into the breakaway territories.

The trainer will target the $150,000 Polytrack Provincial-Midway Championships Qualifier (1400m) at Newcastle on Thursday.

Adam Scott urged golf officials to continue to think outside the box as a Greg Norman-backed Saudi tour bit the dust.

A council in Melbourne’s north-east could have prevented the tragic death of a grandmother who was crushed by a falling tree and stung by a swarm of bees during a walk in the park, a coroner has found.

A furious Premier Dominic Perrottet tasked senior staff to urgently investigate the timeline of events that led to the Sydney train shutdown debacle.

The NT’s chief forensic pathologist told Constable Zachary Rolfe’s murder trial it was unlikely the scissors wielded by Kumanjayi Walker could have inflicted fatal wounds.

That Aaron Hamill speaks of the need for the Blues to regain the respect of the competition is indicative of how much has changed in his two decades away from Carlton.

Being labelled the best player in the game? Latrell Mitchell is full of praise for Tom Trbojevic, but he has a motivation stronger than outdoing the Manly No.1.

The NRL is desperate for its expanded six-team women’s competition to be as even as possible but the only team to have won the NRLW title refused to be split up.

Australia’s spin coach Sridharan Sriram won’t be able to pass on advice to the likes of Nathan Lyon, Mitch Swepson and Ashton Agar during play in the upcoming tour of Pakistan.

CSIRO researchers have developed a way to keep vaccines stable at room temperature, potentially revolutionising the distribution of vaccines around the world.

When I’m at my desk, I’m working bloody hard and when I finish for the day … I’m finished for the day.

A new exhibition shows the ancient Greeks were mad keen sports fans who won by means fair or foul.

The country is stuck in a never-ending cycle of corruption and his brother, former PM Saad Hariri, has announced he is bowing out of politics.

Western governments, including Australia’s, are huffing and puffing and imposing sanctions on Russia. But no one is stopping it.

Victorians went out for a chef-cooked meal and a drink at the pub when coronavirus lockdowns ended while NSW residents splashed out on furnishings for their increasingly expensive homes.

Monster hit TV series Euphoria is pushing bold beauty looks into the mainstream.

An urgent hearing on Thursday will decide whether NSW party officials can remain in their jobs next week.

The development will increase pressure on Premier Daniel Andrews to break his long-running silence about the investigation into the firefighters’ union and its dealings with the government.

Former England coach Trevor Bayliss has not heard from Cricket Australia as discussions continue around a replacement for Justin Langer.

NSW Transport Minister David Elliott says reduced train services returned across all lines from 5am on Tuesday, and 150 replacement buses will join the network.

Sydney train shutdown fallout continues as limited services run; Russia-Ukraine conflict intensifies; COVID-19 cases grow across the nation

The modelling suggested the Omicron variant was significantly less severe than the Delta variant but much more transmissible and would take a much different course through the state.

Written advice from Andrew Robertson to the Premier on Tuesday gave further justification for the relaxing of proof-of-vaccination requirements at bottle shops but fell short of recommending a winding back of the rule for other venues.

Souths applied to the NRL a couple of weeks ago about Mitchell making an earlier return to the season proper given what the pre-season game meant to him.

The lord mayor has also poured water on a plan to place the Olympic cauldron atop the Kangaroo Point bridge, which had a construction milestone on Tuesday.

While Tuesday was likely the worst of the wet weather for parts of Sydney, with some inner-west suburbs receiving up to 76mm in an hour, the rain is likely to persist.

With the Andrews government needing five crossbench votes, Opposition Leader Matthew Guy said he was hopeful the $800 million levy to fund social and affordable homes could be blocked.

The 36-year-old made an urgent application to the Supreme Court while hospital staff waited for her permission to turn his life support off.

The AFL has abandoned its uniform COVID-19 approach and will no longer make players submit to the toughest isolation rules that any single club faces under their state government’s rules.

A vaccination roundtable will convene next week to discuss how to boost uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among five to 11-year-olds, which has fallen to below 5000 doses a day.

Tom and George Burgess insist it will be business as usual when they play on opposing teams in Saturday’s Charity Shield.

The man formerly dubbed Australia’s most wanted will be extradited to Victoria in coming days following his arrest in far north Queensland after more than a decade on the run from Victorian police.

Work-from-home recommendations will end next week and most mask mandates will be removed, except for settings such as primary schools, public transport, hospitals and for retail and hospitality staff.

Essendon have named a three-man leadership group in 2022 with Dyson Heppell to captain the club for a sixth season.

Neil Balnaves was one of the nation’s leading art philanthropists, his family foundation dispensing $35 million in the name of arts and culture.

The lawyer for Shane Tuck’s wife had previously claimed the coroner presiding over the inquest may have had a conflict of interest.

“She bled through her underwear and shorts, was not provided with a change of clothes and spent days in soiled clothing causing her trauma and humiliation.”

Liberal Senator Claire Chandler introduced her “save women’s sports” bill to Parliament earlier this month during a heated debate about transgender rights.

The decision, in 1998, to expand NATO into central and eastern Europe was designed to kick Russia when it was weak. Instead, it fuelled Putin’s nationalistic fires.

The mayors of Queensland’s two largest cities have called for a new referendum, while Brisbane’s lord mayor has even suggested a “try before you buy” daylight saving trial.

In court on Tuesday, Pusey questioned why police kept laying charges, told the magistrate to have “a great day” and asked for the case to run prominently in the media.

AGL has rejected Mike Cannon-Brookes’ claim he can shut its coal plants without price shocks, and warns investors are “unimpressed” with his buyout offer.

As a misreading of history, the claim that Ukraine was invented by Lenin was extreme even by the standards of Putin.

The Perth CBD has been a ghost town during the week as WA prepares for an increase in COVID-19 cases.

At Singapore airport Branagan’s rock-filled luggage greatly exceeded the weight limit.

Premiering as a commission by the Malthouse, a new play centres on two Sri Lankan brothers.

Co-trainer Michael Kent jnr says Blue Diamond favourite Jacquinot shook his poor barrier manners in practise on Monday morning ahead of Saturday’s $1.5 million race.

West Coast’s Dom Sheed admitted it was hard to support Jack Darling’s decision to hold off on being vaccinated, but would continue to be there for his teammate.