The number of people in hospital has also risen from two to five, but no one is in intensive care. 

In a late night court hearing, Mr Potter’s lawyer asked that his client’s suitability for being placed into protective custody be assessed after he was returned by police to Melbourne from far north Queensland.

While the Omicron wave is well past its peak, with the bulk of school restrictions to be eased next week, at least two schools have been forced back to at-home learning in recent days.

While police were unable to charge a couple who flaunted their wealth without having a legitimate income, special powers granted to the CCC allowed $1.7 million of their assets to be seized.

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For seven years John McLeod ran errands large and small for Ben Roberts-Smith. Until the last errand meant the men never spoke again.

The previous incarnation ended in the owner being arrested for selling drugs to undercover police but, after five years of renovations, the Railway Hotel will reopen next month.

Russia-Ukraine conflict intensifies as Putin moves troops across nation’s east; Sydney train shutdown fallout continues

The state has reported its slowest growth in school student numbers in 14 years, after many people moved away during the pandemic and border closures stopped international students arriving.

Vladimir Putin’s move on Ukraine is causing concern in Sydney’s Russian community, who are worried about relatives overseas and strained conditions at home.

For the first time, police have charged a man with “violent extremist ideology” with carrying out a terror attack in Australia.

One of the civil cases, involving a “most serious issue”, has been raised by LNP frontbencher Jarrod Bleijie in parliament but can’t be repeated due to court suppression orders.

The Court of Criminal Appeal quashed the 59-year-old’s conviction after a hearing was told there were defects when a judge summed up the case to the jury.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has launched an investigation into the crash, which killed a 60-year-old Leongatha man.

The now 38-year-old, who allegedly molested the then 17-year-old on a flight in 2011, has been grilled in court over a recorded phone call between himself and the alleged victim.

Scalloped hammerheads were documented by a team of researchers conducting weekly drone surveys in waters south of Perth.

The former Australian Test cricketer allegedly embroiled himself in a domestic incident between male friend and a female publican.

When someone advised him to “wipe” his phone, the court heard, Detective Leading Senior Constable Murray Gentner wrote: “If I wipe it then I look like I have done something wrong.”

The latest COVID-19 wave in Victoria had the highest death toll since the start of the pandemic, but more booster shots and RATs and fewer summer super-spreader events could have made a difference, epidemiologists say.

The guest gave the luxury Hepburn guesthouse two stars, and told a travel website it was “just okay”. It is alleged that prompted a foul-mouthed response in which she was told she would “burn in hell” for her review.

Troy Buswell changed his plea to three of the charges against him after initially denying he assaulted his ex-wife.

Neil Balnaves committed to a program of philanthropic initiatives after previous boating accident.

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith asked a private investigator to lie and take the blame for allegedly threatening letters to a former comrade, the Federal Court has heard.

While the average price for 91 unleaded will sit at $1.95 per litre on Wednesday, BP stations have hiked it to $2.07, the most expensive ever seen in Perth.

Since his wife’s disappearance, Anthony Koletti has been waging a campaign against the corporate regulator and Isabella Allen, who works in its enforcement arm.

Queensland has recorded another high COVID death rate with 37 deaths on Wednesday, but the bulk of the cases are from days ago due to reporting delays.

A 63-year-old woman has died after major downpours in south-east Queensland triggered multiple rescues, with no end in sight to the rain.

Brooker was a past winner of the European Open Fly Fishing Championships.

Many employers believe their profitability is reliant on keeping wage costs as low as possible. It may be dawning on them why this maxim is no longer working.

In WA, mining is the 800-pound gorilla consuming every banana in the jungle, and the state’s COVID response has hampered efforts to diversify the economy.

Princess Anne, everyone’s favourite royal – we don’t have to pretend any more, do we? – is pencilled as guest of honour for the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Never has the gap between the cost of units and houses been so wide – but there are still suburbs in Perth where the great Australian dream is more affordable.

Many of the Andrews government’s progressive policies wedge the classic small-l liberal because they affirm the right of individuals to liberate themselves from stifling norms.

Key managers at Good to Great Schools Australia have demanded chief executive Bernardine Denigan be stood down following revelations she allegedly bullied and humiliated staff.

The NSW government and NSW Police are offering a $500,000 reward for information that sheds light on the disappearance of Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez.

I am a rail worker and turned up Monday morning for my usual shift, as did my colleagues across the rail network. We were not on strike, rather we were ready for duty.

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When it was completed 60 years ago, the AMP Building was Australia’s tallest building, and one of our most innovative.

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As a handful of state employees continue their legal battles, the number of colleagues who share their view has been revealed.

A heated start to the political year has shifted to Parliament, with the state government grilled on integrity issues.

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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.

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.

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.