The blue-ribbon Liberal seat of Goldstein has a substantial Jewish population, and past comments by independent Zoe Daniel and her campaign staff have become a focus of attention.

Harris Park is home to a large Indian Australian community.

The PM can justifiably claim to have put forward a “detailed proposal” for a federal anti-corruption commission, but he is not entitled to suggest he honoured his promises or to blame Labor for his failure to deliver.

Two tradies said the adrenaline of knowing a train was approaching helped give them the strength to lift the unconscious man from the vehicle wedged on the Craigieburn line.

Moderate Liberals will face integrity campaigners after Prime Minister Scott Morrison abandoned a pledge to set up a corruption watchdog, while a health union wants isolation rules for COVID close contacts scrapped.

While we all love chocolate, behind nearly every bite is a story of exploitation. Now, a growing number of artisan manufacturers are calling for change.

Queensland police confirmed the 30-year-old male motorcycle rider died after suffering critical injuries south of Brisbane.

From Eden Monaro to the seat of Reid, from Bennelong to Macquarie and Wentworth to Warringah, the Herald's photographic team is there to cover the federal election campaign.

Police are encouraging visitors to Queensland’s national parks to upload videos and photos as evidence of hooning.

The Malaysian actor discusses why she doesn’t see herself as a sex symbol, her admiration for Aung San Suu Kyi, and the way she’d like to die.

Australia’s large and rapidly growing Indian diaspora could play a crucial role in the upcoming federal election. And both major parties are taking notice.

For Yalçın Adal and Stavros Tziortzis, walking from one end of Cyprus to the other helped uncover a greater connection to their homelands – and each other.

Are home stays worse than when they first started?

The week in photos from the award-winning SMH and AFR photographers.

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Humans are now destroying a football field’s worth of rainforest every 1.2 seconds, according to WWF. Some groups are trying to hold this trend at bay.

There are now 197 people with COVID-19 in hospital, four in intensive care and 40,731 active cases across the state. 

At least two Queensland government departments have paused new plans for staff COVID vaccination rules amid a public-service-wide review of internal pandemic measures.

Labor describes it as its “76th seat”: the one it must win to have a chance of forming government. But Gladys Liu is a formidable incumbent.

Double demerits have been in place since Wednesday, and police plan to increase random breath and drug testing during the weekend.

Police are searching for a man who broke free while he was being taken to a facility.

Kaelan Amir Myers, 13, and Ellah Rose Myers, 11, are believed to be with their 48-year-old mother Mellanie Kerry McNamara or somebody known to her. 

A new report shows COVID-19 lockdowns and disruptions have hindered the development of preschool-aged children across the country.

Albanese’s weakness is his strength. He is not a slick politician. What you see is what you get, mistakes and all.

An independent ousted me as a Liberal MP in 1989, but now many of the old unassailable strongholds are slipping. We are seeing a permanent change to the two-party equilibrium.

A Maronite Christian overcomes a traumatic experience of xenophobia and celebrates the richness of her heritage.

Clive Blazey, the founder of Australia’s largest gardening club, wants everyone to plant more trees. And he’s made a list of which ones.

The Easter message addresses the dark times with a message of forgiveness and hope for the future.

The council is pushing for fewer, lower towers on the Sydney Fish Market site at Pyrmont, which is proposed for a major redevelopment.

A comprehensive review of over 300,000 stroke patients has shown outcomes for people who suffer a stroke are worse than previously thought.

This election is not a pub trivia quiz. It is a contest for our children’s and grandchildren’s future.

Stamping out hooliganism at the regatta, drilling for oil in suburbia, and decimal loses its lustre.

35 years ago, Pat Cash and Greg Norman were household names, but disabled Australian sporting stars like Marilyn Mills and Richard Cordukes were unknown.

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

Saggar maker’s bottom knocker for the win, again.

The current record pollen counts hitting parts of Australia including Brisbane and Canberra are a serious health risk, and people should take sensible precautions.

The gang of four responsible shook their heads in court, as if still disagreeing with the acts they have been found guilty of.

More than $100 million has been paid out to victims of institutional child sexual abuse in Queensland, amid more than 13,000 national applications for redress. 

The percentage of children whose learning was on track across five key areas has declined for the first time in 13 years.

Geelong residents have launched a battle against a planned subdivision, which some fear will destroy historical links to Phar Lap and other champions.

One lane of the Pacific Motorway has re-opened after police closed all northbound lanes and established two crime scenes earlier in the day.

Farzam Mehrabi has been granted home detention bail with strict conditions after he faced another 17 charges related to drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women he met on dating apps on Thursday.

Scott Morrison will campaign in Tasmania today, Labor is defending its decision to temporarily shelve changes to JobSeeker payments and the Greens continue to call for an expansion of Medicare.

One senior government source said officials were discussing whether to open hospitality and entertainment venues to unvaccinated people at the end of this month or wait until around July 12 when the pandemic declaration expires.

Dale Palmer faced a sentence hearing on Thursday after drunkenly running over her daughter with a car and dragging her 150 metres down a road in Sydney’s south last year.

Sub-variants being detected in Africa and Europe may be a cause for greater concern when mandatory tests for international arrivals are scrapped next week.

The university’s NTEU branch president Dr Nick Riemer said members had vowed to strike again later in the month if sufficient progress at bargaining was not made.

With four days left to enrol, school holidays and an Easter long weekend – will enough young people sign up to vote?

Many supermarkets and shopping centres will close on Friday and Sunday, while bottle shops are not allowed to operate on Good Friday.

The Sydney Morning Herald’s new podcast Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions has topped the charts in Australia.