Nor should the messenger shoot.

New traffic light travel rules will leave many Victorians stuck in Sydney and Brisbane. And Sydneysiders are no closer to knowing when they can travel interstate as border bickering between premiers worsens.

New permit system gives no certainty to Victorians stranded in red zones in NSW and Queensland, human rights lawyers say.

A security company involved in Melbourne's deadly hotel quarantine outbreak has had its licence renewed by Victoria Police.

An emergency warning has been issued for southern parts of Atwell, northern parts of Aubin Grove and western parts of Banjup in the City of Cockburn.

Sydneysiders will be waiting weeks for the Victorian border to reopen if NSW's southern neighbours adopt the same approach applied to them of wanting no new COVID-19 cases for 14 days - or one virus reproduction cycle.

An unorthodox class action lawyer has met her unlikely nemesis in a convicted criminal-cum-comedian, who has made it his mission to call out people seeking to profit from coronavirus conspiracies.

David West's criminal history revealed he had previous convictions for drink-driving, dangerous driving and possessing methamphetamine with intent to supply.

Decades of studies found students involved in a new classroom behaviour game did better on tests, were more likely to get into college, and were less likely to smoke or take drugs.

Return to work plans will be confirmed in coming days after COVID-19 forced delays, as the opposition pushes to get public sector staff back to their desks.

A woman charged with the murder of Sydney grandfather Peter McCarthy allegedly used an Opal card registered in his name to make two bus trips across Sydney on the day his body was discovered.

The victim fell to the ground, before the offender kicked him in the back of the head, causing him to lose consciousness for 40 seconds.

The NSW Police Fixated Persons Investigation Unit commenced an investigation last month, a spokesperson said.

Theo Fewquandie, who is unemployed and never held a driver's licence, allegedly fled the scene and left the victim injured on the road.

Queensland police are combing through four days worth of CCTV as an investigation continues into how a hotel cleaner contracted a virulent COVID-19 strain.

Four ambulances and a helicopter responded to the scene just before 2pm on Tuesday.

A man is being interviewed by police after a woman was tied up at gunpoint inside a Melbourne animal shelter and asked where the cats were located.

Two seized knives are being analysed by police investigating an alleged stabbing attack which left a Narre Warren mother dead and two family members injured, a court has heard.

Lisa Neville has defended the decision to allow 1200 people into Melbourne for the Australian Open, despite thousands remaining stranded abroad and others barred from returning home from Sydney and Brisbane.

The plant is expected to create about 1000 jobs during construction and Strike is looking to the agricultural sector as a major market.

Information from about 2 million Australian social media users was found on a database belonging to Chinese company, cybersecurity researchers say.

Simon Wallwork is doing all he can to adapt to the hottest, driest times his farm's ever seen. But what if he adapts his crops only to find he can't sell them?

Brisbane cricket fans will have only hours to snap up a seat at the reduced capacity Fourth Test against India this week, as authorities wait to see if they have halted a potential COVID-19 cluster.

Several of the researchers who were working on the UQ COVID-19 vaccine candidate have now shifted back to their "day job" of developing treatments for other deadly diseases.

Queensland's weather across the next week is a mixed bag of heavy rain and flooding in the north, and a heatwave in the western regions.

The recall applies to store-brand coleslaw bought in NSW, the ACT and some parts of Victoria.

The campaign satirises border restrictions caused by the pandemic and is the latest in the Meat and Livestock Association’s 14-year campaign to boost lamb sales for Australia Day.

The club that operates the pool has removed a rule from its website saying only transgender women who have undergone gender reassignment surgery are welcome.

Some of the more unusual reasons people need to don a mask in Brisbane have been revealed.

As Victoria's new 'traffic light' system for managing interstate arrivals comes into effect other states and territories have been updating their border rules. Here is the current state of play.

Peter Cochrane was a 26-year Herald veteran who edited the arts and foreign sections.

An 80-metre stretch of pipeline notorious for bursting will be replaced in March.

NSW has recorded five cases of community transmission, including an additional two cases detected in the northern beaches, and one case is linked to the Berala cluster.

The international cricketer has sold his two-storey house on a large 802 square metre block, while fellow Scorchers Ashton Agar and Jhye Richardson have picked up new homes.

It would be nice if WA's steep drop in landfill was due to better recycling. But the number-crunchers believe something fishy is going on behind the scenes.

In the past six months, the state’s top health adviser during the pandemic has fronted a COVID-19 press conference just twice, while his counterparts across the country attend nearly every conference to explain health advice.

The 22-year-old victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries after she was the victim of a carjacking at a Brisbane shopping centre.

The case of a casual hotel cleaner who was infected with the UK variant of COVID-19 is still being investigated.

The man was rebuked by NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard on Monday after allegedly abusing staff and failing to register his details for contact tracing purposes.

A Rozelle charity that receives millions of dollars from the building industry each year is engulfed in fresh controversy.

Instead of taking Kelly to task, the Prime Minister just gives him a cosy rub between the ears. 

A stranger's generous gesture was a message of goodwill, just when we needed it.

I take my hat off to social media platforms for blocking Donald Trump. Free speech is one thing, inciting a riot is another.

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

Sydneysiders hoping to enjoy the white sands in the Jervis Bay Territory are being turned away under strict Commonwealth coronavirus restrictions. 

Some health workers who are among those first in line to receive a coronavirus vaccine are choosing to delay having a baby until more is known about any potential side effects during pregnancy.

People from the greater Brisbane area have to wear masks even when travelling outside that area, although authorities are relying on good will for compliance.

Greater Brisbane will remain "on heightened alert" until January 22.

Greater Brisbane residents will be able to emerge from their three-day hard lockdown on Monday night after Queensland recorded no new locally acquired cases.

Residents of one of Melbourne's western suburbs have been told to shelter indoors after a second industrial fire in their area in a week.