While the Renaissance provides a steppin’ stone.

A range of groups are now asking Brisbane City Council to reduce the ability of developers - as landholders - to influence the neighbourhood planning phase.

The Queensland Parliament’s annexe has suffered fires, major water leaks and now pieces of concrete are falling off.

Hawthorn’s Jack Gunston will certainly miss round one but is expected to be back in the early rounds of the season opening up the chance for an untried Hawk up forward.

When the federal government boosted payments for unemployed Australians to $1115 a fortnight at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, 27-year-old Melbourne woman Laura Picone was able to keep something most Australians take for granted: her teeth.

The NSW Planning Minister has given an ultimatum to the City of Sydney and the state’s social housing agency.

Melbourne lord mayor Sally Capp said just 31 per cent of city workers had returned to their desks in January and, anecdotally, the city estimates that number had fallen again in February.

Outspoken federal MP Craig Kelly warns he could block any new policy the Morrison government did not take to the last election, declaring he will vote on his conscience from the crossbench.

The Rabbitohs lost their appetite for giving veteran players multi-year contracts after it cost them dearly with Sam Burgess.

The site of the Barangaroo casino could have had a very different look if NRL figures had got their way.

Alex Newsome will replace injured NSW skipper Jake Gordon this week for a tough hit-out in Canberra against the Brumbies.

The AFL, players and the players’ association remain in delicate talks about how to complete the AFLW season amid a scheduling nightmare.

Good Samaritans came to the rescue of the woman who was subjected to a degrading and violent sexual assault in January, 2020.

Richmond may hold off unveiling past two premiership flags depending on how many people are allowed to attend games.

The NRL is investigating a gift purchased by the club for the family involved in an incident which saw David Fifita arrested for trespassing, before charges were later dropped.

The Roosters had hoped to name a full-strength side for the final hit-out of the year, but Luke Keary will be one of the big names missing.

Fifty beds at the Northern Hospital remain closed to new admissions after a mental health worker was tied to the Holiday Inn COVID-19 cluster, putting extra strain on an already ‘broken’ system.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe storm warning for most of south-east Queensland as an extensive line of storms bears down on the region.

Criminal and family violence cases waiting to be finalised by the Magistrates Court have doubled in number, with about 200,000 cases pending across all the state’s courts, partly due to the impact of the pandemic on the legal system.

Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has come under pressure after giving Parliament conflicting accounts of meetings with police about former staffer Brittany Higgins’ allegations a colleague raped her in the minister’s office.

Footwear retailer says its will not hand back any of the near $50 million it has received in subsidies in order to protect staff from future lockdowns.

Shares in local shipbuilder Austal tanked following the resignation of its US president in the wake of an external investigation that uncovered problems with budgeting and ship components.

The Morrison government will make eleventh-hour amendments to its landmark media bargaining code in a deal with Facebook to restore news content to its platform.

The remaining fraud charges against former City of Perth councillor Jim Adamos stemming from a lengthy and expensive inquiry into the dysfunctional local government have been dropped. 

Buruli ulcer infections have been detected outside Victorian coastal areas for the first time, and experts have linked transmission to possums and mosquitoes.

The Crown royal commission will not scrutinise Victoria’s gambling laws or the gaming watchdog in a move the Opposition and anti-gambling advocates say is a missed opportunity to fix the state’s failed regulatory system.

The sudden resignation of Craig Kelly will not rock the government, but Scott Morrison is in for turbulence.

The man was described as fair-skinned, about 40 years old and 175 centimetres tall, and had a white swastika painted back-to-front on his forehead.

A young man accused of driving a car along Bourke Street Mall and causing panic among pedestrians is also charged with unlawful imprisonment and assaulting a man with a metal pole.

The small increase announced for the JobSeeker rate has met fierce criticism, but the Morrison government will refuse any attempts to lift it higher.

The emerging Godolphin filly is among the nominations for six group 1 races in the next couple of months so there will be a bit expected of her as she attempts a hat-trick at Gosford.

Everything you need to know to pick a winner on a seven-race card.

The Victorian Treasurer says extending temporary cuts to stamp duty risks overheating the housing market.

Leading trainer Wayne Hawkes has slammed the Caulfield track, but the MRC says it is the victim of Racing Victoria’s track policy.

The cases are believed connected to an outbreak that prompted a snap three-day lockdown of Auckland last week.

Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said up to 25 stations were closed at any one time in recent months as hotel quarantine commitments, border closures and enforcement of coronavirus restrictions strained resources.

Two boys, aged 11 and 12, have been charged with stealing offences after an alleged spree of robberies and assaults which also saw a nine-year-old boy arrested.

Employers say they’re unlikely to use a new hotline to report unemployed people who turn down jobs while critics say it’s open for abuse.

ASX-listed Oil Search has pledged to maintain a disciplined approach to spending and costs even as crude oil rallies to its highest prices in more than a year.

Adam Reynolds may be about to find out the hard way that Wayne Bennett has little room for sentiment when it comes to contracts.

Police acknowledged that their response to call for help would form a central part of a coronial investigation into Doreen Langham’s death.

The debate over a higher JobSeeker payment has been dominated by fairness. It turns out a cheap cup of coffee is where fairness meets the budget bottom line.

A leading Tasmanian tiger expert says new images purportedly of the extinct thylacine are, in fact, of a totally different species.

There was a chance long ago for the Liberal Party to part ways with Craig Kelly. Instead, PM Scott Morrison saved him.

A small robot touched down on the red planet this week, the latest to hunt for life on there. One Oxford University philosopher hopes it finds nothing but “dead rocks and lifeless sands”.

HungryPanda has promised to have an insurance scheme in place for its riders by the end of next month.

Wimbledon and the latter stages of Euro 2020 could be played in front of capacity crowds under ambitious plans being worked on within England’s government.

The men are accused of bashing a Perth father to death inside his Balga home, allegedly leaving him with injuries comparable to a car crash victim.

Melbourne’s popular Skydeck and high-end restaurant at the top of the soaring Eureka Tower skyscraper is for sale with expectations around $55 million.

Gladys Berejiklian says the government has not forgotten the hundreds of bushfire survivors still living in caravans, sheds and other temporary accommodation.