Any dairy air is more pleasing in the old land of oak groves.

La Trobe University has fewer overseas students than most other Victorian universities but is cutting more jobs in response to international border closures.

Surfers and swimmers on Phillip Island have been warned of potential sharks in the area after a dead sperm whale washed up on the south coast of the island.

A man in his 20s has died after being pulled from the water at Main Beach, Nambucca heads.

Greensill’s woes intensify as chair Maurice Thompson resigns along with risk committee boss David Brierwood and US-based director Patrick Allin.

The mining and agricultural giant will remain one of the nation’s largest beef producers even after the future sale.

Randwick Council is concerned its residents’ use of local services will be impacted by a Bayside development.

Experts say more publicly funded rehabilitation beds are urgently needed in light of “poor outcomes” in the unregulated private sector,

Four men have died in separate collisions across Victoria on the long weekend, while another four people have been taken to hospital following a crash in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

A database has revealed persistent educational gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged Melburnians.

Accommodating diversity in schools prepares students for a life of successful inclusion outside the classroom.

Women have fought hard for equality in the leadership and staffing of Victoria’s life-saving organisations, but leaders say there is plenty of work still to do.

A doctor in Melbourne’s west says the medical practice he works for is considering delaying its rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, with its allocation for 50 doses a week not allowing it to “set something up which is sustainable”.

The state has recorded one COVID-19 case in hotel quarantine overnight as the Queensland premier announces the AstraZeneca vaccine has landed.

Bate Bay beaches were closed on Sunday morning after a surfer was believed to have been knocked off his board by a shark.

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial Review photographers

The state government has announced a new incentive to help far north Queensland’s tourism industry recover from the pandemic.

An ex-navy officer says she was raped numerous times in her short career with the defence force, and most of the incidents involved none of the risk factors that the defence chief warned would make women a target.

Police were alerted on Saturday night when a man was overboard in Yeppoon. The search for the man went for two hours.

The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.

‘Little notes of hope’ and self-belief are getting mature women back to work.

Victoria has recorded non new cases for the ninth day in a row and zero cases in hotel quarantine, with GPs to start vaccinating Victorians against the virus in a fortnight.

There is a dystopian logic to this treadmill in which the people who care most are forced to work longer to pay for people who care less to replace them.

Victoria’s contact tracing system had a hiccup in the crucial days before the state was placed into lockdown last month.

A mosque is not just a place of worship for a Muslim. It’s our heart and soul.

The leading Melbourne private boys school has admitted it “must do more” to educate boys about sexual consent and declared it is the “challenge of our times” after concerns were raised about the way it responded to an allegation of rape again...

A coronial inquest will be held into the death of a 35-year-old Aboriginal man who was found unresponsive in a jail cell at Long Bay Hospital on Tuesday.

How can we have such a good life, even as a poor person in Sydney, while fellow Australians suffer so terribly?

As thousands of young women testify to being sexually assaulted by male peers, many are questioning what young people are really being taught about consent.

Rodents are wreaking havoc across NSW’s food bowl, destroying crops and livelihoods and causing hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage.

The figures come amid calls for better education in schools about consent after a petition started by a former student of eastern suburbs private school documented thousands of experiences of sexual assault.

GPs are complaining about a “nonsensical” process and low rates of payment that will not cover their costs.

An upgrade of major wastewater tunnel, which runs from Sydney’s western suburbs to North Head at Manly, has resulted in odours escaping into the community.

School-age children are driving NSW’s five-digit daily coronavirus testing figures, with rules around attendance with mild symptoms sending kids to testing clinics.

Berrys Bay will become the new home of the Sydney Heritage Fleet and a museum of Sydney Harbour under plans approved by North Sydney Council.

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A Sun-Herald investigation has uncovered allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour by senior NSW police as officers say the boys’ club protects serial offenders.

When it comes to addressing systemic issues such as sexual abuse, breaking the silence is the most important first step.

Residents have paid “through the nose” to dump rubbish since the collection scheme’s suspension, with trips to rubbish dumps and the use of tip vouchers rising sharply.

The initial ban on new commercial bores followed concerns on Mount Tamborine and Springbrook about their impact on water supplies in the drought-declared towns.

The first real-world data for COVID-19 vaccines is in – and the vaccines’ effectiveness have once-again shot past scientists’ expectations.

All the colour and characters of the 2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

When feminist movement Riot Grrrls created zines as a reaction to sexism in the punk music scene, they were building on a long tradition of pamphleteering championed by the original suffragettes.

The Sydney Cricket Ground was a sea of hot pants and impossibly high heels as thousands of spectators streamed in to celebrate Mardi Gras.

Farmers across NSW are battling a mice problem of plague proportions.

The Towong Turf Club turns 150 years old and after devastating bushfires, followed by COVID-19, the small community near the Murray river, was more than ready to party at the annual Towong Cup horse races.

A WA Liberal candidate whose pastor father believes Donald Trump was appointed by God and the Black Lives Matter movement is the work of the devil, has come under fire over his endorsement of posts by a Christian commentator that labelled the LGBTQ c...

The package has been seized by organised crime detectives for testing after the beach was declared a crime scene.

A Queensland coroner has ruled nobody was at fault after a driver tried to stop as Anna Damjanovic crossed the road on a rainy night in Brisbane’s inner west in 2017.

’This is what racing is all about”: Races in the small community of Towong, in far northern Victoria, turned 150 on a beautiful day on Saturday.