And who can match Ulster’s alternative headlines?

NSW Health has granted an exemption for the Anzac Day march in Sydney’s CBD, increasing the cap tenfold after a meeting of key stakeholders.

The involvement of prominent law firm MinterEllison in advising Attorney-General Christian Porter has caused deep divisions and has potentially damaging financial consequences.

In her first criticism of the government’s approach to freeing her from detention in Iran, the Australian academic says there’s “no way” she would have got 10 years’ jail if her ordeal had been made public.

Just three games into the season, some of NSW rugby’s most influential figures met for a review of the Waratahs’ performance.

Maika Sivo has popped up on the radar of French rugby club Racing 92 while fellow Eels flyer Blake Ferguson fronted coach Brad Arthur about his own future.

Two premiership hotshots kick off 2021 as round one of the NRL campaign unfolds with intrigue across the eight games.

Speedster Riley Meredith has spoken of how close he came to serious injury after a straight drive from Kiwi batsman Glenn Phillips narrowly missed his head.

There are concerns thousands of local steel jobs could be at risk due to the collapse of financing firm Greensill.

Alan Moore was the sole surviving officer of his 39th battalion, which fought to prevent Japanese forces from capturing Port Moresby during World War II.

Australians will be asked to accept a new “risk framework” as the Prime Minister says border decisions in 2021 must be different to last year.

Monarchists believe the country will have even more respect for the Queen, while republicans argue it proves the institution does not fit with modern Australia. 

The economist who designed the student loan system has supported an Australian Productivity Commission recommendation it be extended to the vocational education and training sector.

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan’s Rockingham electorate office has been evacuated after reports a suspicious package was found at the Railway Terrace office.

The Premier, who broke several ribs and damaged vertebrae after slipping on wet stairs, is to be taken from private hospital near Frankston to The Alfred trauma centre.

Latest Amazon fly-on-the-wall documentary on the AFL lives up to its billing as a raw insight into the game.

Veteran boys’ school principal Mark Murphy can recall an era when education was more “one-dimensional”, with little if any regard for teaching on gender.

Laws allowing craft beer and boutique spirits to be sold at farmers markets, football games and music festivals more easily have passed Queensland Parliament.

The reign of the Queen and her heirs is too secure for Harry and Meghan’s allegations to affect them, say Victorian admirers of the monarchy.

Giants captain Stephen Coniglio’s shock axing is explored in Amazon’s documentary into the AFL’s 2020 season.

Carlton recruit Zac Williams will miss the season-opener against Richmond after his tribunal appeal failed.

Last year, an estimated 15 million weddings were postponed globally prompting many women to embrace smaller ceremonies and look to the runway for bridal style inspiration.

A coroner investigating the death of former Richmond player Shane Tuck will assess his history of head knocks and the links between head trauma and a degenerative brain disease.

The 55-year-old politician has been admitted to hospital with a suspected infection. Attorney-General Christian Porter and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds are also on leave.

Australians aged under 70 are being urged to get their flu shot as soon as it is available, while older people should wait until after they receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

A man accused of inciting others to attend a protest against coronavirus restrictions through a series of Facebook posts has had his criminal case adjourned while he challenges the law in the High Court.

Residents say high-rise flats in Fitzroy, Collingwood and Richmond have only one recycling bin per tower, which is often contaminated and overflowing with needles.

Six students are hurt and a rescue helicopter has been called to the accident scene near Gympie.

The first thing Bradley Deitz told the new principal at the school he taught was that he was going to resign. Now he’s a Bulldog.

Vocus boss Kevin Russell says the telco will be better placed to win a bigger slice of the market under private ownership, as it puts a planned New Zealand IPO on ice.

NSW’s top planning bureaucrat warned his counterpart at Transport for NSW that a directive to clear trees along highways potentially posed serious legal implications.

After all three palaces - home to the Windsors, the Waleses and the Cambridges, were updated on the Sussexes interview, the royal family said nothing.

The government had envisioned the bridge would form one of the largest public art commissions in NSW, feeding into a precinct akin to London’s Here East cultural precinct and Hong Kong’s West Kowloon.

Richmond president Peggy O’Neal says she understands why people might be out to get the club now that they are no longer the league’s “Cinderella.”

Everything you need to know to pick a winner on today’s eight-race card.

The old adage that you should always forgive a good horse one bad run will be tested out by Vowmaster on the Kensington track on Wednesday.

Jesse Leilan MacKenzie, 29, was arrested on Saturday night with two others following an alleged brawl with teenage girls in Pirrama Park, Pyrmont.

“Who’s playing Tyler Perry in The Crown season 8?” one person asked on Twitter.

Khanh Xuan Pham was found guilty of the stabbing murder of an acquaintance. He changed from his new outfit to protect his clothes before he dismembered the body of Goran Stefanovic.

Because they were excluded from clinical trials, we cannot know with certainty if vaccines are safe and effective for mothers to be.

Carlton star Eddie Betts will be pushing to play in round one, but he wants others to fight him for that spot as he enters 2021 with new-found freedom.

The Prime Minister has expressed his confidence in acting Industrial Relations Minister Michaelia Cash as the government prepares to push its workplace overhaul through Parliament.

Strong leaders stamp their mark on a government, so it would be wise for Labor to start succession planning.

The Australian government was not aware of the junta’s claims against economist Sean Turnell until they were announced by the military on Burmese TV on Tuesday.

The aftershock of the Juukan Gorge blasts is being felt in the US where indigenous Apaches are fighting a potential Rio and BHP giant copper project.

Rio Tinto investors are raising concerns about a mine project on sacred Native American land and want the miner to improve engagement with indigenous groups across its global operations.

With the teams for round one now named, there are some shock selections to digest before the start of the NRL season.

On his first day in office, US President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 13990, directing agencies to calculate the “social cost” of greenhouse gas pollution. Some Republican states argue he had no right.

Police seized more than 2000 cannabis plants on Tuesday and charged four people including the alleged director of a large-scale cultivation and supply group.

The President called on the army to clear the roads of protesters after repeated demonstrations. The army chief’s response was totally different to, say, Myanmar.