While a little light house keeping actually proves rather arduous.

The reports say MinterEllison chief executive Annette Kimmitt has been forced out of the firm over the backlash from a senior partner’s decision to advise Attorney-General Christian Porter.

WA Police’s major crash unit is investigating the incident that resulted in a 77-year-old man receiving serious injuries, which police confirmed he later died from.

Stuart Ayres has conceded there are serious questions over the adequacy of the state’s compulsory acquisition laws, following widespread community anger over the buy-up of land for an $11 billion rail line.

After two decades of controversy, the new golf course is finally taking shape at Cannon Hill.

Victoria’s controversial tie-up with Chinese government faces being torn up within months after the state government provided documentation to Canberra.

Two bags of clothing and a partly eaten chocolate bar led police to two men who allegedly murdered grocer Paul Virgona on his way to buy produce.

After a succession of shockwaves in the Latrobe Valley the announcement of Yallourn’s 2028 closure was met with resignation and fear that it might come sooner.

The battleground has shifted, the stakes have changed, and Dr Chant and her allies will have to study the two new weapons in their arsenal - forged by Pfizer and AstraZeneca - in the long months ahead.

The director of Civilink, which owes $20 million after going broke while working on the Western Roads Upgrade, may be protected from charges by a COVID-19 legal loophole.

Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio says she anticipates an influx of renewables into the national grid by mid-2028 to keep retail prices down.

The star basketballer has lost his planning battle with Bayside Council. At least this round.

Former premier Bob Carr, Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore and hundreds more turned out to celebrate the life of a unionist, conservationist and rabble-rouser.

Jack Mundey proved that there are times when when Sydneysiders must stand up for heritage.

The federal government’s vaccine roll-out could take months longer than anticipated if it does not accept an offer from NSW to increase the number of vaccination hubs.

The woman was trapped in her upside-down vehicle after it was involved in a crash with a truck and fell off the bridge in the Fraser Coast region.

Luanne Balaba, the owner of Baguette Me Not, said the dispute had seen a decline in trade of up to 50 per cent and left retailers with little option but to seek legal advice.

The asylum seeker, identified only as EFX17, arrived in Australia in 2009 and was granted a protection visa at the end of that year.

Queenslanders have lost almost $3 million through scams that intimidated them with arrest or threatened their lives, as experts now warn of COVID vaccine-related fraud.

State memorial for Jack Mundey AO

On this episode of Please Explain, national editor Tory Maguire and climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley discuss the impact of the Juukan Gorge destruction on the future of mining in Australia.

Women are saying enough is enough. Parliament is no place for predators. Whether policy makers or advisers.

The $53 million expansion of Fort Street Public School, which is set to begin within weeks, led to plans last year to re-route the cycleway for the next two years, sparking opposition from Millers Point residents concerned about the disruption and lo...

Alex Dion denies killing anyone, but admits to dumping a body on the side of the road in Sydney’s west. A jury is hearing closing submissions in the case.

Police have issued an amber alert for Dasean Kroon, believed to be in the company of his mother Tracy Rush who has links to the Charlestown area of Newcastle.

The senior constable was convicted of drink driving for a second time after attracting the attention of her colleagues by driving with her car’s boot open.

The Victorian Premier is facing a long recovery after fracturing a vertebra, with doctors at The Alfred trauma centre assessing whether he will require an operation.

Dr Claire Stubber, who has died at the age of 42, was an advocate for organ donation and the embodiment of its benefits.

An internal emergency has been declared at two Queensland hospitals, one in the state’s north struggling to cope with an influx of COVID-19 patients, and the other in Brisbane, where a worker says the situation is becoming unsafe.

Doctors, nurses and pharmacists will face harsh penalties for spreading anti-vaccination claims on social media, including being stripped of their ability to practise.

David Hall, 79, suffers from dementia and was last seen about 2.40am on Wednesday, March 3, walking away from his car at a petrol station.

NSW’s AstraZeneca vaccinations hubs have administered their first jabs, marking the start of the state’s mass vaccination program for the public beyond frontline workers.

The flashing billboards have been criticised as a “distracting eyesore” that would set a “detrimental precedent” for the rest of Sydney’s CBD.

As more Australians roll up their sleeves in the coming weeks to receive a jab, we invited readers to send in questions about the COVID-19 vaccines on offer in Australia. Here are the answers to your questions.

Cases of viral gastroenteritis have soared in Victorian childcare centres since coronavirus restrictions were eased, with parents being urged to keep their sick children at home.

Premier Daniel Andrews is well on his way to being not only the state’s most significant premier this century, but its most impactful reformist leader since John Cain.

Police said the parcels, which included methylamphetamine packaged as lollipops and cocaine pressed into lollies, had a street value of $3.5 million.

Former West Coast player Andrew Donnelly looks set to lose his multi-million-dollar beachside house as he faces multiple lawsuits over the running of his once insurance-broking empire.

A man is being questioned by police after two suspicious packages wrapped in foil were discovered at the electoral offices of Premier Mark McGowan and federal member Madeleine King.

Scientists are working on a method to “train” new blood vessels grown from a patient’s own cells to make them ready to be implanted in the tough environment of the human body.

Porsche driver Richard Pusey has pleaded guilty to the rare charge of outraging public decency after filming a dying police officer moments after she and three colleagues were fatally hit by a truck on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway.

NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant has been named the NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year, the highest honour in the NSW Women of the Year Awards.

Victoria has recorded no new local coronavirus cases for the 12th day in a row and none in hotel quarantine.

In 1997 Thurgood-Dove was murdered in front of her three children, in a case of mistaken identity.

Average annual streamflow into the crucial Murray-Darling Basin could be up to 30 per cent less in 30 years time.

The lights are on at SubStation No. 164 on Clarence St with many a thought bubble on the kinds of cultural events that could take place at the redesigned site.

The former Liberal leader is the CEO of Landcom, which last year agreed to a controversial land purchase south-west of Sydney.

A new trial aims to save the lives of children and young people who have attempted suicide or self-harmed as NSW’s emergency departments report an alarming rise in the number of youth presenting with self-harm injuries and eating disorders.

There has to be a fundamental change in how we conduct rape trials.

The Morrison government has presented us with a narrative that contains a number of red herrings that seek to veer us away from forming a clear view about this controversial matter.