Dave Hanna was appointed CFMEU Queensland construction and general division president.

Profiteer is still the Golden Slipper favourite but Bluebet’s Michael Sullivan thinks he is too short on a wet track.

It’s a night of local derbies as we go from the Central Coast to the Gold Coast tonight. The Knights make the short trip to the relocated Warriors before Brisbane head south. Join us from 5.40pm.

Collingwood and Western Bulldogs begin their 2021 campaigns with a clash in Melbourne.

Darcy Vescio has kept Carlton’s flickering finals hopes alive, booting five goals to defeat a winless Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium on Friday night to produce the AFLW’s highest score.

When Trent Barrett spoke about how much a win against former club Penrith would mean to him at Canterbury’s season launch, you could have heard a pin drop.

The Andrews government wants new hotels to enter the on-hold quarantine program and separately wants its custom-built, regional quarantine facility ready by October.

To understand how 18 blood clotting cases could happen randomly all at once, Professor Kleinig pointed to Apple’s ‘shuffle’ feature, which the company introduced on early iPods.

Homicide detectives are searching for a person of interest over the death of a man whose body was found wrapped in a doona on Wednesday.

Cricket NSW, whose chairman John Knox played a pivotal role in ousting Earl Eddings’ predecessor David Peever in 2018, has signalled its intention to move on the chairman.

Major investigation reveals serious problems with a federal grants program to help communities recover from natural disasters.

National sports bodies such as the Wallabies, Supercars and Athletics Australia should shift to Brisbane in the lead-up to the 2032 Summer Olympics if the bid is successful, Games president John Coates says.

The NSW State Emergency Service has issued an evacuation order for people in low-lying properties in Port Macquarie to get out of the “high danger area” by 8pm on Friday.

Geelong will be without star recruit Jeremy Cameron against Adelaide after he re-injured his hamstring at training on Wednesday.

Parliament will pass a motion calling on the government to set up a royal commission on veteran suicide after Coalition MPs told the Prime Minister they would cross the floor.

WAtoday understands the proposal includes up to 300 apartments in a 10-storey development.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is yet to hear from the European Union about diverting one million COVID-19 vaccines to the Pacific country.

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

Daniel Moldovan has entered a rare place for an Australian agent, joining global sports management company Octagon, along with his 43 clients, most of them Australian players.

Former Cats president and AFL commissioner Colin Carter has been appointed to review Tasmania’s business case arguing for an AFL team out of Tasmania.

Ryan Matterson’s condition was slowly improving after being concussed, but debate is still raging over whether Felise Kaufusi’s punishment fits the crime.

Gordon and Easts will do battle this weekend for Australian Club Championship bragging rights ahead of a big year for the Shute Shield and Hospital Challenge Cup.

Witnesses reported 48-hour shifts and a Snowy Mountains hospital was left without a doctor for four months at a parliamentary inquiry on Friday.

When Felise Kaufusi swung his elbow to Ryan Matterson’s head on Thursday night, surely he was sent off, right? Wrong.

PM Scott Morrison said without CSL’s local production, Australia would not be able to vaccinate the country. Within 12 weeks, GPs will be getting up to 1 million vaccine doses a week as local supplies gradually ramp up.

The Sydney restaurateur will auction nearly 170 works by artists such as John Olsen and Charles Blackman - but there are some he can’t bear to part with.

Doctors are reporting strong demand for vaccines from people aged over 70 – a group keen to return to a more normal life and get back on the road.

Maura Bannister administered an unprescribed dose of morphine to an elderly family friend who was receiving palliative care at home after a fall.

The findings of a 2018 corruption inquiry that first exposed Daryl Maguire’s alleged attempts to use his position for financial gain will be delivered to Parliament next week.

Manly gun No.7 Daly Cherry-Evans explains why he now has an even greater respect for his rival coach on Saturday, Wayne Bennett.

Rio Tinto has become the first Australian company to support activist resolutions filed against it, urging investors to back calls for stronger climate action.

The Scandinavian nation wants to de-segregate its migrant ghettos by capping the number of non-European residents allowed to live in any neighbourhood.

The NSW State Emergency Service has issued two evacuation orders including for low-lying properties in Port Macquarie and select areas of the Mid North Coast.

Television presenter Caroline Searcy has become the first woman in the world to lead a Carbine Club, which was a staunchly all-male institution until recently.

Police are targeting criminal networks made up of people and companies linked to the cattle business, including musterers, livestock trucking companies, truck drivers, stock agents, abattoirs and feed lots.

The future of Victoria’s Portland aluminium smelter and the jobs of hundreds of its staff appear safer after Alcoa secured a power deal and further subsidies.

Emergency services are on scene of the crash on Friday afternoon.

The leaders of Australia’s key research universities say they are working closely with intelligence agencies to address foreign interference concerns.

Chris Murphy, 72, is suing the Telegraph for defamation over a column last year which claimed he was battling “the ravages of age”.

The first Big Blue of the season sees Sydney FC meet their bitter rivals at their lowest ebb, stuck at the bottom of their ladder and with their coach slamming players for lacking commitment.

Administrators told the first meeting of creditors that no ‘rescue package’ or deed of company arrangement had been put forward to save the group from liquidation.

Citywide lockdowns triggered by small outbreaks of more contagious strains of COVID-19 are “absolutely” less likely after a Brisbane’s latest cluster was stamped out in eight days. 

More than 500 Alcoa workers have been granted a reprieve as the Prime Minister announced a five-year rescue package, but 42 workers at a nearby wind tower company have lost their jobs.

Google will spend billions this year on new offices, planning for a return to in-person work as other companies consider a future where working from home is the norm.

The New South Wales town of Germanton, once known as Ten Mile Creek, was changed to Holbrook after the submarine commander.

Worn by Brigitte Bardot and Audrey Hepburn, Meryl Streep and the Duchess of Sussex, the trench coat is the quintessential fashion staple.

Forgiveness was a theme at the sentence hearing for drunk driver Samuel Davidson, but the father of three children he killed said there is “no forgiveness without justice”.

The social distancing measures being imposed from Monday would also remain in force until the end of the declaration of the pandemic.

Our guide to what’s showing in Melbourne’s galleries.

The ‘boomer feminists’ achieved much in a world many younger folk can’t believe existed. As female fury explodes again, the past shows change is possible.