Premier Mark McGowan on Sunday warned WA’s ‘very strong border’ with Queensland could become ‘even harder’ ahead of Easter.

Five years after the Royal Commission into Family Violence, rates of violence against Indigenous women continue to increase and organisations promised consistent funding say they still have to plead for money to develop programs.

Good squishy fun: A Thornbury family spend Sunday making their own wine, a tradition brought over from Greece.

The way Victoria Police treats family violence has been turned on its head, but five years on from the royal commission, has the response changed?

Enrolment caps have not stopped in-demand schools growing at a rapid rate, but they have forced parents to think twice about their local school.

The salesman who knocked on Max Johansen’s door had an offer that sounded too good to be true. Turns out, it was.

Queensland travellers face interstate restrictions as health authorities are forced to walk back incorrect claims about a potential super-spreader “party”.

Early construction work began on the Warringah Freeway upgrade this weekend, which funnels more than four million people through North Sydney every week.

A group of English language teachers has won almost $200,000 in withheld wages after taking on their college’s decision to slash their pay during lockdown.

Flood victims have begun the arduous and expensive clean-up of their properties as the water recedes.

When national lockdowns forced students out of the classroom the hope was that their studies could continue online but this was not the case for First Nations children, particularly those in remote communities.

In this brave new world, higher education will need to learn a new skill: creating a sense of community and belonging in a class that could do the majority of its learning virtually.

WA Police are responding to an unfolding emergency. It is unclear when the freeway will reopen. 

The call to James Merlino follows a rise in concerns after a dead body was found near Richmond West Primary School and a man allegedly entered the site with a knife.

Father Daniel Eagle was sitting in a car wreck near Geelong when he was fatally shot.

Three Victorians are isolating in hotel quarantine and more than 20,000 people are being contacted to get tested for COVID-19 as health authorities scramble to trace travellers from Queensland.

I went to see the Comedy Festival show with my mate Dave. Here’s what I said to him.

NSW will push ahead with plans to lift restrictions on dancing, visitor caps and mandatory face masks for public transport as Queensland health authorities announce they have found the source of a COVID-19 cluster.

I’ve never valued the experience of going to a concert or a movie as much as I do now.

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

Laura Macaulay is among 23 surfers waiting for the green light to fly to Tasmania and surf notorious big-wave break Shipstern Bluff.

A preselection fight could have implications for the federal Labor leadership and test the factional influence of Richard Marles and Bill Shorten in the post-Adem Somyurek environment.

Two motorcycle riders have died in separate crashes on Saturday, just days after police warned the number of motorcycle fatalities is double what it was this time last year.

A 15-year-old girl has died after the car she was a passenger in careered off the road in Melbourne’s south-western suburbs.

This north Victorian town was put on the map by Chinese social media before the pandemic put end to international visitors. Can locals make up the shortfall?

A woman was left badly injured after she was pinned to a wall by a hit-and-run driver in Sydney’s west on Saturday evening.

A generation of young women who try to enter conservative politics end up walking away, disillusioned and often angry at the school cadet camp ambience.

Restrictions have eased to allow 100 visitors in homes and Melbourne’s Jewish community are gathering to mark Passover.

Drug use in Victorian jails fell off the charts in 2020. But visiting hours are back and prisons are making sure they’re ready.

Australia’s pandemic decision-making bodies should be more transparent, providing reasons for their rulings, according to a panel of experts.

From a jail in the Philippines, Markis Turner says he believes the AFP charged his mother over their “bruised egos”.

Every few months, like an unfunny running joke, we are forced to listen to an old white famous man claim that ‘cancel culture’ is ruining comedy.

Jacqueline Maley raises an interesting hypothetical about how would we react if it was our son who carried out a sexual assault.

When the rains came, residents faced the deluge with little fanfare ... and 4WDs.

Lucy Turnbull and Therese Rein have their own ideas on how to fix Parliament House.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target.

I know what kind of man I want my son to grow up to be: one who doesn’t regard admitting errors as a weakness.

The father of the 16-year-old girl called on the government to establish a database of schoolboys who have been charged with rape, sexual harassment or intimidation.

Parents and a community sporting group say the new Randwick facilities will be inadequate for children to practise gymnastics.

The horrific killing of Luke Batty by his father laid the groundwork for a royal commission and $3 billion worth of Victorian reforms. Five years on, are women and children safer?

Nearly 500,000 Australian expats and travellers have returned since the start of the pandemic but it’s not always a smooth transition, especially for those who were stranded for months.

The camera was switched off in one direction because it was catching too many speeding cars, but will soon be switched on again.

The stars are out and shining as social Sydney re-emerges after COVID.

Georgia Frances-King never imagined she’d savour the early-morning screeching of suburban cockatoos. Yet here she is, on a sunrise-facing balcony, and the clamour in Melbourne’s “big sky” sounds like soothing proof of home.

Marvel Stadium fell silent on Saturday night to honour ‘Spud’ Frawley, with football titans past and present remembering one of the game’s most revered figures.

A Strathpine man hosted 25 people at his house while waiting for his test results, which came back positive. It comes as authorities say the next two days will be “critical”.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Pleas fail and Bhutto hangs, Australia bans whaling and drink advertising ban urged.

The fashion designer was attending the opening night of La Traviata at Mrs Macquaries Point on Friday night when she fell on the bottom two steps of a staircase.

A man has been rushed to a medical post after being bitten in the leg by a shark at a holiday spot in Western Australia’s north-west.