The ruling came despite Magistrate Kay Ryan saying phone intercepts and bank payments were “highly suggestive” of racing rules being breached.

Excuse me, officer: Protesters positioned themselves in front of the Chief Commissioner to oppose Victoria Police participation in the Midsumma Pride March.

Victoria Police has opened the files of five cold cases to the public in an Australian first that aims to shed light on some of the state’s most baffling unsolved crimes.

Given all the scandals engulfing Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her Nationals partners in government, they will treasure their victory in the Upper Hunter byelection at the weekend.

Adam Hooper doesn’t have a fixed address or a stable job, but he helped facilitate 437 births last year.

A developer expects police to be called in if the Indigenous community tries to stop a shallow excavation to solve a long-running south coast mystery.

Police are looking for anyone with video or CCTV footage from around Elsternwick Park and surrounding streets after an Elwood teenager was stabbed on Saturday night.

The level of paranoia in the community is alarming and wrong.

The 45-year-old man and 10-year-old boy surprised the search party on Sunday after they went missing in the national park, north-west of Brisbane, on Saturday.

International student enrolments at Victorian schools have fallen more than 30 per cent this year, amid warnings schools will disband their international programs if Australia’s border remains closed for much longer.

After watching MasterChef the other night, I’ve become hooked on ads.

The COVID crisis in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh is distressing Australia’s south Asian community, particularly the large number of international students who do not have close family and friends in this country.

Two of Western Australia’s most senior health executives will be referred to the national medical watchdog for an inquiry over the death of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath.

Sergeant Jim Bellos will vie for the southern Brisbane seat after Labor MP Duncan Pegg resigned to battle cancer.

Police are launching a blitz on public transport to enforce the wearing of masks, as nearly half of Melbourne’s commuters now leave them off or wear them incorrectly.

The 29-year-old was declared dead in a Queensland hospital after being stabbed with a hunting knife.

Indigenous people have not created the space in which the community we love is reduced to stereotypes of deficit, disadvantage and dysfunction. That space has been created for us over 230 years.It must change.

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

The strain on Victoria’s maternity services has reportedly led to some women giving birth in emergency departments or being discharged early from hospital, only to return with complications.

There is more than a little theatre to the delivery of government budgets. But who is following up after the show brings down the curtain?

You still want to get in the tightly closed environment of an aeroplane, pub or club? Well, sorry, but no.

Children must not be made in circumstances which do not uphold their best interests.

Teachers were frontline workers during the height of the pandemic in Australia but are at the back when it comes to vaccination.

My ‘prince,’ Ron, died eight years ago on Valentine’s Day and as he lay ill he said: “Don’t cry, I’ve had a wonderful innings and life.”

An Australian government fund meant to support local biomedical development spent millions to buy a close-to-insolvent New Zealand-based exoskeleton company that has almost no operations in Australia.

The ABC’s Norman Swan has been a central character in Australia’s understanding of COVID-19 and has made predictions that have ranged from prescient to pessimistic.

It is hard to imagine a Sydney hospital where the tea ladies check on the newborns and critically ill people are left to die without a doctor on site. This is what rural and regional NSW have to put up with.

Tensions have erupted again between dog owners and other beach users over plans to allow dogs on the sand at Palm Beach and Mona Vale.

Would you get a vaccine if Jimmy Barnes urged you to? What about ABC’s Dr Karl? Ash Barty? Sam Kerr? Peter Hitchener? Amanda Vanstone?

Not only has the federal government failed to provide an efficient vaccination program or a “roadmap” out of the pandemic, it has failed to address the crisis with proportionality.

Emergency call takers are struggling to cope with a 20 per cent jump in triple zero ambulance calls this year, another symptom of a health system at breaking point.

The NSW Government will buck a recent trend of overseas shipbuilding with two new $10 million firefighting vessels to be produced in the state.

Under pressure to show leadership on gender issues, private boys’ schools acknowledge they need more women on their governing councils.

Eastern suburbs Liberal Party branches have lobbied Planning Minister Rob Stokes to push back to reject Meriton’s controversial proposal to build 1900 apartments at Little Bay.

Councillors call for an overhaul of Sydney’s iconic New Year’s Eve celebrations, with fewer fireworks, the use of lasers and drones and events spread across the city.

Chefs love it, the Japanese bathe in it, and it has three times as much vitamin C as lemon. After appearing at fine diners, yuzu is filtering down to cafes, restaurants and cocktail bars.

Dorothy McGillivray, aged 96, devours books. Rapidly. She doesn’t need large print and she likes books on the Royal Family, history and archaeology. She is, quite possibly, the best read woman in town. And she’s never had a library fine.

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Queensland’s public sector union is concerned the push by Queensland politicians for public servants to return to city offices means some flexible working conditions will be lost.

Voters were forced to a byelection after former Nationals MP Michael Johnsen quit Parliament amid accusations of raping a sex worker.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has recalled 10 batches of Hydralyte’s Strawberry Kiwi Effervescent electrolyte tablets.

A COVID-fuelled “sperm drought” has heightened fears about unregulated sperm donations, with more women flocking online to find donors and some being allegedly assaulted by men offering to help them conceive.

A 15-year-old boy was seriously injured on Saturday after an abseiling accident in the Blue Mountains.

The program is designed for venues significantly impacted by COVID-19 restrictions over the past 12 months.

The cases are those police believe are the most solvable. In each case investigators have strong leads and believe the appeal may find the missing information.

A Melbourne Brewery cancelled a promotion to reward people who had had a COVID-19 vaccine due to negative social media comments.

The Department of Health says 13 people have been identified as potential contacts after confusion over the actual store visited by a Wollert man who tested positive for COVID-19.

First residents thought it was manure. Then a dead possum in the roof. Residents in Melbourne’s West have been living amid a toxic stench since 2019 and will be until next year.

A Queensland lawyer says he has been involved in an array of recent disputes stemming from working-from-home practices.

Despite a 20 per cent rise in the number of foster carers between 2019 and 2020, the number of children moving into the child protection system has increased during COVID-19.