New research shows students who set specific, self-referenced goals with the support of their teachers demonstrate greater perseverance, aspirations and homework behaviour.

Acting Premier James Merlino has revealed the Delta strain has been linked to a returned traveller in Victorian hotel quarantine. Meanwhile, the number of official COVID-19 exposure sites has jumped back above 300.

Health authorities have found a genomic match between the Delta variant circulating in Melbourne and hotel quarantine, but Melbourne is still on track for eased restrictions by Friday.

Australian police have publicly urged Hakan Ayik to turn himself in and protect his family after he was duped by operatives into distributing an app that was used to monitor 12,500 crime figures around the world.

The Berejiklian government will extend its “Dine and Discover” voucher program to include the upcoming school holidays because consumers have redeemed less than half of almost 17 million vouchers issued so far.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi promises to ramp up vaccine procurement to try to vaccinate 75 per cent of Indians sooner than in two years.

Victoria’s alpine region received a timely dump of snow this week, but last year’s snowfall figures suggest worrying signs for the future.

Abraham Sinai is on trial in the NSW Supreme Court accused of collaborating with a man who is shown on CCTV running up to Ho Ledinh and shooting him.

At first glance, England’s standing down of debutant fast bowler Ollie Robinson for offensive, but old, tweets seems unfair. But there is a wider context.

A Tamil asylum seeker family’s hopes of returning to the Queensland town of Biloela appear to have been dashed by the Morrison government, with resettlement in the United States or New Zealand now appearing more likely.

One of the Blues’ most experienced players has heard Brad Fittler’s message loud and clear after a spiteful series decider in 2020.

Sydneysiders will soon have a new foreshore park to enjoy once a World War II-era factory on the lower north shore is demolished. 

It’s a seven-race card in the inner west for Sydney’s midweek meeting. Selections based on a soft to heavy track.

The Kangs are considering moving to Canada in the hopes of reuniting with their little boy after 15 months apart.

The Blues fullback has backed teammate Victor Radley, who vowed not to change his aggressive technique despite missing out on Origin I and II due to suspension.

In 2019 three youths were forced to strip naked, lift their penises and in one case part their buttocks for inspection with a torch at a NSW juvenile jail.

Clive Palmer’s legal bill will be higher than the cost of paying out Israel Folau’s $245,000 Catalans contract, which is at the centre of his registration dramas.

The Australian Federal Police and the FBI joined forces for the three-year operation, which culminated in the arrest of alleged bikie and mafia figures in raids this week. Officers say it has helped stop 21 planned underworld killings in Melbourne.

Every three seconds, someone in the world develops a form of dementia. So why is it so poorly understood?

Peak bodies representing more than 200,000 accountants have hit out at a controversial proposal to weaken the influence of the shareholder advisory industry.

Australian investigator Professor Dominic Dwyer says China appeared open and co-operative when international investigators visited in January.

Three-time premiership-winning Hawk Luke Breust likes what he is seeing in the club’s rebuild and has no plans to entertain a trade to a rival club.

Western Australia’s vaccination program has moved into its next phase, with 30 to 49-year-olds able to get a jab from Thursday.

The state government says the only greenery to be removed is a single frangipani tree.

Ms Berejiklian says the Uluru Statement from the Heart is “the centrepiece of reconciliation” and “a vehicle both to address Indigenous recognition and to make our nation better”.

Geelong, St Kilda and North Melbourne will have to adhere to strict health protocols to play their games in South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania respectively.

Victoria recorded two new local cases on Tuesday, the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial entered its second day and Dylan Alcott has won another grand slam in France.

The legal action itself may be frivolous but it brings the spectre of regulation back on the radar for Afterpay, which is hoping to hit paydirt in the US. 

Brisbane’s bid for the 2032 Olympics faces one of its final hurdles this week as the city edges closer to an official reveal on the eve of the Tokyo Games.

Bdelloid rotifers may be the toughest, tiniest animal you’ve never heard of, but scientists say they can survive anything.

In a cavernous room above the banks of the Thames in London, two very different artworks face each other on opposite walls. The result is confronting, and that’s the intention.

Crown’s head of VIP customer service, Peter Lawrence, has conceded that its treatment of that customer was irresponsible and motivated by profit.

Snow could fall in the Blue Mountains from Wednesday with a cold front sweeping east, bringing potential thunderstorms, small hail and freezing temperatures across NSW and ACT.

More students and families from North Melbourne Primary School have been sent into 14-day isolation following Monday’s positive new case at the school.

During a visit to accommodation for Indigenous students, Josh Addo-Carr was challenged to a foot race. All his coach could think about was the Manly Corso.

Today on Please Explain federal political reporter Lisa Visentin joins Nathanael Cooper after ABC managing director David Anderson’s appearance at Senate estimates on Monday.

The US and its allies are pulling out but 300 Afghan interpreters are still in the country and likely to be Taliban targets.

If households are falling behind with mortgage payments, they are less likely to buy jewellery, the latest fashion or eat out in restaurants, according to analysts.

The wonders of Trent Bianco’s alternate universe; the footy connection to the debut century at Lord’s; and the Beaumaris football factory delivers yet again.

A Melbourne policeman has been charged after allegedly sharing video of a friend’s former partner after he pulled her over for speeding.

A freak paddock accident robbed staying-bred filly Allinthistogether of a potential Oaks campaign but trainer Mark Newnham hopes she can make up for lost time.

Authorities said a young man was arrested in the parking lot of a nearby mall after the incident on Sunday night in the Ontario city of London.

Woodside will have to ensure harder and faster emissions cuts in order to expand its Pluto LNG plant in Western Australia.

Annie Clark, aka St Vincent, freely admits to “getting bored easily” and has no desire to repeat herself musically, stylistically or in life.

In 1975, John Stonehouse, a British Member of Parliament, started a hunger strike at Pentridge Prison after was arrested trying to flee Australia. He has been on bail pending extradition proceedings in the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court on Friday rel...

The show would be the latest in a long tradition of Central Park super-productions that paint New York as a peaceful, cosmopolitan haven for the arts.

Two of South Africa’s World Cup-winning players suffered ‘substantial’ burns in an accident in Ireland, where they play club rugby.

Already letters from the European Commission in English are going unanswered.

Paul Green is about to coach his first Origin game and he has turned to a well-worn Queensland script on the eve of the first clash.

Carroll - who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her two decades ago - sued him for defamation over his insulting denials while president.