Masks are mandatory in all indoor settings across Australia’s largest city, Queensland has slammed its border shut to Greater Sydney and Melburnians are hours away from being able to welcome more than two visitors into their homes.

The captain of a Qantas freight plane was incapacitated by emergency oxygen, forcing the first officer to declare a MAYDAY.

A Sandringham dry cleaners has become the first addition to Victoria’s exposure site list in more than a week after an Oakleigh man tested positive for COVID-19 after flying in from Sydney.

Phar Lap winning the Melbourne Cup, Sir Donald Bradman at the crease, the baby Queen Elizabeth and the Kelly gang feature in a collection of unique glass plate images dating back to the 1880s.

The 62-year-old woman was found in the stairwell of the apartment block on the night of May 15.

Sydneysiders mask up and start to leave the city streets

For many of the crew members deep cleaning Sydney venues, COVID-19 has hit closer to home than most.

Today on Please Explain, the editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, Lisa Davies, joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the politics and economic impacts of not locking down.

The meaning of the fine print is key in a potential High Court case that could have ramifications for 250,000 Australian businesses with COVID-19 insurance claims.

Two years have passed since the mine was approved and the company is set to keep its promise of exporting coal this year.

With no customers to serve beneath the city’s office towers, cafe staff spent Thursday’s lunch hour shuffling chairs or wiping down tables that no-one had eaten at.

Victorian judge demands more be done to thwart distributors of child abuse material as he jails man who was in possession of more than 400,000 images and videos.

The former special forces soldier has denied he was trying to conceal evidence in his defamation trial against The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

ABC presenter Annabel Crabb had a “boiling sense of rage and grief” when she learned an old debating colleague who accused federal minister Christian Porter of rape had taken her own life, according to messages detailed in court documents.

Four people have been taken by ambulance from the LU Simon Builders building on Bourke Street.

Brisbane Water Police officer-in-charge Mitch Gray said eight divers were called into search on Thursday while a helicopter and about nine vessels were on scene.

The appearance of the season’s first southern right whale calf in Victorian waters brings out the cameras in Portland.

Monica Elizabeth Young tearfully told a court on Thursday she knew what she was doing with the underage student was wrong.

Barbara was colourful in appearance, in personality and in relationships. She nurtured friendships with people of all ages.

A former banker who splurged some of the $3.75 million he defrauded from the Commonwealth Bank on cocaine and a lavish lifestyle has been spared jail because of a 10-year delay between his offences and sentencing.

The state’s Chief Health Officer has given her strongest warning yet to people planning travel into NSW, as Sydney weathers a growing outbreak ahead of school holidays.

Vegetable plots will be built at the doorstep of the Springvale office for the Friends of Refugees to provide fresh produce for asylum seekers.

The details between the Gold Coast airport and hospital visit remain unclear, but Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said Frans would be moved from Robina Hospital, where he has been since last week, to the Gold Coast University Hospital.

NSW recorded 11 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as Greater Sydney embarks on its first full day with tighter restrictions.

Max Fulcher was also known for hosting extravagant parties at his home in Darlinghurst.

More than 22,000 new housing loans for first home buyers were approved in a 10-month period from July to April and property experts hope the trend will have a positive impact on Perth rents.

Mr Langker’s lawyer Mark Davis said the charges will be fought vigorously and he is looking forward to his day in court.

Extra police have been deployed to storm-hit towns north-east of Melbourne after five generators were stolen and three burglaries were reported in Healesville and Mount Evelyn over the past 10 days.

Fringe World organiser Artrage confirmed on Thursday that Woodside has lost naming rights for and direct links to the major Perth festival. But it will not quite cut all ties.

A rundown of the new rules that will apply across the state from 11.59pm on Thursday and remain in place for a fortnight.

Jarryd Hayne’s appeal against his conviction for sexually assaulting a woman in Newcastle is estimated to take up to three hours.

The group threatened the man with a gun aimed at his head, before firing the weapon and inflicting facial injuries on him, police said.

A musical life of serious fun

Three people linked to the Brisbane Portuguese Family Centre where a COVID-positive woman visited, sparking concerns over possible community transmission, have contracted the virus.

A facelift of the dilapidated South Fremantle power station could bring a development windfall, but its success will hinge on an eyesore switchyard.

It was included in the boundary recommended by the official committee that assessed the area for nomination... so what happened? And what will happen next?

Migrating humpbacks are arriving, ecotourism is spiking, heavy industry is knocking loudly. But that’s only the start of what’s happening at the north-west tourism hub.

Two men, a 30-year-old from the northern Brisbane region, and a 46-year-old from the Sunshine Coast region, were found dead at the scene.

The helicopter crashed into waters off Port Stephens, killing the pilot and all four passengers.

The allocation of Pfizer doses is expected to increase gradually from July, with the state expected to receive up to 770,000 doses of the vaccine each week from October.

The Australian government’s whingeing at UNESCO’s declaration that the Great Barrier Reef is in danger will not help fix the problem.

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

Arrests at Kerr protest, ACTU cargo ban, and sounds of silence

An Italian bricklayer named Roberto Bassi arrived in Sydney, having covered 32,000 km of the world on foot.

A truckload of medical equipment delivered free-of-charge to a struggling regional health service? Now that’s star power.

In a significant escalation of her rhetoric, Gladys Berejiklian told Parliament on Wednesday the government “will not hesitate to go further and harder if we have to” with restrictions.

The man is the second person to be bitten by a shark in Western Australia this month after a 10-year-old boy was bitten on the foot near Coral Bay last week.

While winter solstice leaves some brassed off.

The community broadcaster has had its licence extended for three more years after a campaign by volunteers, staff and City of Melbourne councillors.

Restrictions will ease on Thursday night, including changes to rules that will allow more people in homes and significantly increase the number of people allowed at weddings and funerals. However, the indoor mask mandate will remain.