Thieves took jewellery, handbags and other personal possessions from the grieving family in a crime linked to a series of break-ins across Sydney.

The alleged victim went through a two-day cross-examination in which she was called a liar. She now faces another trial after the Court of Appeal set aside the conviction because of comments the judge made.

The federal government warns that the number of new migrants settling in big cities must be kept “at or below” their capacity to absorb them.

Premier Berejiklian announced a two week lockdown for Greater Sydney, Wollongong and Shellharbour, the Blue Mountains and the Central Coast.

A NSW public health order requiring airport staff to be vaccinated initially appeared to apply to all airport workers, many of whom are not vaccinated or on priority lists, sending the industry scrambling.

The Australian Medical Association WA president has urged the state government to back a three-day lockdown so contact tracers were not overwhelmed.

The men called for assistance about 6pm on Sunday after becoming lost during a visit to a remote beach, police say.

The work participation rate for women is at a high. A more flexible approach to employment conditions has been identified as a key driver.

The new cases in a Rose Bay Secondary College student and childcare worker at Bellevue Hill Kids Club will be reported by health authorities on Tuesday.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has warned COVID-19 case numbers are likely to rise in coming days, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is returns to work this morning and coronavirus restrictions are in place in WA and the NT.

Some people were turned away from clinics in Joondalup on Sunday afternoon after being told there was a seven-hour wait, only to return again in the early hours of Monday morning to again join the queue.

James Davis, accused of enslaving a woman and coercing her into sexual servitude, has been refused bail after police say they found an automatic rifle on a property he co-owns.

Brendan Nelson put up a spirited defence of the reputation of Ben Roberts-Smith, including tales of the “reverential mobs” that used to fall upon the former SAS soldier wherever he went, until the day he was accused of war crimes.

Five COVID-19 tests feels like a lot for a desk jockey who’s been working from home since March last year, but I’ll keep rocking up for a nose poke until we are out of this mess.

Prosecutors told a Supreme Court trial that Abraham Sinai helped the shooter before, during and after the killing of Ho Ledinh.

Craigie Leisure Centre, the Mirror Park toilets in Ocean Reef, Mullaloo IGA, and Le Shaggy Chic Shack in Ocean Reef are the latest potential COVID exposure sites to be added.

Florida is the birthplace of resort-style high rise residential development that has been copied in cities around the world, including Australia.

Discrimination against older Australians is rife, but there are many reasons why we need to learn to ditch ageism.

A gym, new airport sites and a service station are among the exposure sites listed as Queensland records fresh cases of community transmission.

As WA races to stem an outbreak from Sydney, a separate cluster at a Darwin mine has led to 177 WA FIFO workers being forced into quarantine as their colleagues in Qld and NSW test positive.

A steady stream of exercisers were treading the familiar Bay Run loop as Sydney’s lockdown shuttered businesses, crushed travel plans and sent workers home.

Today on Please Explain, federal health reporter Rachel Clun joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the border-jumping threat to health and the economy.

Police said a 51-year-old father was struck with a chainsaw after he and his son were inspecting a damaged letterbox.

Premier Mark McGowan said it was concerning that it appeared the 32-year-old woman had only minimal contact with another woman who returned a positive test on Sunday after arriving back from Sydney.

NSW recorded 18 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as Greater Sydney and surrounds remain in a fortnight-long lockdown and as Australia faces a potential national outbreak.

Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said they had opted for a mobile model over a “ring of steel” option, which police have found to be more effective and less disruptive for border communities.

The former Liberal defence minister and head of the Australian War Memorial said before The Age and Sydney Morning Herald articles, the former SAS soldier was surrounded by “reverential mobs”.

The State Coroner has ruled a fatal knife attack on Bourke Street in 2018 was a premeditated act of terror, calling for major changes to the sharing of information between crime and intelligence agencies.

We could do worse than follow the example of the city state of Singapore, which has set out a plan to keep COVID suppressed without lockdowns.

The Premier has taken aim at those spreading rumours about the circumstances surrounding his crippling back injury.

Perth and Peel have returned to Phase 1 restrictions until at least Tuesday, over fears the woman has the highly contagious Delta variant from a Sydney cafe. 

The Victorian Premier has criticised the vaccine rollout and backed the Sydney lockdown.

Queensland has recorded two cases of community transmission on Monday while masks will be mandated from 1am Tuesday.

She was allegedly the passenger in the stolen car that hit and killed Senior Constable David Masters, 53, on Saturday.

Is there anybody out there (or, at least, anything)? In a new explainer series, we explore how close science fiction is to becoming reality, starting with the search for alien life – and how UFOs went mainstream.

The peak body for real estate agents has suddenly quit an expert panel advising the government as a stoush between the minister and agents escalates.

Introducing Stewart McSweyn – the star international athlete and generational talent no one seems to know.

Police are searching for a man who remains at large after an alleged attempt to extort money from a family in their Strathfield home.

A company supplying parts to Perth’s new trains has been linked to exploited Uighur workers in China.

Some recently eased restrictions have been reversed after two new cases were likely linked to a Brisbane hotel breach cluster. A returned miner has also tested positive.

An epidemiologist writes we are resilient and will endure this lockdown - and that vaccines promise fewer of them.

Governments must consider the total welfare of their people when contemplating action as drastic as a lockdown. An economist argues the NSW government has not demonstrated that the benefits outweigh the costs.

A study has called into question the safety of widely used cosmetics including waterproof mascaras, foundations and liquid lipsticks.

An overhauled version of the subject will feature deep dives into distinct themes including Aboriginal land management, race and immigration, environmental fights and struggles for women’s equality.

Victoria’s workers compensation fund is heading for another multibillion-dollar loss, and more than a third of mental health claims have come from the public sector workforce.

When is a lockdown not a real lockdown?

The Northern Territory senator has eclipse her fellow politicians.

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

A swarm of pigs from the Tanks, stuck inside the Oldsmobile, and a National Museum for Historical Objects.

Newly preselected senate candidate Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has big shoes to fill after beating incumbent Sam McMahon for preselection