The AFL season continues in Melbourne as Richmond and Gold Coast face off at Marvel Stadium.

A NSW MP has been forced back into isolation after bungled health advice, the nation’s peak medical group has slammed politicians for fuelling confusion over the vaccine rollout and Alice Springs is waking up to its first day of a snap lockdown.

Younger Australians have shown stronger interest in the AstraZeneca vaccine, as the nation recorded its highest daily number of vaccinations.

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The Swans had planned to be away for a maximum of two weeks but still there remains uncertainty about whether they will return home after next weekend.

The six-part Danish series about a horrific murder avoids the pitfalls of so many stories about real-world atrocities.

Just eight doctors have completed the training to provide access to the process, prompting criticism from the opposition that the state had failed to prepare for the laws.

Scientists warn that Indonesia’s outbreak is starting to resemble India’s as morgues fill up and the government scrambles for doses for its 270 million people.

The regulations and rules are so complex, sex workers say many are forced to work outside of the law, risking a range of fines, and even jail. 

An infectious disease and vaccine expert helps young people considering their next move.

Blood and a mobile phone were found during a police search of her boyfriend’s home a day after she was reported missing by her family, a court has been told. 

We can do without a word that can mean both “subject to discussion” as well as “irrelevant, or beyond discussion”. Even if barristers love it.

The Morrison government agreed to spend $42 million on four commuter car parks in a marginal seat in Melbourne’s east before the projects had been fully assessed. Now the costs are blowing out.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is urging people to stay at home after 24 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Thursday, with only half in isolation while infectious.

A fractured cheekbone at last week’s Oceania Sevens tournament has ended Chloe Dalton’s hopes of back-to-back gold medals.

The game at the MCG will still begin at 7.40pm, with the Melbourne v GWS match at the same venue to begin earlier that day at 1.45pm. 

AGL will be forced to confront significant market doubts about the plan to split its retailing business from its coal fleet.

It’s hard to put a price on how valuable it is to spend time with your teammates away from the confines of the football club.

Preparing for a tribute show on the 50th anniversary of Jim Morrison’s death, Perth’s Justin Burford discovered there was more to the musician’s infamous life than hedonism and excess.

Everything you need to know to pick a winner on an eight-race card.

Fresh from three winners at last week’s winter program, Brenton Avdulla is keen to maintain his association with Chris Waller’s promising Wicklow.

Greg Hickman has been one of the biggest advocates for the new series with an influential owner to boot, but how successful will the new race be?

John O’Shea says he has no other option but to take on a huge task with his import, which will carry 66kg to cap his Grafton Cup preparation.

Excessive, perhaps, but at the time it seemed like a case of my body, my choice, just without any actual politics involved.

Australia were pitted against the top team from all but one pot in a difficult draw for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Jamil Hopoate was arrested in May as part of an investigation into the importation of $152 million of cocaine.

Premier Mark McGowan wants the federal government to limit the reasons for leaving the country after close to 2000 people finished hotel quarantine in WA two times or more.

A further 7.5 per cent rise will take the median house value in Melbourne beyond $1 million by Christmas, while Canberra could crack this mark by Easter.

Almost 300,000 pieces of Australian history will be saved at the National Archives but there are calls for more cash to help the institution.

Trent Barrett was in charge of the Manly gun in the formative years of his NRL career. And he’s warned his Bulldogs about what they face on the weekend.

A newsroom discussion about the PM’s social media posts ended up with millions of dollars going to save vital records from the Bounty and of John Curtin.

Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt’s announcement has been slammed by environmental groups as “deeply irresponsible”.

There’s a crippling shortage of staff skilled in anti-money laundering compliance but foreigners with experience in this field are still unable to get permanent work in Australia.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk shut down a journalist’s questions during a heated press conference as the government defends its handling of the pandemic.

Melbourne’s performance art duo, infamous for their fabulous, otherworldly costumes, have made a disco song to accompany a new exhibition.

Vanity House owner Daniela Milos has opened her business during the three-day lockdown in south-east Queensland.

Crown Resorts faces a fresh money laundering scandal stemming from its illegal practice of accepting credit card payments in exchange for gambling chips through the hotel desk at its Melbourne property.

Samoa is withdrawing its weightlifting team from the Tokyo Games because of COVID-19 curbs, the chief of the Pacific nation’s Olympic committee said.

Standing in Tiananmen Square, a site scrubbed clean of its past, China’s President promised that the party’s second century would be even more glorious.

A WA-based marketing expert says the federal government needed to swap boring animations, doctors and politicians in its COVID vaccine campaign for influencers.

Multinational mining giant Adani has launched legal action against an activist over his work to undermine the project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.

Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods has apologised after video emerged of one of the oil giant’s lobbyists saying a carbon tax the company has promoted for years is unlikely to happen.

Matt Lodge’s controversial time at the Broncos has come to an end, while Roosters hard man Isaac Liu will also be on the move.

Australia’s poor perception of AstraZeneca is a symptom of bad and changing communication, and Australia’s success in containing the virus so early on in the pandemic, experts say.

Nixon was impressed with  Rumsfeld’s toughness and drive, once describing him, admiringly, as a “ruthless little bastard.”

House prices in Sydney and Melbourne are rising faster than anytime in almost two decades and there’s still no sign of a regulatory remedy to cool down the red-hot market.

The plans for the new dwellings are outlined in a 20-year government blueprint for the north shore suburb aimed at developing it into an innovation precinct.

Canadian basketball player Kim Gaucher, who is breastfeeding her infant daughter, called it “the right decision for women in sports.”

A heatwave that smashed all-time high temperature records in western Canada and the US north-west has left a rising death toll in its wake as officials brace for more sizzling weather and the threat of wildfires.

The number of under-40s being vaccinated is expected to grow after the Prime Minister announced a no-fault indemnity scheme for doctors on Monday.