Post office, shopping centres and cafes across the city have been added to NSW Health’s exposure list as authorities race to trace Sydney’s growing cases.

As a boy, Greg Creed had always hoped to be a RAAF fighter pilot. But years later, he would end up leaving Brisbane to lead $50 billion global business Yum! Brands – the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut.

Vaccinations are the key to preventing Qld from re-entering lockdown, says CHO, as contact tracers mop up remaining unlinked cases.

An owner and an employee of The Organic Store in Bowral were arrested for the second time on Saturday over defiance against public health orders.

The winter sun shines as Sydney enters week two of lockdown.

Strict conditions around masks and venue capacity remain in the wake of the lockdown being lifted.

Carina, Carindale and Tingalpa are among new areas of concern, along with additional Brisbane Airport sites and stores in North Lakes shopping centre.

“While as predicted the number of cases is going up, we are seeing a greater proportion of those cases in isolation,” Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.

Police will allege in court the man sexually assaulted the teenage girl, then aged 13, on multiple occasions between April 2020 and May 2020.

For the third day in a row there were no new local cases in Victoria, but the state’s move out of restrictions will be linked to how the outbreak is managed in NSW, where there were 35.

Australia remains the only country besides America that still has a robust Motel industry. Born in the 50’s, a fertile environment for Motels with expansive landscapes, increased car ownership and accommodation options beyond those offered by the l...

The lockdown will end at 6pm on Saturday, despite new cases being recorded, with contact tracers certain they are getting ahead of new cases.

A lack of meaningful and effective leadership at the highest level of government on violence against women is the biggest barrier to achieving genuine reform.

In 2017, Raymond Noel went to the shops to buy chocolate. A police pursuit followed, resulting in the 30-year-old’s death.

‘Like family’: Oakleigh’s Olympic ice rink is turning 50 and the closeknit Silverblades skating club is among many groups attached to the place.

The hospitality industry faces financial hits up to $200m and strict lockdown restrictions force many winery and restaurant owners in the South West to play police.

A 20-year-old woman has died and five others were injured when a car and 4WD collided in the Cairns suburb of Manoora on Saturday.

The pair are recovering in hospital after being shot at in Logan on Friday night.

Reviving the religious freedom bill will further cheapen political debate beyond the amateur theatre we already suffer.

One buyer’s advocate estimates that about 75 per cent of properties on the market are underquoted and has called on authorities to act

The Prime Minister said Australia is likely to get to the point coronavirus can be treated “like the flu”. But experts say that would be unwise, and the public should do more than it’s done in the past to prevent the spread of infectious viruse...

A handful of senior NSW Police officers are most likely to take over as commissioner in charge of the state’s 17,500-strong force. 

The Herald has tracked every case to look at how the virus multiplied to lead to the first widespread lockdown since the national lockdown that began in March last year.

This inner-city housing plan subverts the public realm rather enhance it for public delight.

Scott Morrison had no choice on Friday but to yield to the Labor premiers’ demand to restrict overseas arrivals. Their power will test him as he prepares for a federal election,

For many of Australia’s neighbours, the vaccine that many of us reject is their only viable option.

Fewer than a fifth of new buildings in NSW with serious defects had been reported to the government officials charged with cleaning up the construction industry and restoring public confidence.

With the anti-apartheid movement gaining global momentum in the 70s all eyes turned to Australia where the Springboks were touring. The SCG fixture against the Wallabies erupted in a tinderbox of protest.

When Julia Banks transitioned from a successful corporate career into federal politics, she was shocked to find sexism and backroom skulduggery still running rife. The best antidote? Channelling Helen Mirren.

The COVID circus continues to roll into town minus a ringmaster but with a cast of amateur performers.

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

Amid national panic at a pandemic, the joy and energy of a toddler offers perspective.

HIV and COVID-19: two viruses, 40 years apart, and each a momentous milestone in medical science and our daily lives.

International arrivals are set to be halved, a staged plan will be brought in to help Australia overcome COVID-19, and Western Australia and the Northern Territory have had their lockdowns lifted.

A late Covid case hasn’t halted restrictions easing in all but the Brisbane and Moreton Bay council areas, as Queensland warns its hotel quarantine system is nearly full.

A sandstone museum and a 100-year-old finger wharf have been celebrated by the state’s architects after multimillion-dollar renovations.

The Northern Territory survived 17 months without a single case of community transmission - until a hotel quarantine failure in Brisbane.

A person who claims to be the son of the unvaccinated limousine driver at the centre of the Bondi COVID-19 cluster says his father has been made a scapegoat.

Holidaymakers and hospitality businesses will take the easing of lockdown restrictions with a grain of salt after strict conditions were imposed including on those travelling to the regions.

Jakob Opacic, 28, died when he came off his motorbike on Friday morning, but police are treating the crash as suspicious.

Both Aakansha and Kiruthika are Australian citizens who went to India to care for critically ill parents who have since died. With new caps on overseas arrivals, they don’t know when they’ll be able to come home.

A major music festival that was to have been held in Port Melbourne over the weekend has been cancelled by the Andrews government, leaving thousands of revellers stranded, several international DJs without a gig and event organisers out of pocket.

WA Premier Mark McGowan said he already considered lockdowns a ‘last resort’, dashing any chance the agreed-to plan would reduce their likelihood in the future.

Supreme Court of WA Justice Rene Le Miere on Friday delivered three significant judgments that will shape one of the biggest iron ore clashes the nation has seen.

The changes, if delivered, could avoid schools “teaching to the test” to improve their results and establish students’ starting points for the school year.

There have been 144 local cases recorded during the first week of lockdown, nearly two-thirds of the 226 cases since a limousine driver tested positive on June 16.

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.

Students will be tested on their digital and scientific literacy and on their ability to think creatively and critically as part of a revamped NAPLAN test. 

The new lockdown measures mean those on Brisbane’s border would need to be careful where they travelled to avoid going back into restrictions on Saturday.

A Supreme Court appeal which found the state-owned entity had the most responsibility for the 2014 Parkerville fire means it may now need to spend $50 million to map out private power poles.