On Sunday, the Bulldogs and the Rabbitohs played one another while both staying at the Mercure on the Gold Coast.

Public transport services will be slashed in NSW from today, there are more than 200 exposure sites in Victoria and Olympics organisers are battling to keep COVID-19 from overwhelming the Games ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony.

Regional towns are waiting to learn whether they have recorded their first cases of COVID-19.

Tevita Pangai Junior’s management will on Tuesday notify the Bulldogs that the hulking forward has accepted a $2.2 million deal over three years.

The Tigers winger set a new try-scoring record for the club then explained why he sacked himself from the leadership group

Carlos Ghosn escaped to Lebanon via Turkey to avoid a criminal trial in Tokyo that he said would be unfair.

Restaurateur Daniel Zeidan, behind Melbourne venues including the Grace Darling Hotel, Lazerpig Pizza Parlour and Strange Wolf basement bar, has been banned from managing companies for four years.

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The new secretary and president had promised better governance and a more muscular industrial approach but became embroiled in an unsuccessful attempt to sack a staff member.

WA’s Department of Health confirmed on Monday afternoon the seafarers had tested positive for the disease via rapid PCR testing; the remaining six crew will now also be tested.

The race for positions inside the top eight is increasingly compromised by COVID-19 with players at a host of premiership and finals contenders set to miss games after they unwittingly attended exposure sites.

Greens member Anab Mohamud will return to Yarra City Council on Tuesday for the first time since she was involved in a fight outside a gay nightclub in April.

The body of the woman, aged in her 50s, was found by emergency services on Monday morning at the home in Green Valley in Sydney’s west. 

Vancouver’s COVID-19 case numbers are similar to Sydney’s, yet the Canadian city is opening up while the Australian city is moving into harder lockdown.

KPMG estimates the lockdown in Sydney will cost about $220 million a day while in Victoria the cost will be closer to $150 million a day.

Sydneysiders were excited to get their first COVID-19 jab as a new mass vaccination clinic opened in the CBD on Monday morning.

Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman will arrive in Japan next week with double motivation to go for gold after they left the British Open  in England with regrets.

The split between the Sussex’s and the House of Windsor has sparked a PR battle between the dueling duchesses.

As the state recorded 16 new local cases on Monday, Premier Daniel Andrews said a decision on the length of the state’s lockdown would be announced on Tuesday.

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Emoji have become the new body language at a time when seeing someone in person is either strongly discouraged or involves having half your face covered.

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As demonstrators demanded the Thai Prime Minister resign, Australians were told whether they had been successful in a lucky dip for leftover vaccines.

Just days after the Opals star withdrew from the Olympic Games citing poor mental health, Basketball Australia said it was investigating a breach of its code of conduct.

For five days straight, TikTok comedian Jon-Bernard Kairouz correctly predicted the number of NSW cases the night before the Premier would announce them at her 11am press conferences. But his streak came to an end on Monday.

Billionaire Gina Rinehart’s lithium play Vulcan Energy Resources has scored a supply deal with the world’s largest supplier of lithium-ion batteries for e-vehicles.

A man’s body has been found at a Gold Coast beach about two kilometres north-east of the Gold Coast Seaway.

Major developers and peak building industry bodies warn the NSW state government’s decision to put the brakes on construction work will cost jobs and sink the state economy.

From metal with a twist to Tones and I, there’s more surprises in store for music fans.

The outspoken former coach has questioned whether Rennie is the right man to inspire the young Wallabies. The answer came against France in Brisbane.

Today on Please Explain, climate and environment editor Nick O’Malley joins Tory Maguire to discuss how Australia’s suburbs are likely to cope with increasing temperatures.

A major study shows vaccine hesitancy is significant among 18- to 29-year-olds, highlighting the need for clear public messaging about the pandemic.

When Amanda Kloots’ Broadway star husband was admitted to hospital last March with coronavirus, she found an unlikely lifeline on Instagram.

The Auditor-General’s office has revealed a $660 million program for railway carparks was based on list of the nation’s most marginal electorates.

NSW has introduced strict new rules for residents of the three local government areas that further limit their movements in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19.

The Sex Discrimination Commissioner also revealed 16 current and former politicians have taken part in her review of parliamentary workplace culture.

Canada has now fully vaccinated about half its adult population, marking a rapid turnaround from a rate of just 3 per cent in mid May.

The former adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi has developed cold and flu symptoms inside a Myanmar prison where COVID-19 is spreading.

The state’s Chief Health Officer says the Berejiklian government is responsible for which sections of the economy to close.

The Cannes Film Festival in the time of COVID was collectively obsessed with bodies.

It’s frightening to consider the dominoes in the Greater Sydney construction shutdown, Here’s a snapshot.

Former Labor minister Eddie Obeid set to return to prison after guilty finding over his role in a rigged tender which delivered his family $30 million windfall.

The pace bowler has turned down huge IPL paydays to play for his country and finds himself in the West Indies with a severely depleted national team.

Venues including the Brisbane airport and supermarkets, service stations and pharmacies across the northern suburbs, Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast regions are the latest places of concern for contact tracers.

Tech darling Altium has lost the $5 billion offer on the table after US tech giant Autodesk said it has pulled the pin on takeover talks.  

Anthony Di Iorio says he’s done with the cryptocurrency world, partially because of personal safety concerns.

Turkish coast guard officials invited journalists to witness what they say are illegal pushbacks by Greece.

The students’ departure for Winter School - a term 3 residential boarding program outside Jindabyne that Redlands has run for almost 30 years - has the full support of NSW Health.