NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has made her strongest plea on COVID-19 vaccination, urging under 40s to consider getting AstraZeneca as Sydney prepares for its outbreak to worsen in the coming days.

The economic return of the Brisbane Olympics will be at least controversial, yet the bottom line aspires to little that most of us value.

NSW is struggling to vaccinate as many people as it would like in coronavirus hotspots, Victoria’s state opposition has called for tougher border restrictions and the PM has promised to make up for lost ground when it comes to the national vaccine ...

A father, his son, and a teenage girl have each been jailed for their role in killing a 19-year-old man who was shot after a violent revenge plot between two groups spiralled into a high-speed chase through the streets of Wyong on the Central Coast.

Education experts are urging the Andrews government to give schools more direction about remote learning, warning too many students are being put at a disadvantage.

With the Tokyo Olympics upon us after many setbacks in a global pandemic, readers debated Australia’s medal prospects but also revealed different levels of enthusiasm for the Games proceeding.

Two of the 26 local cases were out in the community while infectious. One person only stopped at a regional petrol station, while the other case, linked to the AAMI Park outbreak, visited several stalls at Prahran Market.

Dianne Jolley denied sending herself the threatening notes which contained pairs of underwear and a photo of her face with a red line through it.

Police have arrested three people after finding child victims have allegedly been procured and exploited.

Architects of the NDIS have accused federal and state governments of abandoning the 4 million Australians with disabilities who are not eligible for individual funding under the scheme.

Working parents of primary school children say they feel like they’re inside the famous Star Wars garbage compactor scene as the demands of remote learning close in on one side and the unrelenting demands of work close in on the other.

Brisbane, with its “humble origins as a 19th-century penal colony”, has soared in the eyes of the world overnight.

Logan mayor Luke Smith and seven councillors were charged with fraud in 2019 but all had their charges dropped this year.

The healthcare student, who was supposed to have entered 14 days of isolation, instead travelled throughout SEQ and on to Cairns.

Ngalia elder Kado Muir told the UN Rio Tinto’s destruction of Juukan Gorge in May last year highlighted the failures of current laws to protect sites where industry has an interest.

Despite claims they are an unacceptable flight risk, convicted former Labor ministers Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and Obeid’s son Moses, have been granted bail.

Police allege a 31-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were walking along William Street when they were attacked by the girl and an 18-year-old accomplice.

Photographer Janie Barrett captures the rhythm of daily life behind closed doors during Sydney's second lockdown.

With the rest of Australian in various states of lockdown, Optus Stadium is likely to be the last venue standing when a decision is required on where the 2021 AFL Grand Final will be held.

New mass vaccination clinics will open from next month in Perth as WA starts providing an extra 10,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine each week.

For so long men have demeaned and degraded women, but too often it’s been invisible. The Australian Olympic Committee president, at least, has put it right out in the open.

Today on Please Explain, Nathanael Cooper is joined by sports reporter Phil Lutton from Tokyo on the eve of the Olympics first day.

Catholic Schools NSW says a wait-and-see approach was putting too much stress on students and the extra time would allow schools to organise COVID-safe measures.

As Victoria’s 1 million students endure their third period of remote learning in 2021, authorities confirm special consideration is possible for year 12s.

NSW has recorded its highest daily COVID-19 case numbers in the current outbreak, while the number of cases infectious in the community was a record 48.

The airline has been forced by state border restrictions and lockdowns to cut back domestic flights to 40 per cent of normal levels.

Masks must be worn for another week, with new rules to be introduced for sporting matches in stadiums.

Hipsters, hop lovers and home bodies all flocked to home brewing as a pastime amid the pandemic, prompting Fremantle’s Little Creatures to find the country’s best backyard brewers.

At the height of the pandemic in Perth, stores across the suburbs reported sales increases of up to 200 per cent for home brewing supplies and starter kits.

Olive grower Malcolm Scott: “We will never eradicate them. We are managing them.”

We might not even know the consequences of our transgressions.

Some people are missing work and cancelling vaccination appointments because they are stuck in days of isolation while Laverty Pathology struggles to return test results.

Lawyer and executive Shauna Jarrett says her focus is on winning the Liberal Party three or four seats on the City of Sydney council.

I sympathise with construction workers, but I find it hard to understand why they have avoided lockdown till now and why they have been given assurances they will return to work soon.

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

Space a whirling junkyard, Lillee laughs off comeback claim and the blonding of Japan.

On July 22, 1938, King George VI honoured the fallen at the opening of the Australian War Memorial on the edge of the historic Villers-Bretonneux battlefield.

Readers will know where they were when they heard “the winner is Syd-en-ney”. For the Brisbane announcement, answering ‘where we were’ will be easy: in lockdown.

I needed a change, some excitement – and what better time than during a global pandemic to take a leap into the unknown. 

One-fifth of Australian women said COVID-19 impacted on their intentions of having children, mostly delaying the timing, with financial concerns a common reason.

An aged care facility in Sydney’s Sutherland shire has gone into lockdown after a staff member tested positive, a Victorian pub owner has been fined nearly $22,000 for openly flouting lockdown rules, and COVID cases in South Australia have jumped f...

The outstanding reporting of journalists from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age is being recognised with 14 of the mastheads’ reporters, photographers and cartoonists named as finalists in the 10th annual Kennedy Awards.

And public-curated art trades.

People working in some of Queensland’s top professions are being lured to the “dark side” by organised crime, the state’s corruption watchdog says.

Despite record passenger growth in 2018-19 and a new runway, the COVID-19 pandemic has more than halved passenger numbers at Brisbane Airport.

Usually a minnow in the handball world, Australia will be guaranteed a spot as host of the 2032 Olympic Games, handing young players the chance of a lifetime.

Liberal leader’s intervention comes as Victoria recorded 22 new locally acquired coronavirus cases - its highest daily number since September last year.

Brisbane has been announced as the successful bidders for the 2032 Olympic Games

John Barilaro is at odds with his own government’s decision to reject proposals to split two amalgamated councils in south-west NSW.

A company chaired by the former Victorian premier has accused AMP Capital of damaging its brand after the global firm locked small businesses out of three of its flexible working hubs amid a dispute over unpaid rent.