Follow along for all the major moments as Collingwood takes on Port Adelaide in Friday night footy.

Forecasters say small hail is possible across the entire state from Saturday evening and by Sunday morning most of Victoria will have “feels like” temperatures below zero.

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

When asked whether he would consider offering some of WA’s share of Pfizer doses to NSW, Mr McGowan shared the same view of his Victorian counterpart Daniel Andrews that the government would not be sending any jabs.

A games like no other, as the world comes together for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Victoria’s economy will still be paying a price for the devastating bushfires of 2019 and 2020 a decade after the blazes ravaged vast areas of the state.

The Queensland government says NRL players and their families will be kicked out of the state if there are any more breaches of COVID-19 restrictions.

After Gladys Berejiklian blindsided Canberra and Daniel Andrews launched metaphorical grenades, the PM did his best to put out spot fires on a “messy” day in politics.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged under-40s in her state to consider getting vaccinated, Victoria appears on track to come out of lockdown next week and Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is sorry for the country’s sluggish vaccine rollou...

One hallmark of the recovery from last year’s deep recession has been a surge in women’s employment but Sydney’s lockdown is likely to disrupt that trend.

Premier Daniel Andrews says while progress is encouraging, he can’t make any firm predictions on what restrictions would ease at the end of Victoria’s latest week-long lockdown.

The 2014 thriller The Missing was a surprise success, especially for Tcheky Karyo, whose quiet detective has spawned a spin-off series now in its second season.

The NSW Deputy Premier is suing YouTube personality Jordan Shanks-Markovina, also known as Friendlyjordies, for defamation over two videos.

As more than 1000 people die from COVID-19 each day in Indonesia, police in Jakarta are investigating reports of funeral operators allegedly exploiting the pandemic by over-charging.

If you’ve been slathering on the shaving gel, skipping the moisturiser, or avoiding exfoliation under the assumption shaving has you covered, read on.

Experts say young people in Sydney must actively balance the risk of getting COVID-19 against the possible rare side effects from the AstraZeneca vaccine.

An Oxford University study finds the mRNA vaccine proves most effective with eight to 10 week wait between two doses - but antibodies drop after first jab.

The Prime Minister says national cabinet has agreed to tweak vaccine arrangements for NSW, but noted the changes wouldn’t disrupt vaccine supply to other states.

Australia has medal prospects all over the Tokyo pool. Here are some of the key names as the Olympic program prepares to roar into life over the weekend.

Together, Paul Hogan and John Cornell’s humour harked back to, not so much a more innocent time, but one where there was still an inherent decency.

The second one-dayer against the West Indies was postponed minutes before it was due to start placing Australia’s tours of the Caribbean and Bangladesh in fresh doubt.

The Last Letter From Your Lover is a well-made tale of tragic love set across two time periods 55 years apart, but lacks spontaneity.

Two leading epidemiologists have backed NSW’s approach to containing the Delta variant, saying blunt tools are not necessarily useful and come with major consequences.

Marco Tilio, 19, scored a stunning long-range strike to cap Australia’s shock 2-0 win on Thursday night.

NRLW star Hannah Southwell says the uncertainty is getting to players, with the 2021 season, originally set to start in less than a month, now up in the air.

From the belated start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games in Japan to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions on 'Freedom Day' in England and the worldwide celebration of Eid al-Adha for Muslims, these are the best photos from around the world in the past ...

After announcing their World Cup boycott, Australian coach Mal Meninga and New Zealand counterpart Michael Maguire say they still want to play Tests in 2021.

The 2021 HSC exams will be delayed by a week, and the deadline for major projects will be extended by two weeks. But some fear that won’t be enough.

South-western Sydney suburbs have among the lowest vaccination rates in the state despite being in the epicentre of the city’s worsening Delta outbreak. 

James Packer’s troubled casino group has secretly engaged the Victorian Labor powerbroker as a consultant as it tries to hang on to its Victorian casino license.

If Madafferi is deported after his drug trafficking sentence ends it would fulfil the desire of immigration officials who were thwarted in the early 2000s after heavy political lobbying.

The International Olympic Committee will have men and women compete alongside each other on the track and the in the pool for the first time. So, what else is next?

The television boss was farewelled by cameo appearances from Kerry Stokes, Larry Emdur, Alan Jones, John Hartigan, and Sonia Kruger at a service in Sydney on Friday.

When Kingston Town made his mark in the 1980s, racecourse characters still abounded and were given a moniker for many reasons.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on the Winter Challenge program.

The dazzling star of Memoria planned to be a poet, but those film offers kept coming.

Jake Wilson’s pick of what’s screening at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival.

Tania Chandler’s third novel is all about those distressing high-school feelings that many girls had for older boys.

A mother and daughter set off to Britain with plenty to sort out.

Rose Hiscock has led some of our biggest cultural institutions, and now the passionate advocate for arts and science is heading up Melbourne’s new Science Gallery.

Rehearsals for the MTC’s upcoming production brought uneasy reminders of youthful self-loathing.

Max Barry’s inventive writing has taken another swerve - into the realm of speculative fiction.

Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart is a striking blend of essay and memoir.

As a debut novelist, the habit of watching closely brought unexpected benefits.

Forget Socrates. Brad and his mates are on the rise.

The Indigenous star says her multiple retakes of Henry Lawson’s The Drover’s Wife show violence because “I experienced it when I was quite young”.

Sally Rees’ new works embrace an “unruly and fearsome” vision of ageing.

Paul Douglas Peters entered a Mosman home in 2011 and strapped a fake bomb to the neck of a 17-year-old girl in an extortion attempt that left her terrified.

Lorna Jane released its LJ Shield Activewear range in July 2020, claiming it protected against viruses, such as COVID-19.

Alice Skye’s I Feel Better But I Don’t Feel Good, Jeff Coffin/Helen Gillet’s Let it Shine, Rodney’ Crowell’s Triage and Toumani Diabate and the London Symphony Orchestra’s Korolen.