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.

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.

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...

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

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

Contact tracers have added a handful of new locations, key among them a Gold Coast restaurant and popular theme park that a COVID-positive person visited for hours.

Today on Please Explain, education editor Jordan Baker joins Tory Maguire to discuss the struggle parents face between work and their child’s remote learning.

Underworld associate Danielle McGuire and eldest daughter Brittany will be evicted from a St Kilda hostel after failing to pay almost $100,000 in rent on the Punt Road premises where they run a budget accommodation business.

A direct line from IOC boss Thomas Bach’s immortal words from a Tokyo podium on Wednesday night can be traced to a group of worried mayors in 2015.

After eight years in New York, it was time to resettle our family in Australia. Why? Let me count the reasons.

The author, athlete and engineer discusses what makes her feel attractive, her near-death experience and why she feels lucky.

Want to chat? We’d love to hear from you. Send your letters to goodweekend@goodweekend.com.au.

A flight attendant was infectious when travelling on several flights between Brisbane and regional Queensland this month, health authorities have revealed.

The war veteran’s barrister has suggested the trial might be moved to Adelaide or Canberra to avoid a worsening COVID-19 outbreak in NSW.

Restrictions will be tightened even further across western Sydney as cases continue to rise amid the city’s current COVID-19 outbreak.

The numbers continue to grow as residents of the Cumberland and Blacktown local government areas will only be allowed to leave the area if they are authorised workers.

A section of the medical and scientific commentariat has peddled extreme risk aversion to Australia’s detriment. The most egregious examples have amounted to anti-AstraZenecism. It’s not academic freedom. It’s academic dishonesty - and it will...

The orders were issued after inspectors found incorrectly fitted shades on the tower’s facade and fire-safety problems.

Keith Banks believes his squad were sent on a raid to get Queensland’s Fitzgerald inquiry off page one. It worked, but in the worst way imaginable.

Police said the body was a 43-year-old man reported missing from Hervey Bay.

This champion sportsman, once angry with the world and himself, is chasing one of surfing’s toughest moves: to ride inside – and exit from – a brutish barrel.

Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said it could result in the current border bubble shrinking.

Australian icon John Cornell the man behind comedian Paul Hogan’s success and Kerry Packer’s confidante during World Series Cricket — has died at the age of 80

West Australians who are unhappy with their home builder say they are being bullied into staying silent as they struggle to get out of their contract.

Shrinking donations as a result of the pandemic are set to force parties to review strategies in the lead-up to the state and federal elections.

Millions of NSW residents are set to vote in local council elections within weeks, despite Greater Sydney and parts of regional NSW being in lockdown.

Some students may despair, but parents, teachers and medical practitioners must not. They can help teenagers confronting the mounting stresses of multiple lockdowns.

More than half the nation is locked down, but this time around we’re more confident, we’re buying more and we’re developing habits that will stay with us long after the pandemic.

While the program has been popular with owner-occupiers, solar panels have been installed on fewer than 1500 rental properties three years into the scheme.

A 16-year-old policy that stops alleged gangsters from doing business at Crown and on the track may be declared legally invalid.

It is welcome news that the International Olympic Committee has selected Brisbane to host the 2032 Summer Olympics.

They delivered the retailer record growth in 2018 and sparked a frenzy among customers. But Coles has now announced it will no longer give away plastic toys.

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

Going solo, mail piles up and Danny rolls with it.

If you notice a certain distracted quality during Zoom meetings, it’s probably because attention is wandering off in the direction of the Tokyo Olympics.

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.

A worker at a Melbourne hospital tests positive for COVID-19, the PM promises to make up for lost ground when it comes to the national vaccine rollout and NSW’s exposure sites continue to grow.

The first rule of a lock-in is no-one says it’s a lock-in.

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.

Masks will stay for at least another week in affected parts of Queensland, but experts say the extension signals a change in how health authorities are managing outbreaks.

Epidemiologists say hidden chains of transmission in Victoria’s Delta outbreak may be going undetected because contacts are not required to be tested until day 13 of their isolation period.