The Matildas, Hockeyroos, Kookaburras and Boomers are all aiming for medals while the Opals have one last chance to put themselves into contention today.

Melbourne favourite son Jack Viney has been sent straight to the AFL tribunal charged with serious misconduct for an incident in which he appears to push his elbow into the jaw or neck of Gold Coast opponent Sam Collins.

Four-time Olympian David Andersen says Argentinian forward Luis Scola, one of the Boomers’ opponents in Tuesday’s quarter-final, is “like a steam train”.

Army troops will patrol Sydney’s suburbs today to help enforce health orders, Brisbane residents are awaiting news of a possible lockdown extension while daily case numbers are heading in the right direction in Victoria.

Media experts say the decision by YouTube to suspend Sky News for misinformation has highlighted the need to review the broadcast watchdog’s set of teeth.

Ruqia Haidari, 21, was remembered by her friends as a bright and kind-hearted girl who “just wanted to live life”.

About 150 firefighters and more than 30 fire trucks and support vehicles were at the blaze over the weekend as crews battled to bring the blaze under control.

Health Minister Greg Hunt also flagged that fast coronavirus testing could become more widely available as trials of the rapid antigen tests continue in aged care facilities around NSW.

Companies are offering rapid antigen tests to private schools - at a cost - but there is no word on how they’ll be implemented by the schools.

A COVID-19 cluster at an inner west aged care facility has grown to 20 cases, as it is revealed fewer than a third of aged care workers in the state are fully vaccinated.

Scone trainer Mark Schmetzer is banking on picking up where he left off  at the first meeting of the new season at his home track today.

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Sarah Copland has vowed to fight for justice for her son Isaac Oehlers, the youngest victim of the deadly explosion in Beirut a year ago.

Australia’s Twenty20 international series against Bangladesh is in serious danger of not being broadcast by the pay TV provider Foxtel.

The Olympic Games are about celebrating the best of the best in the pool, on the track and on the pitch. But we need to also celebrate those who hit the wall, knock over the high jump pole, and fall to the floor.

They had gold snatched away from them on the Gold Coast sand, now Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy have the chance for Olympic revenge against Canada’s best in Tokyo.

The Andrews government will tighten NSW border controls in a bid to curb movement between the two states, announcing new restrictions for those in the travel bubble.

St Kilda great Nick Dal Santo will replace Peta Searle as the club’s AFLW coach.

A former female AFP officer alleged her supervisor rubbed himself against her, made repeated comments about her breasts and professionally undermined her.

This week on the Real Footy podcast, Caroline Wilson, Jake Niall and Sam McClure reflect on one of the stories of year and one in which they exclusively broke the news.

Defying gravity was the name of the game in the men’s long jump final – so why were so many competitors weighed down with bling?

An update to the state’s exposure site list on Monday included an additional Brisbane school, inner-west cafe and netball courts, and locations in Rockhampton.

“Compared to last year, the amount of people who have died is minuscule,” said one of the demonstrators.

In yet another reminder that Sydney’s new pop-up races are weakening Melbourne’s spring classics, forgotten galloper Alligator Blood will be among the list of Cox Plate nominations on Tuesday.

The NRL worked around the clock to avoid splitting round 20, and it was not just about the $13m cash grab from TV broadcasters.

The emergence of two eye-witnesses who claim Manly hooker Manase Fainu wasn’t responsible for a church dance stabbing is among several key developments in the case.

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Victor Lukashenko, the eldest son of Belarus’s Soviet-era leader Alexander Lukashenko, dispatched two officials to an athlete’s room to escort her to the airport and load her onto a flight to Minsk. The IOC says she is now in “safe” in the ha...

The family of a young man fatally stabbed have told a court of their struggles with grief.

Centennial Coal has drastically scaled back plans for a mine extension in a sensitive area of the Blue Mountains, a move welcomed by environment groups.

WA Premier Mark McGowan admitted he knew the lead commissioner overseeing the Perth Casino Royal Commission and local billionaire Kerry Stokes were friends, but didn’t see any issue.

Australia’s record-breaking swimmers are heading home for a well-earned break - but a stacked schedule heading towards the 2024 Olympics has coaches planning their next move.

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A Melbourne aged care business founded by two bankrupt brothers convicted of shocking animal cruelty has been placed into voluntary administration just days before it was required to return deposits to families of former residents.

This is only the fourth time in the show’s 144-year history that it has not gone ahead.

The legendary Chicago Bulls superstar gave a rare interview to Australian Story to talk about his former teammate Longley.

A Fijian university professor describes his fears for his community in Sydney amid widespread vaccine hesitancy.

The Irish singer tells her story of a life full of abuse, genius and struggles.

Tom Green was fixated with Ken Wallace’s feats in Beijing, and he’s calling on all of his idol’s experience to help him to a first canoe sprint Olympic final.

The biggest corporate takeover deal in Australian history will turn a host of key staff members and early investors in Melbourne headquartered Afterpay into instant multi-millionaires.

If convicted, Hong Kong singer and prominent pro-democracy activist Anthony Wong could be jailed for up to seven years.

Despite Perth house prices continuing to rise, the capital recorded the lowest increase across the nation last month.

The NSWRL has recorded is strongest growth in participation numbers for years - and it will please several Sydney-based NRL clubs which need to build from the ground up.

The growing support for Spears speaks to the power of fan devotion, unleashed in the modern age through social media.

Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar says he will be hanging onto his stake in the merged business as it attempts to take on credit cards.

Under the public health order in NSW, marriage – as in the legal ceremony, which requires a minimum of five people to attend – is banned.

Today on Please Explain, senior economics correspondent Shane Wright joins Tory Maguire to discuss the government’s road map to bring us out of COVID-19 lockdowns.

Rosters are being urgently reviewed and elective surgery postponed as the current COVID-19 cluster forces hundreds of health workers into home quarantine.

As Lady Kitty Spencer weds a billionaire 32 years her senior, one writer says that he, too, was in an age-gap marriage, aged in his 20s, only his was doomed from his wedding day.

Cellarman Ian Charles Draper finished work in the early hours of August 3, 2001 when he drove off and was never seen again.