NSW is bracing itself for a surge in cases after recording more than 300 cases yesterday, while Victoria infections grow

Hawthorn residents plan to protest against a “farcical” consultation process after Housing Minister Richard Wynne introduced sweeping powers to fast-track the $5.3 billion Big Housing Build.

“To everyone in the 11 local government areas who have been in lockdown, thank you. To our Cairns family, friends and colleagues – you can do this,” writes Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young.

Health experts have hailed the success of south-east Queensland’s latest lockdown as a beacon of hope for far-north residents, who are now subject to stay-at-home orders of their own.

Various locations around Cairns have been identified as close contact sites after a community case of COVID-19 was reported in the region on Sunday.

Ruth Bergner’s name will be known to many who also associate it with the name of Melech Ravitch, the Yiddish writer who was her father, and the painter Yosl Bergner, her brother.

Supporting a teenager to learn from home requires the occasional refresher on trigonometry. But helping a kindergarten child learn to read is far more time intensive.

The nation’s first drive-through vaccination hub will be set up at a former Bunnings site in Melbourne’s west while Victorians aged 18-39 will be able to receive the AstraZeneca jab at nine of the state’s mass vaccination centres from Monday.

Families on the 17th floor at 130 Racecourse Road have all so far tested negative after COVID-19 cases linked to the current outbreak forced them into a hard lockdown.

New research shows embedding climate literacy across the curriculum is essential to help future generations successfully fight climate change.

These past two weeks, athletes from across the globe have offered us all a timely reminder of what it is we humans are capable of.

University can still be a place of belonging for students, even when they can’t attend campus.

Australian food manufacturer SPC’s decision to mandate vaccinations for all onsite personnel has sparked a heated debate about whether employers can make workers get the jab.

The additional investment will boost the government’s 2021-22 Budget commitments to the state’s pressured health system to about $4 billion. 

Even in the midst of Sydney’s Delta outbreak, some people are being warned off the jab after they arrive for their consultation.

There were nine new cases on Sunday, prompting the state government to lift the south-east’s lockdown at 4pm, just as stay-at-home orders come into effect in Cairns.

About 70 of the new cases were in the community during the time they were infectious.

In the hotspot zones of south-west and western Sydney, there is a wide variety of lockdown experiences.

The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.

Health authorities said no recently cleared COVID case in WA travelled through or lived in the Kimberley town.

Minister David Elliott has a candid five minutes with Fitz.

The Australian of the Year’s attack on Christian Porter raises an important question about our system of justice. If the presumption of innocence is a principle worth defending, it can’t be selectively denied.

A microscopic virus has pervaded our lives and is currently determining our futures.

Modernist artist Richard Beck’s mural to commemorate the Melbourne Olympics may have been dashed off in pique, but its legacy has endured more than 60 years.

“There’s a lot more anxiety this time around”, says Maria Boyle, NSW Education’s principal psychologist.

It vexes me that census after census my religion, Christianity, is not listed as an option.

The groundswell to elect independent candidates is growing among Liberal-National Party voters in seats across the country.

The senior powerlifting coach allegedly sexually harassed one of his female students and then sued her for defamation when she complained to the national body.

More than 125,000 businesses across Greater Sydney are waiting on financial assistance to deal with lockdown.

“The real problem remains: it doesn’t matter what orders you put in place if people ignore them,” the Health Minister said.

With weeks of lockdown left to go (at least) in Sydney, some people are taking the opportunity to give themselves the kinds of haircuts they may not have ever considered before.

Hunter Valley wineries already hit hard by Sydney’s stay-at-home orders have lost hundreds more bookings.

Backcountry touring has exploded in popularity during the pandemic, with more women venturing beyond the boundaries of resorts.

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After a two-week reprieve, residents working from home are having to get used to the sound of building again.

The Snowy Mountains and Jindabyne will be transformed into an all-year playground with increased accommodation, glamping and helicopter commutes to Perisher, Thredbo and Charlotte Pass under a 40-year state government plan.

Google pulled Sky News off YouTube after it broadcast COVID-19 misinformation. Nick Coatsworth says advocacy of “zero-COVID” and misleading statements about vaccines are just as dangerous.

The federal government has issued more than 12,000 of its controversial new “global talent” visas during the pandemic, while nearly 19,000 existing holders of previously issued skilled visas have remained stuck offshore.

Five more people have died of COVID-19 in NSW, Victoria’s lockdown is likely to be extended, and Queensland’s outbreak is being supercharged by children.

Government sources and epidemiologists say it could take weeks to put a ring around Victoria’s growing Delta outbreak.

Workers will be able to pick up the tools in NSW from Wednesday, but work sites will have to remain at half capacity.

The festival industry has been on its knees since the pandemic struck 18 months ago, but festival organisers are hopeful the music and crowds can return later this year.

New mathematical modelling has given scientists greater insight into why the sun has such variable “weather” and could help predict it in the future.

A group of 20 young activists told MPs from across the spectrum they want consent training of much more than one hour made mandatory for everyone who works in parliament.

After several days of high anxiety, coronavirus has come once again to the Flemington public housing estate, with the confirmation of eight cases in one of the towers. But the response this time is different.

Once a memorandum of understanding with the Queensland government is signed, work will begin in October to transform Pinkenba’s Damascus Barracks into a 1000-bed COVID-19 quarantine centre.

It’s enough to make the blood run cold. Lisa Blair was the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica - and she’s about to repeat the treacherous journey that nearly killed her.

Plans to move south-east Queensland out of hard lockdown by Sunday afternoon will swing on the Delta numbers reaching the CHO’s inbox overnight.

Police said the tram driver, who has been stood down pending an investigation, had a blood alcohol reading of 0.07.

Five patients have now died after catching COVID-19 within Liverpool Hospital’s geriatric and neurology wards.