The owner of a Mornington AirBNB which hosted six people on Wednesday night including Victoria’s leading jockey Jamie Kah and three other riders, said she feels disgusted her holiday home was used for an illegal party.

Contact tracing is under way in WA after two new cases of COVID-19 were detected on Friday.

China have shot clear atop the medal tally but there’s plenty of chances for Australia’s team to add to their haul on Friday. Join us for live coverage from 11am.

Security forces in Indonesia, where terrorists had planned to carry out an attack last week, are intensifying efforts to stop violent extremism after the Kabul bombings.

Everyone knows the best chance is a mathematical chance. Canberra can leapfrog the Titans back into the eight with a win over a Warriors side themselves not officially dead yet.

Luke ‘Zippy’ Metcalf is the bargain basement rookie who has kept the Cronulla No. 6 jersey from $850,000 international Matt Moylan for at least another week.

An unsettling mix of comedy and cruelty, Chopper is also compelling.

Collingwood have informed highly regarded West Coast assistant Jaymie Graham he is out of the running for the senior coaching role with the field narrowing as the coaching committee draws closer to a decision.

The spotlight is on the three-year-olds for the relocated Rosehill meeting.

Less than three months ago, the government’s boast was of a country out-performing all its peers. Now the cost of lockdowns and border closures threaten the story.

A former police officer has faced court charged with almost 100 offences, including allegations he raped a woman at a police station and had an intimate relationship with a victim of crime.

In the playgrounds of western Sydney’s hotspots, parents are hopeful their children can return to school as soon as possible following the government’s new plan. But the reality might not be as bright.

Plans to trial a kicking rule next weekend have been aborted just hours after news of the controversial proposal broke.

Isis Holt bettered her own T35 100m world record by a whopping three tenths of a second but had to settle for second en route to becoming Australia’s first medallist on the track.

Workers at Toll Group kicked off the first of a wave of strikes expected across the industry in the coming weeks as its union pushes for higher pay and less outsourcing.

Jamie Kah and Ben Melham will miss the entire spring racing carnival after Racing Victoria banned them, among others, for three months for a house party in Mornington.

Dashing Bombers half-back Nick Hind has been forced to withdraw from Sunday’s elimination final against the Western Bulldogs, having visited a tier-two exposure site.

Scott Morrison has urged parents to book vaccinations for their children these school holidays after health experts approved the Pfizer vaccine for children over 12 years old.

Arthur Kelekolio told a court he had never fired a gun before the day in January 2018 when he walked up to Ho Ledinh and shot him dead.

Thousands of frontline workers within Sydney’s COVID-19 hotspots may be locked out of employment from Monday as unions and peak bodies plead with the NSW government to ease a fast-approaching vaccination deadline.

Don’t eat Doritos or snog in a theatre near the star of Harry Potter and Vera Drake. She will tell you off. But even she is worried about her new Royal role.

Afghans with Australian visas are being told to stay away from Kabul airport after Australian soldiers were just hours from being caught up in a terror attack.

Indigenous peoples from the Amazon Basin’s nine countries often struggle to be heard. Now they want a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Haven Shepherd will race on Saturday for the USA and has a story like no other at these Paralympics, 17 years after her father strapped an explosive device to himself.

Craig Bellamy can’t argue with the statistical achievements of his side this season, but he knows they have much more work ahead if they want to lift the NRL premiership for a second-straight year.

The attack has sparked global outrage and a promise of retribution from the US

Registered with Australian authorities, Ali’s family had made the dangerous road journey from Iran to Kabul in the hope they could get help. Since the airport attack, his texts have gone unanswered.

Two women raped by a man in separate suburban attacks eight months apart have told a court of the fear they endured in the years after the crimes.

Inside Running: Brett Prebble and Linda Meech could be the beneficiaries of the three-month suspensions handed down to Jamie Kah and Ben Melham

Even before the Kabul airport attack, senior officials in the Australian government were looking at the wider terrorism threat posed by the Taliban’s takeover.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said there would be a staggered return with different year groups returning each week, but some schools might not be eligible. Here’s what you need to know.

Hundreds of couples are preparing to be reunited after the federal government allowed travel exemptions for people holding prospective marriage visas.

Robert Drewe and Anna Krien have been awarded substantial grants to help them finish significant books.

In her short-story collection, the writer tiptoes between comedy and pathos.

“Our house was never quiet,” writes author Nova Weetman. “Aidan had songs for different parts of the day. Something dreamy during working hours, maybe some Cat Power or a little Billie Holiday.”

The great American novelist and essayist had support from the black community for her portrayal of a black woman in her most recent novel.

Nico was the inspiration, but her own artistic journey has hardly been explored.

In a new exhibition, Melburnians Sonia Leber and David Chesworth set their sights on sound.

Hadieh Shafie is one of 16 artists capturing the lives of Islamic women in SOUL fury.

Police are investigating those behind messages posted on social media and in anti-lockdown chat groups identifying, abusing and at times threatening officers who worked at last weekend’s anti-lockdown rally.

Restrictions including mask wearing and capacity limits have eased across south-east Queensland from 4pm after 20 days without a COVID-19 case active in the community.

Wearable weights in colours borrowed from the Aerobics age are the new way to show off your style credentials during lockdown.

The salary cap has ceased to be an effective way of equalising talent, so reform is needed. But vested interests stand in the way of a genuine title race.

The Real Thing, a short story by Henry James, confronts an artist’s challenge when a society couple offers themselves as models.

The NSW government has not softened its position on the border issue, a spokeswoman says, despite Queensland’s Deputy Premier indicating there had been some movement.

Youth advocates say the reforms are criminalising more young people, a waste of money, and taking the wrong approach.

The horrific attacks on Kabul could lead to the US reasserting its hard power and renewing security commitments elsewhere. Meanwhile, China and Russia will face fresh challenges in dealing with Afghanistan.

Jim Fitzsimmon, a training immortal in the US, would tell jockeys “don’t impede the horse, son” after saddling up what he regarded as a winner.

As the Storm try to beat the benchmark of 19 consecutive first-grade wins, Ian Schubert gives his opinion on which players would make the Roosters team that set the record in 1975.

The pandemic has temporarily ruled out the handshake. But it has a long history and plenty of iconic moments.