Deep thought should not forget the comrades.

Omicron pushes Queensland into an early dismantling of its domestic border regime as it approaches the next vaccine milestone.

Queensland will soon leave its hardline quarantine requirements behind. What does it mean for the multimillion-dollar, commercial-in-confidence and privately owned Toowoomba quarantine facility?

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk ending all interstate border restrictions on the same day she announced six deaths might seem counterintuitive. But it’s not.

With term one less than three weeks away, young teenagers will also be able to consent to a COVID-19 jab without a parent or guardian’s permission at state hubs, with NSW easing guidelines as vaccine uptake among children aged 12 to 15 stalls.

The federal government’s investigation into Novak Djokovic’s visa has widened, tens of thousands of people have registered their rapid antigen test results in NSW and most indoor dancefloors are now banned in Victoria.

For most of the 33 years until Scott White stood in a closed Sydney courtroom this week and uttered the words ‘Guilty, I am guilty, guilty’, the American IT entrepreneur Steve Johnson had endured a persistent message from the NSW Police Force abo...

NSW Health has ordered the organisers of a Hillsong youth camp to immediately stop singing and dancing at the event after a video sparked public outrage.

The former PM said the Australian Republic Movement’s plan would be “a massive shift in the current model of power”.

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Mark McGowan said life would become very difficult for people who were unvaccinated from January 31, when the new rules took effect.

The latest wave of the virus has kept shoppers, commuters and workers out of the city, with no sign of business relief from the Andrews government.

Members of the alt-right group attempting to hijack the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra say they are committed to “taking” Old Parliament House on Saturday.

With 57 COVID-19 deaths recorded across the country, Thursday’s figures mark one of the deadliest days of the pandemic in Australia.

The coastal town of Onslow is predicted to hit the highest temperatures over Thursday and Friday, around 49 degrees each day.

The new Australian Republican Movement proposal will produce a Frankenstein rather than a fairer federation.

I doubt many people consider how a live performance has been funded while they wait for it to begin.

The Country Women's Association of Australia is celebrating 100 years of service.

White was convicted on Thursday afternoon after an unsuccessful attempt to withdraw a surprise guilty plea made in a pre-trial hearing on Monday.

More than 95 per cent of the state’s school staff have now provided their vaccination status, with more than 98 per cent indicating they are already fully vaccinated or will be in coming days.

Police say the 30-year-old man was hit on Sydney Road in the early hours of Saturday and died before emergency services arrived at the scene.

This year, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is set to celebrate its 50th continuous year of occupation as a site of the longest protest for Indigenous land rights, sovereignty and self-determination in the world.

The public mood of many people at Melbourne Park today was that Novak Djokovic should not be allowed to stay and play at the Australian Open.

The 1500-capacity venue is set to be christened with thousands of frothies in the refurbished Fremantle Port A Shed on January 20.

Police will continue to search for the missing 14-year-old, swept by floodwater after she and her father left their flooding car.

Just days out from the start of the grand slam tournament, the state government restricted ticket sales to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading.

Got a rental property gathering dust? Now might be the time to put it online, with new figures showing it costs more to rent in Perth than it does in Melbourne.

Hospitalisations are still growing but at a slower rate, and both bed and intensive care numbers are tracking just below best-case scenarios. But there are lessons we must learn from this outbreak to help us in the next wave.

EnergyAustralia has faced court charged with three workplace safety offences over the 2018 death of a worker at its power plant in the Latrobe Valley.

Yvette D’Ath says if there’s federal support to be given, “Queensland’s deserving of it”.

I used to go camping all the time when I was growing up with regular summers spent at the Ninety Mile Beach in Gippsland running wild around the campsite with the other kids. But that soon changed.

The state reported 14,914 new infections on Thursday, with 556 people now in hospitals, of which 26 are in intensive care — 10 on ventilators.

Up to a quarter of the sickest coronavirus patients are suspected of having the Delta strain, even though the Omicron variant dominates the tens of thousands of new infections being reported nationally.

Watching Richard Burton playing Henry V fired the Englishman’s ambition to become an actor.

Of the new cases, 30,877 were recorded through PCR testing and 61,387 were self-reported from rapid antigen tests.

Today on Please Explain, health reporter Melissa Cunningham joins Bianca Hall to talk about why we get hangovers and what, if anything, beats them.

Chris Yencken was 30 when he competed in the first Portsea race in 1987. This year, having swum in every event to date, the 66-year-old is hoping to complete his 36th.

The archives are a national treasure that contain material that is integral to an accurate understanding of our history as a nation.

Calls to financially punish artists or organisations who choose to take action in line with their values smacks of desperation.

The nursing union has made desperate pleas to extend WA’s hard borders, writing to the Premier claiming there is no plan on how to screen and treat COVID patients in a way that doesn’t risk the infection spreading throughout the hospital.

The department is scurrying to ensure thousands of staff provide proof of vaccination before the January deadline in its last-ditch effort to bolster faculties.

The vast majority of the 500 aged care homes hit by active COVID-19 outbreaks have not received an infection control spot check from the regulator in the past six months.

On December 22, a hurried text from a friend working in emergency was emblematic of the pressure hospital workers are under. By January 10, with patient numbers clearly soaring, it was even worse.

This crisis has been visited upon us by leaders on the grounds they were protecting the economy. Like a mafia kingpin extorting money, this is the kind of protection that can kill you.

“The Liberal Party is at its best when it’s leading these debates rather than being forced into it,” said MP Jason Falinski.

H.G. Wells attends Science Congress in Canberra, “holey dollar” unearthed and down and out in Mexico.

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

Half of the 1 million rapid tests set to arrive in Queensland next week will need to be carried out at clinics, prompting Health Minister Yvette D’Ath to push for more at-home kits.

With the number of cases surging, here’s everything you need to know about when to check for COVID-19, what test to use, and how to report a positive result.

The mystery case is the first in WA unable to be linked to a known cluster since April 2020 and indicates there is undetected transmission in WA.