Are dog owners who pick up their hound’s “leftovers” showing extraordinary community-minded spirit – or is it simply a disgusting thing to do?

On December 31, 2017, pilot Gareth Morgan and five tourists boarded a Sydney Seaplanes aircraft for a flight from Cottage Point on Sydney’s northern beaches to Rose Bay.

Climate has been a vexed issue for the Labor Party, but it is taking a leaf out of the NSW Coalition’s book with plans to grow regional jobs with green energy.

Three lives took a tragic turn on Tuesday, as the temperature dropped and parents-to-be Kate Leadbetter and Matt Field stepped out with their dogs for a walk in Brisbane’s suburban bayside.

Why does China have Taiwan in its sights? What does Taiwan want? And how would the US – and Australia – be likely to respond if there was an attack?

Edwin Chan, who worked with Frank Gehry on the art museum dubbed the greatest new piece of architecture in 40 years, is not allowed to bid for the new NGV.

Remains police believe belong to Ms Parfitt were found at the bottom of a mineshaft last month at Snake Valley, a town 27 kilometres west of Ballarat.

Corrections Victoria’s vetting process under question after it was forced to remove a chaplain after it was revealed she knew two of Malka Leifer’s alleged victims.

I suspect the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo really will go ahead. But if it doesn’t, would hosting it in Sydney be such a bad idea?

Cricket has played a sterling role in Australian sporting and cultural life. The charitable work done off the field deserves to be recognised.

Officers launched a probe into Regis Nedlands last week amid allegations the treatment of two men contributed to their deaths, but the probe found no evidence of wrongdoing.

The Prime Minister will be judged on how he handles the economy after JobKeeper, the vaccine rollout, climate change, aged care and China.

If you live in Sydney, you’ve probably seen her work many times, even if you haven’t realised it.

Melbourne has recorded its wettest day since last March with the SES receiving more than 600 calls for help as damaging winds and heavy rain crossed the state on Friday.

Kevin Sheedy and Denis Pagan are better known for their footy rivalry, but both coaches provided plenty of banter and laughs during their Rapid Racing stoush.

Australia’s third coronavirus vaccine has shown promising results, while Germany has warned about a lack of data around the AstraZeneca vaccine for older people.

A veteran road safety expert says police made the right call not to pursue a wayward driver as he careered through the Bourke Street Mall on Thursday as officers now hunt the missing man and his runaway passenger.

Veteran community footballer Paul Edwards has little memory of the match which permanently scarred his brain and turned his world upside down.

Humanitarian groups will launch an urgent appeal for donors and countries to commit more money to ensure equitable access to vaccines as concern grows about the rise of “vaccine nationalism”.

The family of Broome man Josh Warneke hope a coronial inquest into the circumstances surrounding the 21-year-old’s death will provide answers.

Paradice Investment Management sold shares in GameStop, just before an extraordinary sharemarket surge lifted the value of its former holding above $1 billion.

Repeated viral fragment finds at two SEQ sites not connected to hotel quarantine hotels, after a spate of other positive tests, have health authorities increasingly concerned.

Once a divisive and incendiary right-wing partisan, Scott Morrison now knows where elections are won.

Star colt Ole Kirk’s future is at Vinery Stud in the Hunter Valley, but he still has business to take care of on the track, starting in the Expressway Stakes.

Gongs for Gai Waterhouse and Michelle Payne brought to mind racing pioneers Betty Lane and Betty Shepherd.

Artistic director Lyndon Terracini says his is the first major opera company to use rapid antigen testing, which delivers results in 15 minutes.

Victorian fertility operators should be forced to get patients to agree in writing before providing expensive and unproven ‘add-on’ treatments.

The editor who published The Age’s initial article about George Pell’s conviction on child sex abuse charges has rejected a suggestion it was aimed at motivating readers to search online for more information about the case.

ARL Commissioner Peter V’landys could now run the game for almost a decade after changes to the ARLC Constitution were approved on Friday.

NSW authorities are still contacting people who stayed at an Auckland hotel where a highly transmissible coronavirus variant is believed to have circulated.

An abrupt decision by Britain to close its border to the United Arab Emirates has dealt a fresh blow to stranded Australians.

Mr Ashby asked the Commonwealth for an “act of grace” payment to cover legal expenses incurred in his case against Peter Slipper.

Kimberly Birrell is one of the latest recipients of a prized Australian Open wildcard after a spot surprisingly opened up. 

Sailors have been denied medical care for hours and even days despite symptoms including a broken hand and claims another sailor vomited blood.

It comes just days after Sydney experienced its hottest day of a five-day heatwave on Tuesday with temperatures spiking at 40 degrees. 

A week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial Review photographers.

The WA opposition leader stepped in front of a candidate and refused to let her answer questions about her husband’s views during a car-crash press conference on Friday morning.

Details of a deal struck between Google and French publishers reveal how much the tech giant might pay local media companies for their content.

Valerie Taylor has spent her life studying and defending Sharks.

Traces of COVID-19 were discovered in Gisborne in the Macedon Ranges, Hamilton in the state’s south-west and Leongatha in South Gippsland on Friday, as the government extended the state of emergency for the 12th time.

Claremont killer Bradley Edwards has just days remaining to appeal his double-murder conviction after the state rejected his application to provide him legal aid.

He is only 17 and yet to play in the NRL, but Joseph Suaalii has generated enough excitement to be included in Brad Fittler’s NSW emerging Blues squad.

The pests are thought to have been arrived in NSW from Queensland through freight, green waste or loads of timber.

The parents of Kate Leadbetter and Matt Field have shared their first public comments since the couple were hit and killed by an allegedly stolen 4WD on Tuesday.

The government is even giving incentives to stop roughly 300 million domestic migrant workers from going home during the traditional holiday.

Indigenous female footballers are riding a current that shows no sign of slowing down.

Two men and eight teenage boys are now awaiting trial on charges of murder over the death of 15-year-old Solomone Taufeulungaki, who was stabbed during a brawl outside a Melbourne shopping centre.

With polls showing increased support for Scottish independence from the UK, the British PM went to Glasgow despite a lockdown to promote the benefits of the union.

Andrew Durante is one of the survivors of the NSL and is about to play his 400th league game in what has been a colourful, eventful and successful career.

The success of the COVID-affected tournament in 2020 puts Australia in the box seat to host again should borders not be opened up by winter.