Police have not confirmed whether the body found about 6.20pm on Friday is that of missing man Jake Jacobs, 32, a Gold Coast gym manager originally from England.

Investigations continue into the infection of a hotel worker in Melbourne as Western Australia prepares to lift its lockdown.

Health experts are urging the federal government to take the reins of Australia’s quarantine program amid growing concerns from scientists about COVID-19 being transmitted through the air.

Since his former partner spoke out about his abuse, Manson’s PR team has attempted to portray him as “theatrical rock star”. But his self-proclaimed dreams of murdering her were not provocative or transgressive; they were profoundly conventiona...

An alleged car boot abduction in Sydney’s south has taken a surprise twist after a warrant was issued for the victim’s arrest over a criminal charge.

A man, 35, and woman, 23, faced charges over police claims that several women aged 17 to 24 had been kept in servitude for prostitution.

Hawthorn premiership player Brian Lake has been convicted and fined $900 for poking a security guard in the nose at Melbourne’s Crown casino.

Rescue teams pulled the body of an adult from the water just before 5pm on Friday after reports that a person had entered the river and not reappeared.

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A Corrective Services Officer has been charged with manslaughter after a prisoner was fatally shot outside a northern NSW hospital. WARNING: This story contains an image of an Indigenous person who is deceased.

Former Labor minister Ian Macdonald “was acting in the interests of the people of NSW” and not the Obeid family when he opened up areas of the state for coal exploration, his barrister has told the NSW Supreme Court.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his legislative agenda this year will be limited and won’t involve any major economic reforms.

Mark Thompson, 54, was experiencing delusions when he bought a machete-style knife and used it to stab a police officer in 2019, a court has heard.

Former high-profile Gold Coast Hells Angels bikie Ben Geppert regrets “every second” he spent as a gang member.

Plans for a major coal mine extension near Wollongong have been rejected by the NSW Independent Planning Commission, which found the project risked irreversible damage to Sydney’s drinking water.

Despite the new rules, the prevailing sentiment among owners is one of gratefulness that they will only be in place for the next week.

A police officer charged with sending text messages that contained information about a former AFL coach under arrest has been spared a first appearance before court.

Debbie Ann Mauger, 57, pleaded guilty to three counts of theft on Friday.

A young man charged with driving a car along Bourke Street Mall, causing panic among pedestrians, was on bail at the time of the alleged incident.

The Andrews government is being sued by a group of residents in Melbourne’s west over plans to dump PFAS-contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel in a landfill located close to homes and a school.

Some townspeople want to do away with an ‘unsightly’ road overpass in Euroa and bring the town together, but the Australian Rail Track Corporation has other plans.

In today’s episode of Please Explain Daily, national editor Tory Maguire and national affairs editor Rob Harris discuss the topics that are likely to dominate federal politics this year. 

During a sentencing hearing in the NSW Supreme Court, it was revealed that the families of the killer and victim, both Iraqi Christians, had settled in western Sydney after fleeing violence in their home country.

Gladys Berejiklian on Friday said she had fronted Scott Morrison at the latest meeting of national cabinet to make clear her expectation that NSW workers are prioritised.

Melbourne was treated to a series of intense but short-lived showers on Friday afternoon after predicted flooding and wild winds failed to materialise.

The man and woman went for a night-time swim at Broadbeach. The woman’s body washed up while the man’s clothes were on the sand.

Two passengers in the woman’s car, both toddlers, were also taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Premier Mark McGowan admits he lay awake at night worrying about whether plunging two million people into lockdown over one COVID-19 case was an overreaction.

Education Minister Sue Ellery said schools had been supplied with masks but expected secondary school students would use their own as they must wear one to get to school.

A former Camberwell Grammar teacher, who served almost a year in prison, will be released after his convictions for sexually assaulting boys were quashed on appeal.

The Department of Defence is preparing to fly 50 tonnes of fire retardant to WA to help the fire battle that is expected to rage for another week. Aerial tankers have been critical in helping stop the spread of the fire across tough terrain.

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

In this episode of Good Weekend Talks, award-winning feature writer Stephanie Wood joins conservation scientist Stuart Blanch and Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan to discuss the plight of one of our national icons: the koala.

A highly contagious strain of coronavirus is circulating in the corridors of Australia’s quarantine hotels, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said. 

Victoria has no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases a day after the diagnosis of a hotel quarantine worker sparked a mass testing effort across Melbourne.

A search is under way for the missing man, who entered the water with the woman who died overnight on the Gold Coast.

Bankwest’s spend trends team has made some astonishing findings of how the lockdown announcement triggered panic buying of a particular type.

The 12-hour ordeal allegedly started between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in south-west Sydney.

However, there is controversy over who should conduct the investigation, with Labor arguing NSW Health should not be “investigating itself”.

The large property company is suing the CBD building’s strata committee after Meriton was dumped as caretaker.

As Beijing and Canberra lock horns, Australians of Asian descent are saying racism is on the rise.

West Australians can return to work and children will start school on Monday as WA’s lockdown will be lifted at 6pm tomorrow if the state remains free of further COVID-19.

Margaret Court and Israel Folau may be able to spout their cruel nonsense but they shouldn’t be rewarded for it.

Australia leads the world in the uptake of solar on homes, but is far behind in commercial solar, according to CEP Energy, who are developing the project.

Drum for the money; Luna-9 lands; Substandard

Beloved bush poet Andrew “Banjo” Paterson, creator of The Man from Snowy River and Clancy of the Overflow, died 80 years ago.

There are noise problems around the NSW Governor’s harbourside residence at Government House. Oh, the horror.

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

I believe that I’m not alone in committing heinous crimes against tasteful dressing.

Michael O’Brien is facing mounting internal rumblings, but like other opposition leaders, no one within his party wants to step up. And with good reason.