The Hobartville Stakes and Silver Slipper highlight a big day of racing.

The Australian Open is fast reaching its climax with the second men’s semi-final headlining the night session tonight.

The Reds have three tries inside the first 20 minutes in a stunning display to start the Super Rugby AU season.

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins will proceed with a formal complaint to the Australian Federal Police over an alleged rape in Parliament House.

It’s dispiriting when I hear people in Australia talk about borders like it’s purely a tourism problem. It’s also a humanitarian one.

The 52-year-old’s Sydney arrest was the result of a years-long probe into complaints against two migration agencies he was allegedly running at the time.

With fewer school-leavers taking a gap year to travel, the state’s beleaguered universities are enjoying strong demand from domestic students filling places left by international students.

Andrew Mackie’s The Tour is a fictionalised account of the 1954 royal visit to Australia.

The artist Francis Bacon’s death is the backdrop for Max Porter’s genre-defying novel.

Football Australia’s power to dictate the timing of the A-League and W-League seasons is about to come into sharp focus as discussions continue with potential broadcasters.

Latrell Mitchell is the headline act, and Benji Marshall the feel-good story, but Jack Wighton will arguably be the best player involved with the All Stars this weekend.

More than two months after the revamped hotels program began, taxpayers have fronted at least $20 million for international returnees to quarantine in Melbourne.

Overnight millionaires Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith stand to earn more for just over six weeks’ work in the IPL than they have the previous six years for state and country.

The former Wallabies coach shares his views in a wide-ranging interview ahead of a big year for Australian rugby.

Samantha Stosur is within striking distance of her first Australian Open mixed doubles title since 2005 after partnering with Matthew Ebden to win a dramatic semi-final.

There are some blokes who can step off both feet, others who are the heart, soul and very core of a team. ‘Red’ O’Connor was the latter.

The CFMMEU and other unions were willing to agree to extend pay deals by one year, to five, but the government instead has proposed letting them run for eight.

For independent publishers like WAMN News’ Ivan Leung, the Australian government and Facebook are like two Godzillas fighting over the media code – “and we are the buildings below their feet”.

A man has been charged with 11 offences relating to a 26-hour siege in Brisbane’s south and his alleged actions leading up to it.

Young star Jacob Weitering completed a fine 2020 season by belatedly being named as the Blues’ best and fairest while another young talent finished just behind him.

There’s jumping the shark and then there’s suddenly jumping your entire series seven years into the future, as the popular Netflix show’s just done.

A petition has been swamped with stories of schoolgirls as young as 13 allegedly being sexually assaulted by their male peers. They have called for sexual consent lessons to be taught much earlier.

The AFL has told the Tasmanian government they are not in a position to present a considered response to the Tasmanian Taskforce’s submission for a standalone AFL team in Tasmania.

It was a landmark day for Nathan Lyon but there was disappointment for Steve Smith as Victoria upset a star-studded NSW.

A two-year-old boy was hit by a car at Fairfield this afternoon and is in a critical condition.

The ABC is standing by its decision to shift Q+A to Thursday nights, despite early signs the new timeslot may not be resonating with viewers.

A week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald / The Age / Financial Review photographers.

The federal government has revealed the who, what and where of Australia’s initial vaccine rollout, but there are fears the nation’s supply is at risk due to a worldwide shortage of suitable syringes.

Tallisha Harden lines up in her sixth All Stars game, and knows three things hold the key to success.

As the property market shrugs of the COVID-19 recession and prices take off, experts say Australia’s housing affordability crisis is here to stay.

The Holiday Inn coronavirus cluster grew to 22 cases on Friday, with one person in the cluster admitted to intensive care.

A survey has found most Australians are happy to receive a COVID vaccine, while businesses will be allowed to require customers to show proof of immunisation.

The family of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day, who suffered a fatal fall in a police cell, said it was a ‘long overdue day’ for Aboriginal people in Victoria.

A senior Facebook executive has apologised for blocking health and emergency services pages but signalled the social media giant will not back down in a dispute with the government.

Dyson Daniels will make his Australian Boomers debut on Saturday at just 17 and he is already on the same pathway as Ben Simmons, Dante Exum and Patty Mills but he doesn’t feel any pressure.

Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn says the growth spurt is not being driven by investors piling into the Sydney and Melbourne markets.

Joey Manu has spoken about his plans to make the switch to fullback while confirming he had heard the rumours linking him to Roger Tuivasa-Sheck’s Warriors jersey.

The new directions, formalised on Friday, add to existing rules requiring frontline workers to take a PCR test once a week and a saliva test during each shift.

The insurance giant’s boss Richard Pryce says last financial year was one of the costliest in history for natural disaster claims due to the bushfires in Australia and the US.

Australia’s peak aid body says any failure to give DFAT employees working in some of the countries hardest hit by coronavirus swift access to a vaccine “threatens Australia’s national interest”.

Tarek Zahed is being pursued by police after his parole was revoked because of the incident at Crown’s new Barangaroo complex.

The independent sector might be Australia’s smallest but it is recording the fastest growth, mostly in low-fee suburban schools.

“Queen of the West” tops voting in the race for a slot in the world’s richest 1600-metre race.

Luckless former St Kilda spearhead Paddy McCartin has been thrown a footy lifeline by the Sydney Swans who have added him to their VFL side for season 2021.

The Australian Open women’s finalists have taken different journeys to reach the same destination.

An operatic version of the classic fairytale underlines its relevance in the MeToo era. Even if its directing team doesn’t completely see eye-to-eye.

Korean photographer Chan Sook Choi respectfully recorded the stories and images of 70 of World War II’s “comfort women”.

The new Rugby Australia CEO doesn’t see a world in which South Africa form part of any Super Rugby competition.

Analysts say there has been a drift to private schools in Victoria, particularly at the secondary level.

The 57-year-old Melbourne man is accused of sharing child abuse material in an online chat group called ‘Sharing is Caring’.