Join our coverage of a host of NRL pre-season trials, headlined by the traditional Charity Shield between Souths and the Dragons.

One can only wonder how far Souths would have progressed had Latrell Mitchell been fit during last year’s final series after a masterclass in the Charity Shield.

The man who has been embroiled in off-season headlines delivered a crucial try as the Trent Barrett era started on the right note against the Sharks.

Australia’s Twenty20 tour of New Zealand has been thrown into chaos after NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called a snap seven-day lockdown for Auckland.

Well before the insincere press release there is often a far more subtle undercurrent that emerges, like a soon-to-be deadly rip in an otherwise glassy sea.

James Tedesco and Angus Crichton played big minutes as the Roosters won their trial 26-20 while Corey Horsburgh was reported twice in two separate trials.

Former Bomber Joe Daniher kicked four goals in a powerful display against the Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister has announced Auckland will begin a week-long lockdown on Sunday after a new COVID-19 case was detected in the community.

Hundreds of current and prospective independent candidates and organisers have gathered for a conference that may be a signpost on the road to a federal election in the next year.

Nearly a third of the 35,000 international travellers who arrived in Australia in December were visitors rather than returning residents, including thousands of Australian citizens who live overseas returning to spend Christmas with their families.

But researchers monitoring online platforms for the federal government say they are hopeful that in the future social media can help normalise the vaccinations as more Australians receive the jab.

Owners and developers are investing hundreds of millions of dollars on big plans to install boutique hotels, gentrified pubs and creative spaces.

Melbourne have defeated Newcastle 30-10 in the final trial in Albury, but it’s not all good news after Harry Grant limped off with a knee injury.

Mohamed Toure, 16, scored his third goal of the season for Adelaide to kill off hope of a late Western Sydney comeback.

The AFL has been urged to trial a zero tolerance approach to racism that requires all players, officials and administrators to call out racism whenever it occurs.

Victoria’s Education Minister has called for a country-wide rollout of ‘Respectful Relationship’ education in all schools in light of a public petition which has detailed hundreds of allegations of sexual assaults of school students across the ...

The NRL is investigating why banned agent Isaac Moses was sitting with Joseph Suaalii’s entourage at Seiffert Oval on Saturday when he was not officially ticketed for COVID tracing purposes.

Forensic police have set up a crime scene at Mollymook following unidentified human remains being found. It comes days after campers found Melissa Caddick’s foot on a beach 160km further south.

The Western Bulldogs have won four-straight games but a late-game injury to Deanna Berry has served as a reminder to make the most of every moment in the run to the AFLW finals.

Anti-vaccination protesters have gathered outside federal Health Minister Greg Hunt’s Somerville electorate office.

It wasn’t until the final 100m, when her rivals fatigued slightly, that Verry Elleegant asserted her dominance at Randwick.

Australian Guineas winner Lunar Fox will be offered a ticket into the All-Star Mile after winning Saturday’s feature event as the rank outsider at 300-to-1.

Tips and race-by-race preview for the Mudgee’s Newhaven Park Country Championships meeting.

Bell-Pitomac has had a stop-start career plagued with injuries and raising a family, but .

The Auburn man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested on Friday after Strike Force Raptor officers pulled over his car in Panania.

A judge approved the deal in a 2015 Illinois class-action involving nearly 1.6 million Facebook users. 

Sydney fighter George Kambosos Jnr will earn millions for his fight against lightweight king Teofimo Lopez but wants belts and respect, not dollars.

Little known Sports Flick has added the world’s most-watched club competition to its curious portfolio of content, which includes Serbian rugby league, Nicaraguan football and bare-knuckle boxing.

Operation Topography, run by WA Police’s rural crime squad, is targeting the theft and sale of cattle in the Mid West, Gascoyne and Pilbara.

Shamima Begum left London in 2015 when she was 15 and went to Syria via Turkey with two school friends.

As restrictions were eased across the state on Saturday, health authorities announced the discovery of viral fragments in a wastewater catchment affecting 11 suburbs in Melbourne’s west.

The NSW Health Minister said the federal government should be given “time to improve” but made it clear NSW stood ready to assist.

Harry Potter reopens, the Melbourne Symphony performs at Hamer Hall, and much more

A stunning documentary breaks down the misogynistic culture which has left the star a prisoner of her own fame.

At what point does one walk away from a toxic relationship, whether with a significant other, friend, or parent? Here, three women reveal what it took to make the break.

Co-starring Naomi Watts and Frank Grillo, this tale of a former special forces agent doomed to repeat a bad day is part comedy, part science fiction, part gore-fest.

Our next generation of musicians have just spent 12 months locked down. Here are seven diverse acts set to break out this year:

Amazing Grace, by the writers of Offspring, Playing for Keeps and Love Child, brings a sense of connection, and plenty of dramatic twists

The companies must purchase the vaccines from the government, but provide them for free through privately-run health centres.

Joseph Suaalii’s uncle declared “the sky is the limit” after the 17-year-old took just 16 minutes to score in his first senior game.

Donald Trump’s niece has accused him of trying to dodge accountability for defrauding her out of a multimillion-dollar inheritance.

Single-use plastic items including straws, cutlery and plates will be phased out in Victoria in a bid to reduce the amount of plastic waste going into landfill.

A woman brought the dogs to the LAPD’s Olympic Community Police Station after the singer reiterated her offer of a $US500,000 reward.

People say it’s unnatural to lose a child because they shouldn’t go before you. It is unnatural to lose a sibling too.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Golfing great Tiger Woods underwent additional procedures in Los Angeles on Friday to treat injuries sustained in his serious car crash.

As debate rages over the issue of trans women’s access to ‘women-only’ spaces, a non-binary person explains what’s at stake.

It follows the expansion of a large crack in the floating ice during the past decade.

Parents said they had no faith in authorities to return their kidnapped girls and would follow them into a forest where police believes they are being held.

The financial pain of a COVID-19 impacted season has been laid bare, with the average wage of an AFL player tumbling by more than $100,000.