Anyone who has walked into a room and forgotten why has suffered what’s known as the “doorway effect”. Now researchers have gained new understanding of how it works.

The Department of Environment fined a man $4401 for illegally taking and selling native frogs on Gumtree. There are more fines to come with multiple investigations under way.

Friday night footy is here for the first time in 2021 and teams from the game’s heartland looking to bounce back from disappointing campaigns last year is the order of the day. Join us from 5.45pm.

The Environment Department is investigating the theft from the 16-metre carcass that washed up on Phillip Island a week ago.

Severe thunderstorms have produced heavy rainfall and flash flooding, including at a train station and link road in the inner west.

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller told a state parliamentary hearing he would look into why the delay occurred as a document produced to parliament also confirmed police had chosen not to interview Mr Porter, nor any witnesses at the event before t...

The great Aboriginal actor reflects on a life of extremes in a new documentary that had a world premiere in Adelaide.

CA has dodged a major bullet with Channel Seven awarded only a fraction of the broadcast fee reduction it was seeking for the just completed summer of cricket.

New coach, same disappointing result as Canterbury lost 32-16 in the Hunter.

Police looking for two men who left the scene of a truck and train crash in Sydney are investigating whether the alleged theft of copper wiring was involved.

The model for the proposed draft for international players will not be tabled to clubs for another four weeks - preventing them from signing home-based stars in the interim.

An electric vehicle manufacturer is poised to walk away from a deal with the state government to set up a factory in the Latrobe Valley.

Cairns tourism operators are in dire straits. The pandemic and with it, border closures and a halt to international travel has meant desperate times and hard adjustments.

The comparisons between Cameron Smith and Tom Brady are obvious. But Thursday night might have shown us a key factor where they differ.

Mick Fuller, who was reportedly blocked from a position with the ARL Commission last month, says the government allowed him to have a paid role on the board of the Police Bank.

As President Joe Biden signs into law one of the largest economic rescue packages in US history, the chair of the Federal Reserve will have his work cut out trying to soothe nerves building on bond markets.

WA’s system of casino regulation is under scrutiny following revelations of years of money laundering through Crown Perth.

The Opposition says the speed of the rollout is “simply not good enough” but Scott Morrison says weekly numbers are improving after initial delays in international vaccine shipments.

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan says the AFL is not looking at establishing an NFL-style concussion fund to compensate players who suffer lasting effects from concussion

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas says the state government has followed the Reserve Bank of Australia’s advice and stimulating the economy by borrowing big and spending big.

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

Australian discus champion Dani Stevens will take part in just her second competition in two-and-a-half years at the Sydney Track Classic on Saturday evening.

With heels generating power in unison with hands, Nash Rawiller is a fearsome rival.

AFL chief says overall the game is debt neutral but cash reserves have been extinguished.

Lawyers for Mohinder Singh argue the truck driver faced ‘sustained pressure’ from his boss to work on the day he crashed and killed four police officers.

Heritage NSW had imposed a 40-day stop-work order preventing demolition of the 1960s civic centre following an unlikely push from a lobby group for developers.

Whereas war stories are usually told by men about men, former foreign correspondent Gina Wilkinson’s first novel sheds a different light.

The bank chief said property prices would remain “well supported,” which could ultimately force policy interventions to cool the market.

Racing’s ability to produce a fairytale story hasn’t been lost on Bill Ryan, the trainer of Tasmania’s All-Star Mile contender Still A Star.

Australia is fighting back against the European Union’s push to impose carbon levies on countries with weak emissions laws.

Apple Isle believes a relocated club is its best chance of getting an AFL team.

Brandon Smith surprised himself by playing 70 minutes in the season-opening win over Souths but he knows his only way to retain the starting hooker role will be to keep on winning games.

How Australia responds to neighbouring countries’ struggles with the coronavirus is playing out against a broader diplomatic backdrop.

An antiquities expert was astonished when women at his New York book launch recognised their friend’s Park Avenue table in a photo of a long-lost mosaic.

No matter what the Prime Minister says, the disputed rape allegations against Attorney-General Christian Porter need to be investigated without delay.

Burning brown coal has a limited lifespan in the Latrobe Valley. Now the community is asking what will come next.

The former PM says delaying legislated rises in the superannuation guarantee will not be enough to stop some Coalition backbenchers from trying to scrap the system.

John O’Shea and Brenton Avdulla got back in the group 1 winners circle last week and All Saints’ Eve could keep them in the spotlight in the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill on Saturday.

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton gives actors of colour the freedom to be messy, flawed and complicated – while rewriting our notions of history and legacy.

Violinist Richard Tognetti reveals moves are afoot to reinstate George Bridgetower’s name to one of Beethoven’s most famous sonatas.

Victoria recorded two weeks without a local coronavirus case on Friday, with more than 40,000 travel vouchers for trips to Melbourne being snapped up just after 10am.

In a new interview the former US first lady also talks about how the pandemic helped her and her husband reclaim “stolen moments” with their daughters who returned home from college to quarantine with their parents.

In 1983, the America’s Cup was front- and back-page and everywhere in between. Now, you’d hardly know it was on. But John Bertrand is still watching keenly.

Mark McGowan said his government was opposed to gay conversion therapy as a ‘cruel and misinformed practice’ and had made it clear it had no place in the state.

The man allegedly travelled from Mt Isa to Brisbane to meet what he believed to be a 15-year-old girl. He will appear in court on Tuesday.

Dion Gundy, 22, died in the front passenger seat of the Holden Commodore when it slammed into a palm tree in 2018.

The Waratahs forward received an apology from Andrew Ready after being punched in the head last Friday but his partner was still less than impressed.

Police investigating a number of stabbings in a short-stay apartment in Melbourne’s CBD no longer believe the violent brawl was gang-related but say it’s lucky no one was killed.

Two metres, two clubs. Peter the Wright man for the Bombers after Joe – and he is keen to show he is also his own man.

The climate tariff backed by the EU parliament this week presents many challenges for Australia, but also some opportunities.