Richmond and Carlton will continue their traditional match-up to open the 2021 AFL season on Thursday night. Follow the action here.

The Storm got off to a flyer at home last week to keep up their remarkable round one record. But will a road trip against another premiership aspirant bring them undone? Join us from 7.40pm

The stats suggest NSW will create chances against the Rebels on Friday night, but whether they can convert them into points is another matter.

The creation of a two-way trans-Tasman bubble as soon as April will provide a lucrative window for Australian Super Rugby clubs.

Wade Graham shows players making their debut at 17 doesn’t have to be a bad thing, but suggested one way to safeguard Joseph Suaalii.

If the informal talks progress, it could see the Ashes and Big Bash League games return to Nine and Ten respectively next season, instead of Seven.

The man who trained his first winner in the world’s richest two-year-old race behind closed doors won’t have the same pressure this year.

Australia’s population has suffered its biggest three-month drop since World War I, with a collapse in migrants and fewer births leaving the country smaller.

Australia has suffered its biggest fall in population since the depths of World War One with Victoria the epicentre of the demographic shift.

ARL Commission boss Peter V’Landys forged ahead with playing two and three grades on the same day, but torrential rain in Sydney is already causing logistical problems.

It’s time for one of the world’s great meetings at the Gardens and as usual Brad Gray of Racing NSW has you covered.

For Tiger cheer squad member Paul Webb, the return to the ’G was so momentous that he couldn’t sleep the night before.

The Labor-Greens stacked committee has slammed the government over the handling of a $100m community sports program and demanded funding for all recommended projects.

The NSW upper house has voted for an external organisation to give sexual consent training to the parliament and confidentially survey staff on their experiences in the workplace.

Conservation Council of WA Director Piers Verstegen was confident the new portfolio signalled the government was ready to embrace climate change action.

Victoria becomes the last state in Australia to allow for convictions of some people to be ‘spent,’ meaning they’ll no longer face barriers getting a job or renting a home.

In a major coup, Justin Gleeson, SC, will lead the ABC’s defence in the defamation case filed against it by the Attorney-General.

Five-year-old Alannah Sobolewski died and her mother was seriously injured after they were hit by a van at a zebra crossing in Sydney’s north-west on Wednesday night.

Labor and the unions have got what they wanted by shattering the Coalition’s industrial relations bill into pieces of rubble on the floor of the Senate.

The publication of the state’s new koala habitat policy has revealed a senior regional NSW official has the right to reject management plans by councils.

A self-testing kit could reduce deaths from cervical cancer, among those who do not have access to screening, particularly Indigenous women.

A coal plant proponent was awarded $3.6 million to fund a study it was not required to fully complete, the Auditor General says.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on cup day.

Despite an eviction moratorium, figures obtained under FOI show landlords trying to get renters out in growing numbers. That trickle could soon become a flood.

Racing NSW stewards are likely to wait until Saturday to make a decision on whether the track is safe for the Golden Slipper to proceed.

Stage two of the vaccination program has begun in some parts of regional Victoria but doses have been slow to reach general practices.

The state government wants to sell surplus land from a former school, but Kilsyth locals in Melbourne’s fringe say it should be kept for open space to avoid repeating the mistakes that sparked a fight in Albert Park.

Power and gas giant Origin Energy has struck a deal with one of South Korea’s biggest steel-makers, Posco, to mull future exports of zero-emissions hydrogen.

The genesis of model embryos is putting major strain on existing laws that restrict embryo research, as scientists prepare for a global debate on what protections they should receive.

Miner Ok Tedi announced it was suspending its operations as Europe threatens to withhold vaccines and PNG teeters on the edge of a COVID-19 disaster.

Majestic beaches, exquisite local produce and stunning landscapes are not just the realm of Margaret River – and neither is fine wine.

The Senate has passed just one section of the Morrison government’s industrial relations overhaul after it failed to win support for the reform package.

The gangland lawyer says Google deleted crucial information behind an account that was posting reviews about her that she suspects was run by another legal practitioner.

The Reserve Bank is inching closer to changing the surcharge rules for the buy now, pay later sector.

There have been more than 700 submissions to the inquiry, with patients and medical staff sounding the alarm over a crisis in the state’s regional hospitals.

Like the “grand madame” RuPaul, Australia’s Karen From Finance hopes to change perceptions about the queer community.

Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said he was “OK” with criticism of his idea for an app that recorded consent between sexual partners, so long as people were having conversations about consent, while the former Sydney student whose petition unveil...

Trevor Hosea’s maternal grandmother was an inspiration to him and when she passed away last year the Rebels lock found a way to honour her memory at every clash.

Coalition senators voted with Labor, the Greens and independents to call on Scott Morrison to establish a royal commission on veteran suicide.

Beijing has revealed few details of the charges against “the two Michaels”, held since December 2018.

The founders of Volt and Judo agree that the sector could do with stricter rules, as the prudential regulator raises the bar for new entrants.

The man who murdered Aiia Maasarwe should spend his life in prison because the prospects of rehabilitation during his 36-year sentence are too slim, prosecutors have told the Court of Appeal.

It is alleged the boat carrying the drugs was chased by the Australian navy as men onboard threw packages into the sea.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says the number of vaccines being given to states and territories is being ramped up as NSW warns the rollout will not be done in time unless they got more doses.

Rutte resigned last year over a robodebt scandal, but stayed on as caretaker and is set to become the longest serving prime minister in Dutch history.

Students will be able to combine university and TAFE education, with courses designed by industry, under a new tertiary education pathway unveiled by the NSW Government.

The ASX-listed property developer is partnering with heavyweight Canadian investor Ivanhoe Cambridge to expand its pipeline of work in the US.

More than 75 organisations and individuals have signed an open letter calling on the Ross Trust to withdraw its plans to expand its quarry on the Mornington Peninsula and destroy bushland.

The AFL clubs need their superstars on the park more than ever this season, with the spotlight set to fall on their fitness gurus if they fail.

Newcastle trainer Kris Lees and Australian Bloodstock took a punt with the former Gooree galloper and it could pay off with a group 1 win.