The first flight to leave Australia under the new arrangement will be at Jetstar flight 201 from Sydney to Auckland at 6.15am on Monday April 19.

The first study of its kind by the state’s valuer general found that property values rose years ahead of rezonings, some by almost 250 per cent.

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The Greens have seen off electoral oblivion after Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt managed to secure the party one seat in the West Australian election.

James McDonald has a great book of group 1 rides at Randwick on Saturday, including Nature Strip, Anamoe and Sky Lab. They all drew well.

Greater Western Sydney’s horror start to 2021 has worsened with their captain Stephen Coniglio facing surgery, while fellow leaders Matt de Boer and Phil Davis are also hurt.

Drummoyne MP John Sidoti allegedly engineered a plan to dislodge two sitting Liberals from a 2017 council preselection ticket, ICAC heard on Tuesday.

The four-year-old has been largely untroubled in winning all four starts to date, including his latest two in March, and moves a step closer to open company in the Vinery Stud Handicap (1100m).

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The technology has been deployed since November to help spot unwanted seeds, infected meat and other products that carry diseases.

Federal Labor has flagged supporting a potential parliamentary inquiry into Scientology, expressing concerns about its “unprecedented” wealth and shifting of assets into Australia.

New Zealanders living in Sydney have booked their trips back to see ageing parents and grandparents, or to scatter the ashes of those lost since the borders closed.

The man was medically evacuated to Queensland nearly two weeks ago after his condition deteriorated.

Domestic violence services are begging women’s safety ministers for a urgent further injection of funding, saying demand that spiked during the pandemic has not subsided.

Mathew Dunbar wanted to marry Natasha Beth Darcy, but instead found himself ironing her partner’s shirts, the NSW Supreme Court has heard.

Court action filed today shows the investment bank and key lender to failed financier Greensill is playing hardball with billionaire tycoon Sanjeev Gupta’s assets.

Airlines have rushed to schedule hundreds of flights between Australia and New Zealand every week from April 19 in response to the opening of a “bubble” allowing quarantine-free travel between the two countries. 

Multiple doctors were off sick at the time the little girl was dying – but authorities have warned against leaping to conclusions about what caused her death.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia’s vaccine efforts put us were ahead of New Zealand. But ahead of the border opening, where is New Zealand’s vaccine rollout?

The Rabbitohs held an internal meeting on Tuesday where it was decided they would not fold on their offer of a one-year extension to Adam Reynolds.

Ex-Australia Post chief Christine Holgate, who resigned amid an uproar over her decision to reward employees with Cartier watches, has fired back at the board she says abandoned her.

The actor says the long-running Ten soap was “culturally unsafe” and the N-word was used on set.

The prosecution of Di Sanh Duong will be delayed because of the large amount of information collected by police, including hours of intercepted communications and secret recordings.

Gamillaroi artist Kerry Toomey’s latest works draw on a rich heritage.

A group of pickers from Vanuatu have begun harvesting fruit at a Launching Place orchard under a program to address the pandemic-driven farm worker shortage.

More than 90 traffic infringements have been issued after fireworks were hurled at police during a Gold Coast incident involving 1000 people on the weekend.

Adam Scott has set himself for another strong showing at the Masters and believes some early season tinkering with his driver will pay dividends.

The state government has not ruled out heading to court to battle home owners who believe they are owed compensation over the tunnel being built below their homes.

There are signs tenants are beginning to strike lease deals as pandemic-induced uncertainty washes out of property markets.

James Packer’s announcement that he is open to offers for his 37 per cent stake in Crown is less of a statement and more of an understatement.

Private investor Colin DeLutis’ DeGroup has added to its growing shopping centre portfolio after buying Lendlease’s Caroline Springs mall in a $136.5 million deal.

There is no club with which Lance Franklin has toyed more than Essendon, against whom he has kicked 70 goals in 16 games, more than any of the AFL’s 17 other clubs.

Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Caroline Wilson discuss Melbourne and whether it’s too soon to say they’re back to their 2018 form.

The British actor is making a small - but very significant - change to her professional career. So what is it?

Victorian man allegedly found to be in possession of more than 317,000 child abuse files amid a spike in the trafficking and production of child abuse material.

A mother who was at Perth Children’s Hospital the night Aishwarya Aswath died says the seven-year-old was the sickest child in the emergency department but didn’t get the attention she deserved.

The establishment of the bubble won’t fast-track a return home for the Warriors, who still face the prospect of two years between home games.

Gold Coast utility Tyrone Peachey has spoken for the first time about his relationship with Newcastle’s Mitchell Barnett as they prepare to face off on the weekend.

A Trans-Tasman bubble between Australia and New Zealand could see a Queensland woman finally reunited with her family, where she hopes to marry her partner after cancelling their wedding twice.

Starting with a pilot program in the state’s north, the NSW government is rolling out new school-based traineeships to students close to finishing high school.

A truck has jackknifed on the Pacific Motorway northbound, causing delays and lane closures.

Dilruk Jayasinha and Sam Taunton are two four-star comedians with deft timing and a little “blue” material.

So there’s finally a bubble across the Tasman but how does it work and what happens if there’s a lockdown?

The minister has been under fire over months of escalating reports of rocketing ambulance ramping and doctors warning that a tragedy was only a matter of time.

Three of the game’s biggest names will return from injury for round five, but the Sea Eagles are expected to take a more cautious approach with their star No.1.

Richmond are likely to host the Western Bulldogs in a Friday night blockbuster in round seven, while the AFL is examining options to give the AFLW grand final free air, depending on where it is played.

The Reserve Bank has kept the official cash rate on hold at 0.1 per cent as it notes it will be monitoring trends in housing borrowing carefully.

In 1993, an attempt by PNG forces to annex an island in the Solomon Islands group provoked a tense stand-off along the sea border between the two countries. Australia was under increasing pressure to intercede after the latest in a series of escalati...

Aboriginal Victoria is investigating the destruction of part of an ancient Indigenous site in western Victoria after a landowner allegedly removed a significant portion of carefully arranged stones.

With the Nationals parachuted into Opposition, there was a chance the iron ore tax proposed by former leader Brendon Grylls in 2017 could make a come back. The party says it won’t.