Greens Senator Larissa Waters issued an apology over a similar claim but the Defence Minister has now filed defamation proceedings against a refugee advocate.

The Supreme Court knocked back a union attempt to get the NSW industrial commission to revisit a pay rise ruling for public servants.

Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino says states should be able to set their international passenger intake to any limit they determine they can safely and reasonably manage.

Taxation, security and visa arrangement guarantees from the federal government will be provided by Tuesday’s deadline, Fairfax MP Ted O’Brien from the Olympics Steering Committee said.

The announcement comes almost two weeks after a scathing final report by the council’s interim administrator.

A crowd gathered on the Gold Coast in honour of Kelly Wilkinson on Monday afternoon.

As many as 130,000 people across four states and the ACT will receive a National Emergency Medal for their service during the extreme season.

One passenger left in quarantine after flight VA469 was caught in snap border rules is now concerned he will remain in the room until well after the WA lockdown is lifted.

A Victorian man whose sister died waiting for an ambulance five years ago says the death of a woman at Caulfield North this month is a “disgrace”.

How did police know there was a drug ship with hundreds of kilograms of heroin approaching the Victorian coast? It all started with one phone call in Thailand.

Perth and Peel will exit a snap three-day lockdown from midnight Monday, but mask wearing and gathering restrictions will remain in place for at least four days.

Searchers have returned to the Wonnangatta area in Victoria’s high country, focusing on the Dargo High Plains Road, Cynthia Range Track, Herne Spur Track and the Wonnangatta Track.

Southbound lanes will be closed for nine nights while a 60-tonne steel structure is lifted into place at Queen’s Wharf.

A witness has told a court the alleged victim approached him in a pub and said of the footballer, “He’s so hot, I wanna get with him.”

The advertising regulator came out strongly against the influencers, but it might end up with a red face.

Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire speaks to world editor Michelle Griffin about India’s devastating second wave of coronavirus infections.

NSW reported eight new cases in hotel quarantine on Monday, amid a rising number of daily overseas acquired cases nationally.

Blindfolded, June threw a pin at a map of Australia and landed on Alice Springs. So June had a new name.

A Gold Coast woman whose body was found shoved inside a chest last week in an apparent murder-suicide has been remembered as “beautiful, with a kind and loving soul” by her family.

Every time there is a scandal or human-made disaster caused by systemic issues, someone in a position of power will blame everything on video games.

Explore the latest detailed data on the coronavirus immunisation rollout in our new and improved vaccine tracker.

A woman charged with murder over the deaths of a young couple and their baby daughter killed in a Point Cook house fire has pleaded not guilty and will stand trial.

Ben Roberts-Smith, who is suing The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald over reports he allegedly committed murder during deployments, has stood down from his role to focus on the defamation proceedings.

More than half of the passengers on the Perth-to-Melbourne flight with an infected man have now tested negative to coronavirus.

It is time to consider what a response to family violence that does not rely primarily upon policing would look like.

A man has been charged by police after a domestic violence incident where petrol was allegedly poured throughout a home on the Gold Coast.

Candles will be lit in memory of Ms Wilkinson at a vigil on Monday afternoon after she was killed almost a week ago.

Let’s put the tedious culture wars aside. There are much more interesting questions about who we’ll read - and how we’ll read them.

The New Zealand Labour government has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

This is urgent: if Australia can’t help to protect New Zealand from China’s coercion we have little hope of protecting the smaller Pacific states.

Dozens of whistleblower complaints have sparked concerns “something serious is brewing” at Australia’s largest water utility.

Outdoor dining has saved restaurants in The Rocks, where foot traffic has steadily risen despite no international tourists in the city.

Elderly Victorians too frail to travel to mass coronavirus vaccination hubs are being put on vaccine waiting lists stretching out to September, despite being told it is their “duty” to get immunised.

Thanks to a troublesome cough, I’ve now become a world authority on medical waiting rooms.

The federal government has proposed the introduction of student satisfaction as an indicator for measuring the success of its international education strategy.

Suburbs are undergoing a renaissance as people who work from home are wanting the cafe and dining culture that they once had in the city centre.

Aircraft flying through all but a small part of greater Sydney’s airspace would be handled by a control centre in Melbourne under a controversial cost-cutting plan.

As global demand for vaccines remains massive, Australia’s currently idle manufacturing facilities could be repurposed in the fight against COVID-19.

For how long is Australia going to buy the Prime Minister’s increasingly tired old saw, “technology not taxes”?

It’s been deemed “the beginning of the end of the pandemic”, but a vaccinated population may not facilitate a return to life as we used to know it.

After plunging a substantial investment into influencer docuseries Byron Baes, Netflix is showing no signs of backing away.

A quarter of a century ago, a man killed 35 people in Tasmania. We need to focus on the victims, not the perpetrator.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Video footage of the incident shows a large group of people yelling at one another in a car park while flares are being thrown around. 

Five years after rescuing Robert L’Estrange’s images, librarian Jill Rogers has curated an exhibition of the photographer’s work.

Fowl words in the wind a warning of a ruthless foe.

It would be a disaster if tourist hotspots in Western Australia’s South West record community cases after the long weekend because Perth residents could travel to the area despite the lockdown and stay at home orders.

Legal and financial documents cast doubt on the ability of a large Kimberley service provider to properly oversee the spending of millions of dollars designed to address Indigenous disadvantage.

Premier Mark McGowan has indicated parts of the state’s lockdown will be extended beyond Monday, while international arrivals into WA will be halved.

The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.