An icon of the city’s entertainment scene, Frankie’s Pizza, will be demolished to make way for the Sydney Metro – a loss that may be mourned on Macquarie Street more than anywhere else.

Follow along as we bring you all the key moments from Saturday’s AFL matches. 

Palestinian supporters have gathered in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, while Israel and Hamas continue to pound each other’s side with heavy fire.

Opposition leader Michael O’Brien said acting Premier James Merlino must publicly address claims a Labor MP used their parliamentary office for sexual activity.

Canberra’s season was on life support when they were reduced to 11 men for several minutes midway through the second half, but Ricky Stuart’s men somehow ran down the Bulldogs.

Thousands of Palestine supporters have rallied to condemn Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Victoria shivered through its coldest day of the year on Saturday, with heavy rainfalls and severe weather warnings for damaging winds plaguing the state’s east.

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley says he wasn’t even aware of reports a board challenge might be on the cards after the Magpies lost to Sydney.

About 325,000 public sector employees, or one in 10 Victorian workers including teachers and nurses, will have their guaranteed wage growth cut by one-third in negotiations from next year.

There are fears the rise in stamp duty and land tax will hurt average Australians far harder than the “filthy rich” while families like the Huangs hope to find a new home before June 30 to avoid the hike.

Everything you need to know to find a winner as racing heads to the Central West on Sunday.

Nick Hyde can only remember ever wanting to be a jockey, but had to wait until he was 22 for his first ride after a series of injuries. Now he’s after his first winner.

Sydney FC beat Western United thanks to a VAR decision so contentious that the Sky Blues concede it shouldn’t have been awarded.

A slot-holder is keen to get a deal done, which would allow Lost And Running to be promoted as the X-factor of the $15 million race.

It was a birthday to remember for David Noble for the first-year senior coach finally had his first win as North Melbourne coach with a seven-point victory over Hawthorn.

There has been a backlash to the NRL’s latest interpretation of the rules, but another mooted change – the five-minute sin bin – isn’t currently on the table.

The Parental Leave Pay scheme, which was introduced a decade ago, is clearly ripe for review,

Sydney have heaped more misery upon struggling Collingwood, overcoming a lacklustre start to notch an important 30-point win on Saturday.

Eels coach Brad Arthur shed a tear when he embraced son Jakob ahead of his NRL debut with Parramatta on Sunday.

A cyclist has died after a crash on the Wide Bay Highway about 200 kilometres north of Brisbane on Saturday morning. 

St Kilda are awaiting scans on Rowan Marshall but they are optimistic Brad Crouch will play next week against the Bulldogs.

Sunny Joura has been trying to return to Melbourne since June last year. On Friday, hours before his flight was due to leave, he tested positive to coronavirus, leaving he and his mother stranded again.

The platform thinks I’m obsessed with Spanish-language telenovelas and shows about Argentinian BBQ, rather than my true passion: heartwarming sitcoms.

It’s the love story we didn’t know we needed. Until we had it. And now we’re not letting go.

The audience gets jaw-dropping experiences and the producers make a wad of cash. But is the trend bad for theatre?

Where the Oscars were stiff, the Golden Globes were delightfully messy. What went wrong?

The ongoing pandemic means Australia’s entry won’t perform live in Rotterdam. But “I could still win it,” she says.

The Avalanches recall youthful days and the freedom of creating debut album Since I Left You.

With the fighting between Israel and the Palestinians threatening to escalate into all-out war, the Abraham Accords are facing their first major challenge.

Anthony Freedman says he will take lessons from Steel Prince’s 2019 Melbourne Cup campaign when he sets Realm Of Flowers for this year’s Cup.

West Bank erupts in protest amid more Israel-Hamas fighting.

Boris Johnson said terrorist content was “like a metastasising tumour within the internet” that must be excised.

Helen Coonan was preparing for another chaotic week when she received a phone call mid-afternoon Sunday that would intensify the maelstrom swirling around casino giant Crown Resorts. 

Kaylee McKeown has emerged as a major gold medal chance at Tokyo following another blistering swim at the Sydney Open.

Cameron Bancroft’s comments will bring back the memories of the seismic events at Cape Town which rocked Australian cricket three years ago.

The world No.1 was forced to retire from her Italian Open quarter-final against Coco Gauff, raising doubts about her participation at the French Open.

A field of 13 candidates are slugging it out for supremacy in the mining and farming community of the Upper Hunter.

The Australian Ballet School is about to stage its first work since the pandemic hit, and the process of learning the work helped many deal with their demons.

Adam Reynolds says his new deal with the Broncos will not be his last and he would love to play on another year or two in the hope of playing 300 games.

A woman has died and another has suffered serious injuries after a crash near Stanthorpe, south-west of the Gold Coast on Friday night.

In the most widespread Palestinian protests in years, hundreds of young people clashed with Israeli troops, who shot and killed at least 11.

The state government has announced funding of $2 million to build fencing around a beach notorious for dingo attacks on Fraser Island.

In their inaugural AFL campaign, the Power charged home to famously snare the points at Princes Park. The Dogs opened up with eight goals to one in the opening term but were kept to just four majors over the next three quarters as the Power won outsi...

Property industry leaders say planned tax hikes could cheat the state out of its economic recovery and ultimately punish all homebuyers.

The country has been struggling to slow infections ahead of the Games.

An apartment complex under construction in Sydney’s north-west has undergone an urgent inspection after allegations of serious building defects were aired by a whistleblower.

The first ever ‘Q-Clash’ between Brisbane and the Gold Coast remains arguably its most memorable. The Suns won the bragging rights after Brandon Matera kicked the sealer. Lions icon Simon Black’s “mercenaries” comments about Brisbane defect...

The Tianwen-1 spacecraft has touched down and its lander, Zhurong, will undergo tests before rolling down a ramp to explore Utopia Planitia.

The Otago Highlanders outmuscled the Australian champions 40-19 in Dunedin before the Wellington Hurricanes beat the Waratahs 64-48 in a Sydney try-fest.

Hawthorn and North faced off in three grand finals in a four-year stretch in the 1970s. But it’s the 1994 qualifying final that’s remembered as a genuine classic. As part of perhaps the best ever opening weekend of finals footy, North prevailed i...