The medicines regulator is asking for feedback on two plans that would give pharmacists more freedom to supply the pill without a prescription.

Carlton have made a play for Justin Leppitsch to become senior assistant coach to David Teague. Separately, the Blues have approached him to replace Chris Judd on their board.

The disability royal commission heard in some states less than 10 people living in residential homes had been vaccinated, three months into the vaccine rollout.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’ll do “whatever it takes” to restore order and that his goal is to “degrade” the ability of Hamas to threaten Israel.

Pinchgut Opera is staging a little-known classic Italian opera that has plenty of relevance for modern audiences.

St George Illawarra’s season threatens to unravel after four of their players took early guilty pleas, meaning they will miss a combined 13 matches.

Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge has also flagged some international students returning in “small-scale pilot [programs]” later this year.

Residents say rates will rise by up to 40 per cent in some areas, while neighbouring suburbs of the merged council areas will save hundreds of dollars a year.

Two of our experts take different views on the contentious ‘holding the ball’ rule, and how it should be applied.

In the last week, the number of new cases plunged by nearly 70 per cent in India’s financial capital Mumbai, home to 22 million people.

Judy Bednar, who came as a young girl to Australia from Hungary with her family, has been remembered as caring, opinionated and open-minded by her friends after she was found dead in her home in Melbourne’s south-east.

The Auditor-General will consider reviewing $40 million in federal government grants provided to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp since 2017 to support coverage of women’s sport.

Victoria’s gambling regulator has told the Crown royal commission that the casino group lied to the watchdog’s investigation into how 19 of its staff were arrested in China in 2016.

Social restrictions eased in Greater Sydney on Monday after no new COVID-19 cases were linked to an eastern suburbs couple, and the UN has weighed in on the escalating Israel-Palestine crisis.

The promising three-year-old takes makes his Australian racing debut in a maiden  over 1600m at Newcastle almost  seven months since running a close third in a two-year-old novice  at Newbury.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at beautiful Broadmeadow.

The site of Melbourne’s second drug-injecting room is expected to be located in an art deco building opposite Flinders St Station and near the popular al fresco dining laneway Degraves Street.

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley insists the tournament will go ahead in Melbourne following a report that said it could be forced offshore because of border closures.

Gregory Douglas used a common sequence of action to convince young female farm volunteers to accept unwanted sexual massages, a jury has been told.

This week our experts explore how Carlton coach David Teague explained Patrick Cripps’ injury situation and if Gold Coast should have named a team of the decade.

Pain, discomfort, frustration and failure are the mothers of this invention, which has garnered university help and a start-up grant.  

After a week of pressure from shareholders, Crown’s board has only now shown tentative signs of engaging with a suitor.

The NSW government is “urgently” reviewing laws allowing students to carry knives to school for religious reasons after a student used one in a stabbing.

Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea all flattened the curve with quarantine and contact-tracing. Now their sluggish vaccination programs are being questioned.

Aaron Summers, 25, has been charged with possessing child abuse material and grooming a minor after his alleged behaviour was brought to the attention of cricket authorities.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Architect-turned-sculptor Jan van Schaik says his Lost Tablets series was inspired by the Parthenon.

The manager who worked for the trucking company that Mohinder Singh, who killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway, drove for faced court on Monday.

The return of the Australian Chamber Orchestra to Melbourne was an uplifting concert full of passion and pathos.

A serious crime of personal violence attracted a sentence a third of that applied to a set of non-violent drug supply crimes.

Patrick Radden Keefe investigates the shady history of the Sackler family and their huge wealth.

Former CBA banker Clive van Horen says Suncorp does not need to be the cheapest offer in the market as the bank accelerates its push into the lucrative mortgage market.

The head of Virgin Australia says Australia needs to get used to living with COVID, and believes it’s “not in anyone’s interests” to keep the borders locked off forever.

Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire is joined by state political editor Alexandra Smith to discuss how businesses and state governments are handling extended border closures.

NSW pushed the boundaries with their investment in youth and it is fair to say the boundaries are pushing back. Their next coach has a big job on his hands.

South Sydney and the NRL were locked in a stand-off over wearing their Indigenous strip two weeks in a row before the latter acquiesced to the club’s request.

Smaller rail, bus and tram upgrades that could lead to big improvements for commuters are in danger of being sidelined as the massive Suburban Rail Loop consumes most of the funding.

A woman remains in hospital in a critical condition after a fatal school bus crash west of Brisbane, as the state recorded an unusually high number of road fatalities by this time of year.

The song contest’s back after a year scrapped by COVID. But what exactly’s in store? And does Montaigne have a chance performing from home?

Two years after it was scheduled to debut, The Woman in the Window has arrived quietly on Netflix, like an unwanted party guest.

A disparate coalition of surfers, Shellharbour residents and the wider NSW beachgoer community is fighting to stop a multimillion-dollar tourism development at Killalea State Park, popularly known as The Farm.

A Sunshine Coast man has been charged by police after he was allegedly driving dangerously in front of officers and found to be four times the legal limit. 

Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Lohmeier also decried anti-racism training and education and Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin’s diversity and inclusion initiatives.

A man who claims his reputation was ruined by an ex-girlfriend who accused him of being a sex addict and cheat has offered to settle on the opening day of their defamation trial for $5000.

Michael Clarke and David Warner’s manager have scorned the 2018 investigation that concluded only three people had prior knowledge of the Cape Town ball-tampering plot.

An air of cheerful optimism permeated the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s latest program.

The litany of mistakes and errors in treating seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath at Perth’s Children Hospital on Easter Saturday are laid bare in a comprehensive report into her death.

A man has been flown to hospital in a serious condition after a hard landing during a skydiving incident at Toogoolawah, north-west of Brisbane.

This lively musical takes audiences to the early 1830s when the British government paid young unmarried women to move to Sydney to fix the gender imbalance.

Aerial mapping provider Nearmap has been forced by the ASX to explain its disclosure of a legal battle with US rival Eagleview that sent its share price sharply lower this month.