COVID-19 cases visited the MCG and RMIT while infectious as the list of exposure sites grows to include a country pub and hair salon.

A federal Labor MP who criticised the party’s calls for Harvey Norman to repay $22 million in JobKeeper subsidies during a party meeting is the wife of a franchisee in the company.

Sunnyfield Disability Services chief executive Caroline Cuddihy told the commission the termination attempt was not made because of any fault of the client.

NSW Farmers says the state government needs to offer immediate assistance to plague-affected communities.

From May 2017 to March 2020, Gavin Fineff took funds from 12 people meant for shares holdings and diverted them to his own bank account, court documents allege.

A post-mortem examination has been completed of the remains of missing Dover Heights fraudster Melissa Caddick, a Federal Court hearing has heard.

It remains unclear how effectively antibodies from the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines will neutralise the coronavirus variant known as B.1.617.1. But in a hopeful sign, both are effective against a closely related variant.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground has been listed as an exposure site as part of Melbourne’s COVID-19 outbreak, NSW Opposition Leader Jodi McKay insists she won’t stand down and more than half of adults in the US are now vaccinated.

Brisbane’s lord mayor says the first work to reshape Brisbane’s Victoria Park would see the bunkers on the 45-hectare golf course filled in.

Convicted fraudster Samantha Azzopardi says she wants to stay with a relative in NSW after release from jail but has refused to reveal an address or other contact details.

A light plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Collaroy Beach after an engine failure.

A smoke haze hanging over Brisbane’s CBD on Wednesday evening was the result of two planned burns in the region. 

This latest cluster is a crucial reminder that the freedoms we have in Victoria and in Australia are built on precarious foundations and can change quickly.

A young couple spent 13 hours trapped in an ocean cave, waist-deep in freezing cold water and repeatedly smashed into rocks, only to be found by rescuers because of a social media post in the moments before a freak wave crashed onto them on a cliff.

Barrett faced trial in the NSW Supreme Court accused of attempting to blackmail the masterminds of the Plutus Payroll tax fraud syndicate.

Government sources confirm a lockdown is one option being discussed after the Melbourne cluster grew to 15 cases and the number of exposure sites ballooned to more than 50, including some in regional areas.

The eroticisation of violence against women has serious real-world consequences.

NSW residents have been encouraged to reconsider travel to Melbourne after the city’s coronavirus cluster grew to 15 cases on Wednesday.

State records six new local COVID-19 cases as exposure sites listed in Bendigo, Axedale; restrictions reintroduced

Today on Please Explain, state political editor Alexandra Smith joins Tory Maguire to discuss the existential crisis the Australian Labor Party appears to be facing.

Victoria sits once again on a precipice as new cases threaten another shutdown. And for that, we all should take a little responsibility.

In the weeks after George Floyd’s death, we discussed the issue of racism with empathy. And then we stopped.

Researchers say a simple measure can have huge benefits to endangered species populations by protecting young animals when they’re vulnerable to feral cats.

The Cessna 208B was doing a ferry flight from Cairns and was due to land at Redcliffe, but ended up at the Gold Coast.

‘Sorry, I’m leaving,’ said a woman who allegedly claimed her ex-boyfriend was a sex addict as she marched out of the courtroom on Wednesday.

The Federal Court heard that a colleague told high-profile defamation barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC that she should not act for the federal Liberal minister because of a conflict.

Chanel Contos’ petition reached the requisite number of signatories to trigger a parliamentary debate one day after the state government vowed to overhaul sexual assault laws.

Melburnians are staying away from the city’s central business district on Wednesday, with foot traffic at some of the busiest locations recording numbers reminiscent of the state’s previous lockdowns.

Queensland resident Charleen Henegan, 58, is accused of committing the offences through a Brisbane car yard business.

Experts are urging Queenslanders to save as much power as they can, especially during the evening peak, as the grid recovers from the fire at Callide station on Tuesday.

The number of confirmed infections has reached 15. The acting Premier said all those cases are linked but the number of exposure sites gives cause for concern.

The museum is under new management and has launched a public fund-raiser.

Behind the emotional debate, there are three points to be made about injecting rooms: more is less, location matters and the health benefits are undeniable.

Police said the mother and child were found on Tuesday in the Pacific Pines area on the Gold Coast.

Mosley sued the News of the World after it revealed he took part in a “sick Nazi orgy”.

Cohen Fink’s parents Chris and Pamella are still searching for answers after being forced to use Freedom of Information laws to discover “administration errors” that led to their son missing out on the help he needed at school.

Carl*, 24, is blind and has a severe intellectual disability and lives with two other residents in the care home in western Sydney.

The International Student Hub will be launched in Surry Hills on Wednesday night to provide community support to international students struggling with social isolation and exploitation at work and in student accommodation.

Toowoomba and Gladstone will be the sites of the latest technology clusters set up to drive take-up of hydrogen technology, with the Queensland government contributing $100,000.

What is the government really describing when it says it will open beds across the system? Where are these beds, and are there enough nurses to staff them?

Politicians have talked tough about crushing, killing and keeping out the virus with draconian border and travel arrangements and have consistently refused to put a timeline on international reopenings, or even outline a set of concrete preconditions...

Energy Minister Mick de Brenni said there would be no further power outages, but the cause of the fire was yet to be determined.

The woman inside the unit with the man was unharmed.

When the NSW government went in to bat this month for a new licensing scheme for flood-plain harvesting, it neglected to mention one detail.

There are few encouraging signs for federal Labor, but the Opposition Leader sticks with his usual low-risk approach.

A tiny fraction of the money spent on support services goes towards Aboriginal organisations supporting Aboriginal kids.

NSW Police officers were hired as gatekeepers to a Liberal branch meeting chaired by powerbroker Joe Tannous, with a state executive among several party members denied entry in what has been labelled a factional war.

A person who tested positive for COVID-19 in Melbourne’s northern suburbs this week had attended an AFL match at the MCG on the weekend, forcing some football fans into isolation.

Get the Pfizer next year but protect yourself, the community and the economy by getting AstraZeneca now.

Drone delivery company Wing has been quietly expanding in Logan over the past few months, and is set to go further as it announces a quieter drone and new suburbs.