Epidemiologists have stressed the importance of vaccinating everyone connected to the hotel quarantine system against COVID-19 after a driver transmitted the virus to at least two people.

NSW has recorded its first two local cases in 40 days, Melburnians are waking up to their last day of their fourth lockdown and Ben Roberts-Smith is due to be cross-examined in court today.

Crime statistics released on Thursday also showed overall crime down but a record number of reported family violence-related incidents.

Barrister Nicholas Owens, SC, is recognised as being among the most skilled in his field, a gentleman interrogator and expert in the parsing of truth and lies. Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has been trained in resistance to interrogation. And ...

Difference of opinion should not obscure the fundamental truth that Indigenous people occupied this land for millennia and used their ingenuity to exploit its resources sustainably.

With renewed focus on PM Scott Morrison’s friendship with QAnon follower Tim Stewart this week, readers shared how they managed such relationships in fraught times.

Prominent senior officer Stuart Bateson has taken to the witness box to accuse Victoria Police’s sexual misconduct taskforce of wrongly targeting a female officer.

Sydney is setting itself up for major challenges in housing supply unless more apartments are built, with NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes saying he is concerned that the rate of construction will not keep up with new migrants expected to arrive.

Bribie Island finally gets its own satellite hospital at Bongaree, after retirees raised concerns during the October 2020 state election.

Samed Eriklioglu was confused and naive, and his brother Ertunc “didn’t have the bottle” to carry out a terror attack, their lawyers said in the County Court.

The former special forces soldier has denied he was involved in the unlawful killing of an Afghan man in Darwan in 2012.

Former federal Labor MP Emma Husar is expected to give a damning account of the ALP’s handling of criminal allegations she made about a former staffer to an inquiry.

Budgeted at $16.8 billion by the NSW government, the additional costs suggest the true price of WestConnex would be close to $21 billion.

Advice recommending 50 to 59-year-olds get the Pfizer vaccine instead of the AstraZeneca jab has prompted changes to WA’s rollout.

A nurse who contracted COVID-19 after working with coronavirus patients at one hospital, then worked at another hospital while infectious, has potentially exposed other healthcare workers to the virus.

Melburnians will be able to go outside without masks from 11.59pm tonight, have two guests in their home and say goodbye to the 25-kilometre travel limit.

After four lockdowns, Melburnians should be experts on navigating the ebb and flow of restrictions. But there’s something about the end of lockdown four that just seems to be hitting different, and I don’t think it’s just me.

Opium is a crude and unprocessed narcotic, rarely used in Australia. It is derived from poppies that are grown on a large scale in Afghanistan.

The father stabbed to death in Brisbane’s north overnight has been remembered as a “dedicated dad who did everything he could to keep his son safe”.

An energy emergency has been declared for flood-threatened Yallourn coal mine and power station, while residents still without power will get a weekly payment of up to $1680.

Two men have been charged over an alleged kidnapping in Sydney’s south last year.

Today on Please Explain industrial relations reporter Nick Bonyhady joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the increase to the minimum wage.

Members of the Mongols motorcycle club are suspects in the execution-style killing of former gang member Shane Bowden, who was sprayed with bullets in his vehicle.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian asked eastern suburbs residents to be on alert and “modify their activity” in light of the third case, although no restrictions were announced.

Dr Nigel Roberts’ testimony to a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday bore disturbing similarities to earlier claims about the cover up of avoidable deaths in other regional NSW hospitals.

Cosmonaut said of rocket hit by winds on launch pad: “It quivers like a spirited horse ready for a race.”

A new documentary details threats to flora, fauna and the very future of the river in western Victoria.

The court, which aims to keep drug-dependent offenders out of prison, has achieved a reoffending rate 17 per cent lower than for those outside the program.

Police will allege the woman sprayed the man before stabbing him to death in a Brisbane street as their child looked on.

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Commuters have been given a glimpse of the new metro train lines under Sydney’s harbour which will connect the future Barangaroo and North Sydney stations.

A Melbourne infectious diseases physician says until vaccine uptake rises substantially, testing remains the most critical measure in Victoria with the state “primed for a third wave”.

While police aren’t actively enforcing the use of the contact registers for public health purposes, they have been issuing warrants to access the data in relation to unrelated police investigations.

Coalition MPs were discussing a plan to execute a spill next week, but this was abandoned due to an inability by camps opposing Michael O’Brien to unite.

Among parents still working at home following the easing of pandemic restrictions in 2020, nearly one-quarter of mothers were caring for children as well, compared with 15 per cent of fathers, a new study shows.

The virus has more tricks up its sleeve - and it’s not over anywhere until it’s over everywhere.

You’d think getting off the street would be the end of the story. It isn’t.

‘Someone’s ridden over a black cat’: Whether through bad luck or disrupted preparation, suburban and country football clubs are reporting a slew of injuries after the state’s lockdowns and restrictions.

A NSW hospital has been relying on cleaners to look after dementia patients due to severe staffing shortages, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.

The NSW Education Department set improvement goals for 2022 in areas such as HSC performance and year 12 completion, but if the present trajectory continues, few are likely to be achieved.

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the funding would prepare the state for future natural disasters and position it to lead the world with new technology.

Tharnicaa Murugappan will likely remain in Perth hospital for at least another week while she recovers.

NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes says the desire for city-dwellers to “spread out” had triggered a boom in regional towns from Bega to Byron Bay, and Coffs Harbour to Dubbo.

Ashleigh Petrie died at 23, just weeks after her relationship with magistrate Rodney Higgins, 68, made news. She left her superannuation to her mother, then Higgins claimed it.

Emergency authorities have warned wet weather later this week may pose some risk as restrictions are lifted on travel for Melburnians.

Doctors warn that people who are shopping around for vaccines outside their eligibility could drag out the vaccine program, with the number of people in NSW over 50 who have received a first dose lagging behind the national average.

The Murugappan family decision exposes the heartlessness of the Australian government.

Less meat and milk, but more beer, ‘not easy’ for university men and Passiona’s first full year’s earnings.

On June 17,1951, 30,000 people lined the streets of Bathurst in a solemn tribute to Labor leader and former Prime Minister, Ben Chifley.

It’s that time of year again when a red army (no, not that kind) hits the streets in aid of the Salvation Army’s annual Red Shield Appeal.