The Water Minister’s office has intervened in a stink over a plan to put an odour control unit in the middle of a much-loved Sydney bushwalking track.

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.

Penrith will look to snap a two-match losing streak when they host the Tricolours but before that we’re off to Townsville as round 15 continues.

The Sydney Eastern City Planning Panel on Friday unanimously decided that a planning proposal from Meriton lacked merit and had “unmitigated significant impacts on transport and amenity”.

Power players seen without masks while sitting in the crowd at the Olympic swimming trials have been exonerated for an apparent breach of coronavirus protocols.

Opposition MPs were incensed that Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton flew to Canberra on Wednesday and was subsequently on leave for a parliamentary inquiry on Friday.

Mandatory COVID tests may be putting skiers off, some operators fear, as the Victorian season opens after a quiet Queens Birthday weekend.

Ju Zhang, also known as Kelly, was last seen at her home in Epping on the evening of February 1. 

Close to 100,000 junior footballers will return to the field across Victoria this weekend following the easing of COVID restrictions.

Why the Wests Tigers know unwanted Bronco Tevita Pangai Jr will thrive with a change of scenery and coach.

Parts of the destroyed electricity network will be rebuilt underground in the Dandenongs.

The 49-year-old Moreton Bay man died at the scene while two other workers were taken to hospital with injuries.

A political stoush is brewing between NSW and the federal government over the removal of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison capitalised on the success of the global An0m sting to push for more police powers, which legal groups say pose serious privacy risks.

Saturday looms as D-day for COVID protocols before game two as the Queensland government closed the border to people who have visited the Waverley area.

A former spy known as Witness K has been handed a three-month suspended sentence for conspiring to reveal classified information about an alleged Australian operation to bug East Timor’s cabinet rooms during sensitive oil and gas treaty negotiation...

Masks are now compulsory on Greater Sydney’s public transport after one new case acquired the virus through “fleeting contact”, Melburnians are waking up to eased coronavirus restrictions and health authorities are encouraging people who have h...

St George Illawarra’s fullback could stay in the red and white with St Helens making an aggressive play to bring the attacking ace to the English Super League.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on McKell Cup day.

The AFL’s conundrum is that no one knows seems to know how to crash-proof the game.

There was one new case in NSW on Friday, a man who attended Bondi Junction Myer at the same time as a man who tested positive earlier this week.

Victoria Police Commander Stuart Bateson denies he ever warned a junior female officer about an anti-corruption commission investigation.

The Victorian government is set to ask the Commonwealth to send more Australian Defence Force members to assist with clearing roads and doorknocking after a deadly storm lashed the state last week.

The former special air services soldier told his defamation trial on Friday that he had made a mistake in his evidence, prompting the barrister for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald to ask if he was being truthful.

The Panthers’ home ground looks as if it will be the first to receive government funding for redevelopment, but the Sea Eagles don’t want to be forgotten.

Rafael Nadal has also pulled out of the Olympics after ‘listening’ to his 35-year-old body but Australia’s two headline stars are on track to represent their nation in Tokyo.

Eight flights were cancelled and 10 schools were shut down in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo after a bear shoved its way onto a military base.

The 25-kilometre travel limit has been scrapped and outdoor mask-wearing is no longer mandatory in Melbourne after restrictions were eased at midnight. Follow our live coronavirus coverage.

Daily vaccination rates are expected to dip temporarily as clinics cancel AstraZeneca bookings, but more 50-somethings are now likely to get jabbed.

At 17, she asked herself, “Why are men always in control in relationships?” Meet Whitney Wolfe Herd, whose woman-focused dating app Bumble has made her the world’s youngest female self-made billionaire.

There is so much to see on a visit to the nation’s capital – just beware the disillusioned politician dreaming of greater glory.

Former Playboy editor Chuck Smeeton became a self-confessed “feminist in training” after meeting his partner, Dr Niki Vincent, Victoria’s first Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner.

The first woman to be directly elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne discusses her post-lockdown city and how cancer made her a better leader.

People often blurt out key information at the close of a face-to-face encounter. Clicking “end meeting” on Zoom just isn’t the same.

What’s the etiquette if you’re unhappy with your hairdresser’s work?

Is anything more cheering in the depths of winter than a tagine? Contrary to popular belief, they really take no time at all.

The key to achieving balanced smoky and lemony accents in baba ganoush is to heavily char the eggplants, and the best way is over a naked flame.

Never mind bespoke vegetarian and vegan menus, dear chefs, consider bringing all food together as one.

Jordan’s new flatmate, Kevin, seemed nice enough – until Kevin mentioned that he and his girlfriend were celebrating their first anniversary with a night in a swanky hotel. 

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At 93, the artist’s latest works shows him brooding on his fading powers, coping with depression or lack of inspiration.

Public health authorities have “cautious confidence” as the state eases restrictions and edges closer to bringing Victoria’s COVID-19 outbreaks under control.

Concussion campaigner Peter Jess has accused the AFL Tribunal of being negligent in its duty to protect players on a day Steve Hocking suggested a law change was imminent.

James Cummings knows the ability Katalin has and wants her to deliver it in her second chance at racing.

The furore could prove to be a test of how much influence people power now wields over decisions in the world of arts and entertainment.

Artist Jennifer Keeler-Milne’s unusually quiet walks from her home in Glebe to her studio in Newtown last winter are the inspiration for a new show at Australian Galleries.

Every step has been taken to protect census data from hackers on census night after the ABS had to shut the site in 2016, but the agency says risks can’t be completely eliminated.

Police had warned slain gangster Bilal Hamze about the ongoing threat to his life but their advice was dismissed in the period leading up to the man’s execution-style shooting murder in Sydney’s CBD on Thursday night.

In his only interview since arriving in Australia to work with the Bulldogs, Steve Hansen has backed Trent Barrett to lead the once proud club out of the wilderness.

Females don’t hit sexual maturity until their late 50s, a new study said, and maybe strangest of all, they are pregnant for a long time.