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

Strict lockdown measures are now in place across Greater Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong and Victoria is on alert after the contagious Delta variant was detected in the state.

As Harry and William prepare to reunite for the unveiling of the statue of Diana at Kensington Palace on Thursday, emotions are still running high.

Collingwood relinquished their lead to a determined Sunshine Coast Lightning in extra-time at USC Stadium on Saturday to fall to a narrow 67-65 loss.

Fremantle keep their finals hopes on the front-burner with a brave away victory that broke a seven-game losing streak at Marvel Stadium.

Collingwood’s interim coach Robert Harvey wants the players to express themselves in the final eight matches of the season as he strives to help the Magpies find the right balance between defence and attack.

All you need to know to back a winner at Dubbo on Sunday.

Cabinet ministers and their shadows have not missed out on soaring house prices with the median value of properties in their home suburbs increasing up to 46 per cent.

For four decades the Mirrar people fought to regain ownership over the town of Jabiru, inside Kakadu National Park. On Saturday, they were finally granted the freehold title, with hopes it will be developed into a tourism hub.

South Australia police arrested three people in an outback karaoke bar on Friday night after they allegedly flew from NSW in a private plane, breaching COVID-19 health orders.

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The Premier has prided herself on keeping her state open when others have shut down. Now the dream run is over.

A Queensland podiatrist who accessed child exploitation material, which included a baby, more than 2200 times and admitted to rape fantasies has been disqualified from applying to be a health practitioner for four years.

The man has been released into custody multiple times despite being convicted of sexual offences over two decades and breaching supervision orders.

Shaun Burgoyne will celebrate his 400th match under Saturday-night lights, the Swans will face the Eagles in Geelong, while the Bombers venture down the highway for the first time since 1993, as part of a revamped fixture.

Craig Williams picked up his sixth group 1 win of the season – but only after an agonising pre-race call over which horse to ride.

An outspoken critic of Black Lives Matters movement and attempts to ‘cancel’ Australia Day, the Indigenous woman defeated incumbent Nationals senator Samantha McMahon.

Gold Coast Suns chairman Tony Cochrane - a man not known for restraint - told a radio station that granting Tasmania an AFL licence would be “insanity”. But local footy fans had the last laugh as the Roos inflicted more pain on the struggling Sun...

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says there is not enough evidence to establish that the eastern suburbs driver or his employer breached public health orders.

Police are asking for public assistance to help locate a 28-year-old man missing from Redcliffe, north of Brisbane, who hasn’t been seen for several days.

The Health Minister has warned people from NSW hotspots that they risk a $5000 fine if they attempt to enter Victoria, as the state reported one new community case linked to Southbank complex outbreak.

NSW five-eighth Corban Baxter said there was a hollow feeling within the group after their 8-6 defeat to Queensland in the one-off State of Origin fixture.

Parks and beaches were filled with joggers, cyclists, swimmers and surfers on the first day of Sydney’s lockdown.

The NT’s Chief Minister says more than 1600 workers were at the mine while the man was infectious, but more than 900 have already left and some may have travelled interstate.

Newcastle is among the venues in the mix to host game three as the NSW government lockdown looks all but certain to shift game three away from Stadium Australia.

Josh Addo-Carr has scored just one try in teams that have rattled up 158 points in his past three games, but one Maroons legend still fears the Fox.

Premier Berejiklian announces a two week lockdown for Greater Sydney, Wollongong, Blue Mountains and the Central Coast.

There were 82 COVID-19 cases associated with the Bondi outbreak on day 10, compared with 65 during the Crossroads Hotel outbreak.

They made their mark skewering politicians on 7.30, now Mark Humphries and Evan Williams have turned their satirical talents to a book.

Following a survey of Australian attitudes with a comic debate may seem odd, but moderator Nikki Britton says it will stir conversation and laughter.

Music has long told the hard, honest truth about the devastating impact of colonialism on Indigenous Australians.

Easton Wood faces a nervous wait after injuring his ankle in the VFL, while Hawthorn are weighing up whether Jarman Impey will have potentially season-ending surgery on his own injured ankle.

Richmond feared the worst for full-back Noah Balta, but he looks to have avoided a suspected ACL tear sustained during Friday night’s loss to St Kilda.

The NSW government has announced a strict lockdown for all of Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong from 6pm Saturday until midnight Friday, July 9.

Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong will be locked down for a fortnight as the Delta variant of COVID-19 takes hold.

Tariq Sims never gave up on winning back his spot in the NSW Origin team – and now he is backing his good mate Jack de Belin to join him.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani denied his government would fall within six months. “There have been many such predictions and they have all proven false.”

About 900 people have left the mine site since June 18 via charter flights to Darwin, Alice Springs, Perth and Brisbane.

The family of Tzvi and Itty Ainsworth, who were renting an apartment in the building, are praying for a miracle after 48 hours without any sign of the couple.

The season’s best player, two bright coaches and squads littered with internationals and stars of tomorrow are on show in the A-League decider.

The seven-year-old is approaching 50 starts without having cracked her maiden but she’s rarely far away and she gets another chance today on her home track.

The Queensland prop with an interest in exploding the myths of trickle-down economics is also trampling stereotypes in the NRL with his astute takes on the game.

Health Minister Martin Foley says he will donate his approximately $8500 pay rise to local charities as the wages of all Victorian MPs are set to increase by 2.5 per cent from next week.

Medecines Sans Frontiers said three aid workers “paid for their work with their lives in the latest attack on humanitarian workers in war-torn Tigray.

People who lose work because of the lockdowns will be eligible for federal government payment worth up to $500 a week.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has warned that restrictions might be extended across more regions of Sydney after the state recorded 29 new cases of COVID-19 in the community to 8pm on Friday.

To this point, the Bombers were flying with eight wins and only one loss. Conversely, the winless Demons’ struggle had been quantified by their percentage — just 51.8. It is why this was the upset of the year.

NSW Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall has recorded a video diary from his bed in isolation in Sydney, describing his first days of symptoms.

The former Waratahs skills coach won titles with Warringah and Gordon in the Shute Shield before taking up a role with the LA Giltinis in Major League Rugby.

Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said returning Queenslanders from a NSW hotspot would be forced into quarantine.