Richmond’s Dustin Martin will merely be an observer rather than centre stage during finals after being ruled out for the season. Surely it ends Richmond’s hopes of a three-peat.

Every time Archie Smith prepares for a game, he writes three letters on some tape on his wrist: Bas.

Essendon will continue their push to play finals against a fast improving North Melbourne before old foes Carlton and Collingwood do battle.

In the fourth part of our series exploring the science behind sci-fi, we look at wormholes, warp drives and “spooky action at a distance”.

Mildura’s first case in 15 months, following those in Barwon Heads and Phillip Island, has prompted the state government to cast doubt on an early end to the lockdown for regional Victoria. 

With the number of people infectious in the community continuing to hover in the high 20s the NSW government moved to further slow the spread.

Fifteen players and staff from GWS and Sydney were classified as tier two contacts after attending the Wallabies v France Test at AAMI Park, throwing Sunday’s Sydney derby into chaos.

The Tigers trailed 18-10 at the break after a dreadful start but found their attacking spark through Adam Doueihi and Dane Laurie to score six second-half tries.

Negotiations broke down last week and the council’s leaders have referred the industrial dispute to the Fair Work Commission, underscoring the souring relationship between staff and leadership.

In the absence of a sore Patrick Cripps, Sam Walsh hauled Carlton onto his 21-year-old shoulders and kept the Blues’ finals flame flickering ever so faintly in 2021.

NSW has tightened pandemic restrictions in Sydney’s south-west region, as Victoria’s lockdown threatens to extend beyond five days. Follow the developments here.

There is growing pressure for the rules around the controversial set restarts to be changed, but the NRL does not plan to review them until after the grand final.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on the South Coast.

Plenty of lightly raced city youngsters head to Nowra to put a winter marker in the ground before being set for bigger targets in spring.

The Wallabies are desperate to clear their superstar winger before the first Bledisloe Cup match. But they also want to ensure French ‘milking’ tactics do not spread throughout world rugby.

Last month the Hubble Space Telescope, capable of capturing images from billions of light years away, suddenly went dark. Now a NASA team, working 550km below on Earth, has fixed it.

The candidate to be Germany’s next leader said he regrets the more the impression that he gave, saying it was “inappropriate.

Cameras picked up the obscenity written on the wrist strapping of 18th man Kane Evans during Sunday afternoon’s clash against the Panthers.

Australian film Nitram scooped one of the major awards at the Cannes Film Festival, when the jury named Caleb Landry Jones as best actor.

Britain has also opted against mass COVID-19 vaccinations for all children and teenagers, based on a “risk-benefit” analysis for the protection of children.

Sydneysiders fortunate enough to be near the coast during these tight times of COVID-19 curbs can at least get some solace from scanning the horizon for whales.

We have a natural experiment happening before our eyes. Victoria going hard and early, NSW part way through slow and steady.

The Warriors played the entire second half at Suncorp Stadium with an empty bench and hung in to go down by 14 points to premiership fancies Penrith.

When it comes to the Olympic Games, Australia’s attitude appears to be: never mind the medals, let’s see how many we can squeeze onto the plane.

Frank Walsh became the pride and joy of his mother when, unable to spud farm, he graduated law.

Essendon’s leaders shook off a spirited but inefficient North Melbourne to overcome the Roos on the Gold Coast and storm into the top eight.

In a sign of escalating tensions between the Silicon Valley company and the White House, Facebook says it has removed millions of posts and stepped up enforcement against repeat offenders.

Gas giant’s sale of an ageing oil production vessel to a now failed company is creating divisions between the federal government and the energy industry.

NAB’s Ross McEwan says calls for help from struggling customers have increased 10 per cent, and the economic impact of lockdowns depends on how long they last.

The test result came as the track and field staff member joined the squad’s pre-Games training camp in Cairns.

The comedian will be a guest at her former morning TV stomping ground when it celebrates 2000 episodes. Don’t under-estimate how hard the live show can be.

The Deputy Prime Minister says he would consider the setting of a deadline for Australia to reach net zero carbon emissions.

Architect Andrew Andersons says the Roxy Theatre can be restored for far less than the original proposal, leaving Parramatta better for it.

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Police Minister David Elliott said a “small, noisy minority” were still flouting laws as three removalists who fled Sydney with COVID-19 face prison sentences.

Critics have lambasted the documentary director’s decision as “manipulative” and “extremely weird”.

Far-right commentator Katie Hopkins has been dumped from Channel 7’s Big Brother VIP a day after boasting about flouting infection controls while in hotel quarantine in Sydney.

Confusion over who is and who is not allowed to leave Fairfield has wreaked havoc on small businesses across Sydney.

Britain is opening up on Monday even as COVID numbers rise. Boris Johnson’s government appears to have chosen the path of recklessness.

Racing’s multimillion-dollar border wars continue to harm the sport as Victoria’s spring tradition and NSW’s cashed-up innovation cannot co-exist.

Two athletes living in the Olympic Village have tested positive for COVID-19, the first to do so with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday.

Everyone agrees that Australian history matters, yet it remains a poor relation in the curriculum. Surely it’s time to give it a fair go.

WA Premier Mark McGowan told media on Sunday the BBC California off the WA coast has 14 crew members, with seven showing cold-like symptoms.

As a high school student, the inability of our national leaders to give us something more than vague political showmanship when we ask about plans for the future is particularly disorientating.

Western Bulldogs premiership player Toby McLean has suffered a second ACL injury just one month after making a successful return from a knee reconstruction.

For conspicuous bravery on the night of 19th May at Courtney’s Point, Gallipoli, Lance-Corporal Jacka became the first Australian awarded a Victoria Cross in World War I.

Australia’s biggest banks and tech giant IBM are backing an Australian startup using the building blocks of cryptocurrencies to make paper-backed ban guarantees extinct.

The introduction of mandatory testing for essential workers has pushed out the turnaround times for COVID-19 test results.

Catherine Alcorn and her friends gave us what they intended: a bucking-up dose of glitz and fun.

High contact crackdowns incentivise players to milk penalties and rugby’s leading referee has been warning about an increase of play acting for years.