Andy Jones, 37, leaves behind four children aged 2-14. The Brisbane soccer community is getting behind his family.

NSW is bracing for another day of high coronavirus numbers, Victoria is poised to ease restrictions tomorrow night and Queensland is on high alert after a travel breach.

Australia’s largest food charity has a solution for panic buying that empties supermarket shelves - its own range of pantry staples.

The City of Melbourne project is part of efforts to accelerate emissions reductions after the council declared a climate and biodiversity emergency in 2019.

A man has been taken to hospital with serious burns after attempting to save a five-year-old boy in a house fire in Melbourne’s south-east.

Brian and Bobbie Houston, the husband and wife team who are co-global senior pastors at Hillsong Church, took part in a service at the Hillsong Monterrey congregation in Mexico.

New exposure sites have been listed in relation to a man who returned from China and tested positive after hotel quarantine.

Victoria has recorded 11 new local cases of COVID-19 as authorities, poised to release the state from a strict lockdown at 11.59pm on Tuesday, weigh keeping some restrictions in place until the state’s Delta outbreak is fully extinguished.

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

Connection is crucial – and in one Southbank apartment complex, it has also brought a touch of home and real friendship.

Today on Please Explain, science reporter Liam Mannix joins Tory Maguire to discuss the latest health advice for the people of Sydney to ‘strongly consider’ getting the AZ vaccine.

Tracey Mannix pleaded not guilty on Monday to assault and intentionally choking a female inmate at the correctional centre in June.

WA Health said the seafarers required urgent medical assistance and would be transferred to Fiona Stanley Hospital by St John Ambulance under COVID-19 protocols. 

Toplace has also agreed to guarantee the structural integrity of the Skyview towers in Sydney’s north-west for the next 20 years.

Photographer Janie Barrett captures the rhythm of daily life behind closed doors during Sydney's second lockdown.

NSW has recorded 145 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, including at least 76 who were infectious in the community.

A man has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated and doing a full course of hotel quarantine, with authorities working to discover where he was infected.

Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman has resigned from the party he once led and is expected to run for the federal Senate on a minor party ticket.

The state’s most renowned author Richard Flanagan, along with a host of scientists and environmentalists, are pitted against an industry and government they say are risking the very core of Brand Tassie: its pristine natural environment.

This champion sportsman, once angry with the world and himself, is chasing one of surfing’s toughest moves: to ride inside – and exit from – a brutish barrel.

A Prahran Market vendor who donated 400 kilograms of premium fish says he wanted to do some good after a COVID-19-positive visitor forced his stall to close.

Sky News chief executive and former Murdoch print editor Paul “Boris” Whittaker learnt about kicking heads way back when he was a school student.

HSC students are “extremely stressed” as some schools allow year 12 on site to work on major projects and rehearse while others nearby do not.

Senior government ministers are pushing for a rapid return of major construction on state infrastructure projects.

Is it really fair to ask Fairfield residents to stay home, while Bondi residents go and exercise at the beach? The only way to overcome this obvious inequality is compensation - and lots of it.

Sydney’s top universities need to do more to attract disadvantaged students and ensure their potential is realised, a new paper argues

Australian columnist Ben Widdicombe has chronicled the rise of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Donald Trump. He says the power of gossip should not be discounted.

In the most recent fiscal year until the end of May, the ABF has seized 512 million cigarettes, a 36 per cent increase from the same period the previous year.

David Anderson was sent noise-cancelling headphones after he complained about work on the Rozelle Interchange. A few days later, a legal letter arrived.

For many, Sydney’s extended lockdown has been a trying time. But amid the frayed nerves or feelings of isolation, there are stories of families finding hope and silver linings.

Those protesters in our city streets have never faced a national crisis before and, thus, have no idea about social responsibility.

The first of Kevin O’Donnell’s victims to report the paedophile priest to police hopes the $1.375 million he will receive from the Catholic Church will stand as a landmark settlement and assist other victims who are seeking compensation.

Rubik’s Cube looked easy, but the puzzle toy had left millions baffled. The Herald sought help from local cube-master Don Taylor, a lecturer in pure mathematics at Sydney University.

Ethnic council gets $44,000, signals from the Milky Way, and Paddington move on hall

An infectious diseases paediatrician has urged an end to blanket school closures during lockdowns, but others working in health and education are not so sure.

Nearly 18 months into this pandemic, Australia still finds itself in a similar position to where we were at the start.

Thanks to intense lobbying, Australia convinced the World Heritage Committee to defer the reef’s “in danger” listing. But this pyrrhic victory may well have painted Australia into a corner.

The fast-moving Delta variant has exposed the failures in our current system, and why we need to immediately deploy daily rapid antigen testing nationally in all high-risk settings.

Tension around development at the entrance to the Pilbara region has existed for decades, but now a bigger clash is looming.

Reza Berati was killed during the 2014 Manus Island riots. His parents allege the negligence of the Australian government and its security contractor contributed to his death.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Stay-at-home orders are set to be eased on Tuesday night, but strict public health rules will continue.

AI with a sense of humour? The end is nigh.

Adriana Midori Takara, a 38-year-old Brazilian national, had no underlying health conditions but deteriorated quickly following her diagnosis.

Police have identified more than 200 people who attended a violent rally in Sydney on Saturday. But the event was fomented in secretive chat rooms linked to fringe groups.

Claymore has been without reliable internet access since a telecommunications tower burnt down three months ago, straining the community’s effort to work from home, learn remotely and maintain social connections online during the city’s lockdown.

Counter-extremism experts say the rallies in major cities had few definable leaders, and their numbers were swelled by people who feel disenfranchised by government.

Protests highlight lockdown unrest as COVID-19 infections continue to rise in NSW; Victoria on track to end lockdown as scheduled.

Heather Cunsolo says a passion for helping others drove her to become a councillor, but a study shows many mothers, saddled with more domestic work than men, are dropping out of local government – sometimes before the race even starts.

The Victorian Student Representative Council wants action to reduce the burden on students who have had their VCE studies thrown into chaos by unpredictable moves in and out of lockdown.