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Former Tiger Alex Rance was the star of the show in a team not short of movie star names, two AFL umpires are waiting for the all clear to get married two years after becoming engaged, and the Olympics and football continue to mix.

Sydney’s lockdown is extended by another four weeks, Victoria’s restrictions have eased and Queensland police have taken action against a couple behind the state’s latest coronavirus scare.

A games like no other, as the world comes together for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

It’s been a glorious day for Australia, as Ariarne Titmus grabbed her second gold - among an incredible glut of six medals won on or in the water.

Aged care providers have told a Senate committee they are concerned a large percentage of their staff won’t meet the mid-September deadline for vaccination.

Some parents in the Dandenongs were putting earphones over their children’s ears on Tuesday evening, so they didn’t have to hear the wind.

She also wants young people to stop going out and to get vaccinated ASAP. The Prime Minister says there’s no need to cancel the remainder of the Olympics.

“Even if I die, I will tell the truth,” an earlier witness told the war veteran’s defamation trial against The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Ariarne Titmus has twin Olympic golds. In the stands, Susie O’Neill would look at her own Sydney 2000 victory in a new light.

The Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme will force building owners to make concessions to business tenants who can demonstrate a significant loss of revenue due to Victoria’s COVID-19 lockdowns.

Kyle Chalmers is one flawless swim away from etching himself into Olympic folklore, with the chance to be the first Australian to win back-to-back 100m freestyle finals.

National cabinet will start creating the path out of lockdowns on Friday, while income support for people in lockdown has returned to the level of the original JobKeeper scheme.

The Australian government is working with the airline to organise expat flights from Indonesia, which has become the global epicentre of the COVID-19 virus.

Ash Barty and Storm Sanders were knocked out of the women’s doubles on Wednesday, but it was the heat that was the talking point in Tokyo.

Katie Ledecky became the first women’s Olympic 1500m freestyle champion on Wednesday, washing away the disappointment of the 400m and 200m.

Cheap tests are available to screen for blood clotting in the extremely rare event that follows an AstraZeneca vaccine. This knowledge should embolden people to get the widely available jab.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the Central Coast meeting.

The three-year-old has been placed in five of his nine starts and had the misfortune of being trapped three wide on the speed at his past three.

Parramatta City Council has revived plans for a new theatre large enough to host international musicals.

The Education Minister has given his strongest approval yet for NSW’s plan for international students, but there’s no indication of when it might begin.

Alleged Westpac fraudster Bill Papas is refusing to return to Australia unless he receives more money to fund his lifestyle and return tickets to Greece.

Sam Walsh’s appointment will turn heads in the mining sector, which is still reeling from the Juukan Gorge saga.

Victoria’s ski resorts can accept visitors again but the 12-day lockdown is estimated to have cost them $112 million.

A day after the 25th anniversary of the original Oarsome Foursome’s gold, Australia delivered an awesome day on the water in rowing.

Residents have rallied against a $22 million plan to build the industrial facility opposite hundreds of apartments in Pyrmont.

Police are monitoring the online planning of further anti-lockdown protests and are pre-emptively approaching organisers to warn them against going ahead with the “selfish” events.

The ALP’s backflips on property taxes are a betrayal of Australians squeezed out of the housing market, especially the young.

Gymnastics is a brutal sport that borders on inhumane. When the greatest of all time says it’s too much, we should listen.

The women’s coxless four was dropped from the Olympics for 30 years. The Australian quartet celebrated its return in style.

As the state faces a tightening housing market, some areas of south-east Queensland have just one year’s supply of lots ready to go.

Thousands of hard-pressed Victorian businesses will receive rental relief and the state’s workers are now eligible for payments of up to $750 a week in any future lockdowns.

Rio Tinto, the nation’s biggest iron ore miner, has delivered a record first-half profit of $US12.1 billion and announced $US9.1 billion in dividends.

The new community case, reported on Victoria’s first day out of lockdown, is believed to have worked at the Moonee Valley Racecourse drive-through coronavirus testing site for two days while infectious.

Superstar gymnast Simone Biles has withdrawn from Thursday’s all-around competition to focus on her mental wellbeing, and will not defend her Olympic title.

AFL Victoria has thrown its support behind a family left dissatisfied with a junior league’s handling of a racial vilification complaint.

Major banks are warning up to 300,000 jobs in Sydney will be lost due to extended lockdowns, as prices for staples rise at double the rate of wages growth.

Following an “administration error”, 159 people will get another shot after up to six of them were given an “ultra low dose” of the vaccine.

For Emily Beecham, this new adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel is as much about female friendship as it is about an obsessive pursuit of love and romance.

For veteran actress Doris Younane, returning to the ensemble dramedy was literally and figuratively a homecoming after decamping to the house where the drama is set during lockdown.

A 20-something drama of the 1990s paved the way for many series that followed.

Childcare prices have soared 20-fold in Sydney alone over the past year. But it’s just another sign the pandemic is still roiling the economy.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Airlie Funds Management portfolio manager Emma Fisher says lockdowns mean more government stimulus, lower-for-longer interest rates and keep consumers’ money in Australia.

With finals fast approaching, Sam McClure and Jon Pierik take a look at all the teams who can still make the eight and which ones have the best chance.

Thredbo disaster survivor Stuart Diver is putting his personal knowledge to good use in a new podcast about natural disasters and how to survive them.

Even for those that muddle in the shallow end of elite sport, like I did, the pressure to do justice to the time, money and effort your family invests in you, the pressure to prove your potential, is real.

During the pre-season our pundits gazed into the crystal ball and came up with their top-eight predictions. With the benefit of hindsight (and 19 rounds of footy), they’ve had another go.

NSW has received 350,000 extra doses of vaccines but Australia hasn’t boosted its Pfizer order, and no states have lost out. How does that work?

The Federal Court varied suppression orders on Wednesday to allow redacted parts of the ABC’s defence to be given to the South Australian Coroner.