Having watched violent anti-lockdown protests unfold on their city streets, readers shared their frustrations at those who flouted the restrictions, but also those in power.

A cyber attack on NSW Department of Education earlier this month may have compromised sensitive information including contact details, the department has revealed.

Sydneysiders are facing another month in lockdown, Victorian authorities are concerned about a new mystery case of COVID-19 and Commonwealth emergency payments are back to original JobKeeper levels.

The current world president of the Finks bikie gang says he is a reformed stay-at-home dad after pleading guilty to assaulting a man outside a Melbourne strip club.

Almost four years after the Yorta Yorta woman died, her children will receive a human rights award for their role in changing Victoria’s public intoxication laws.

The court heard Mohammad Ali Halimi had become frustrated about his failed attempts to kindle the marriage before he brutally murdered his wife in WA.

Victorian health authorities are continuing to investigate how a traffic controller who worked at a coronavirus testing site contracted the virus as four students from Bacchus Marsh Grammar tested positive to COVID-19 during day-13 tests.

While NSW has previously declined an offer for military assistance to enforce public health orders, police said an escalation of the operation justified the request. 

Officers believe they have identified at least three victims, girls who attend the Queensland school.

It is the first time masks have been mandated outside in Greater Sydney, where face coverings are currently required indoors, on public transport and in busy outdoor areas.

NSW Police launched an investigation into the widely condemned event that saw thousands of participants march in defiance of COVID-19 public health orders. 

The LNP leader says the party must reflect modern Queensland, but will have to convince local branch members to buy in to his vision.

For solo-dwellers, choosing - or not choosing - a particular bubble buddy can be a fraught business.

The disgraced former Labor MP has not made any progress repaying his debt to the regulator because his income from his wife’s company has stayed under the repayment threshold.

Mining activist Ben Pennings has been ordered to pay 60 per cent of Adani’s legal fees from a fight over access to confidential documents.

Research has found lockdowns led to the highest levels of depression and anxiety on record, but even where restrictions have eased, people’s mental health hasn’t immediately bounced back.

The returned overseas traveller had just completed 14 days quarantine in Brisbane when he landed in Perth and was ordered to spend two days in isolation before being put on a return flight.

Tony Mokbel is “incredibly eager” to start an appeal hearing against convictions he says are tainted by his past association with informer Nicola Gobbo, but his current lawyer argues police are dragging out releasing documents that could be cruci...

Sydney lawyer Nathan Buckley once urged Melburnians to defy mask-wearing orders. He is now calling the lockdown protests “awesome” and claiming that COVID-19 vaccination does not work.

A front this strong hits the south west of WA about three to four times per year. It has rained in Perth on 27 of the 29 days in July so far.

Use our interactive map to see where the 5km lockdown limit finishes from any address.

Today on Please Explain, economics correspondent Jennifer Duke joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss what this grim outlook means for our lives.

Lucky for Justice John Vaughan the team boasts an ICU specialist, mining company chief executive, former police and surf lifesavers among their ranks.

An Afghan villager has told the court in the war veteran’s defamation case that both foreign soldiers and the Taliban had been responsible for injustices against the Afghan people.

More than 500 schools will begin their HSC trials on August 18 after the government allowed year 12 to return to campus in two weeks.

Eleven south-east Queensland council areas will remain under mask mandates for another week as health authorities reported no new local COVID-19 from the latest scare.

New drug overdose statistics show that while there had been concerns the pandemic could see drug deaths increase due to unemployment, isolation and mental health strains, this hadn’t been reflected in the data.

Physiotherapists say they have treated more people for injuries from poor set-ups working from home, while personal injury lawyers warn employers have responsibilities to their workers.

The former Channel 7 sport reporter sued 2GB, Nine Digital, Fox Sports, The Daily Telegraph and KIIS 1065 in the District Court.

Restrictions for residents in eight Local Government Areas of concern have been tightened.

A Sydney court has heard Kristian Pulkownik is being held in isolation at Parklea prison, where he will spend the next fortnight.

The state has tightened rules in the eight western and southern Sydney areas of concern, requiring people in these areas to wear a mask at all times outside their home.

For the first time in 28 years, Perth is Australia’s most affordable capital city to buy a home, the latest Domain House Price Report released on Thursday showed.

Reliance Online’s internal legal battle between Mr Donnelly, Kim Hanson and the company’s directors over a questionable firesale deal finally went to trial this week.

About one-quarter of WA COVID-19 patients continue to experience symptoms like loss of taste and fatigue six months after their infection, a WA-based study has found.

Three have been charged with murder on Wednesday after the death of a man who had two gunshot wounds.

Principals say there’s no detail behind an ambitious plan to test and redirect vaccines to year 12 students so they can return to school and prepare for their HSC

The former foreign minister attracted raised eyebrows for her involvement in the now-collapsed Greensill Capital, but she had already found her next Queensland firm taking on the world.

COVID-19 health restrictions that limit gatherings at Parliament House have thwarted a new plan to challenge Michael O’Brien for the state Liberal Party leadership.

Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred, St Vincent’s and Liverpool hospitals all have a pause on non-urgent surgery, also known as category three elective surgery, such as joint replacements, eye surgery and some cosmetic procedures.

New modelling from multiple sources suggests Sydney’s lockdown is still not strict enough to stop case numbers from growing.

More schools must follow the example of one top private college and fully engage with their communities when responding to past abuse.

Victorian firefighters have alleged the conduct of volunteer State Emergency Service crews at road crashes is unprofessional and potentially dangerous.

The NSW government needs to do something more than just increase the length of the lockdown-lite we have in place at the moment.

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

Royal wedding – with class, Renaissance preening, and Pyrmont Bridge to close

A new AI system could help maintain social distancing in public spaces, but has already raised concerns from privacy advocates who say it goes too far.

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.

Or it may give you the pip.

Health experts say the state’s run of 13 separate cases of community exposure in less than two months, so far without widespread transmission, has largely come down to luck.