NSW recorded 170 cases on Friday and Victoria, just three.

Australian great Jian Fang Lay has just equalled the sport’s best performance at an Olympics. But the able-bodied program will get no funding after Tokyo.

More than half a million doses have been delivered to Fiji, which is racing to innoculate its population amid a serious outbreak of the fast-spreading Delta strain.

Emma McKeon claimed gold in the 100m freestyle final while Cate Campbell took silver, with the Matildas set to play for a place in the medal rounds.

Shane Gould won three gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics and hopes Ariarne Titmus can pull off a rare 200-400-800m freestyle treble.

Colourful football personality Bill Papas has finally submitted a list of his assets to the court after repeatedly missing deadlines.

Vaccinated Australians will be able to avoid some lockdown restrictions and international border rules will be loosened once enough people get both doses of a vaccine.

Premier Mark McGowan announced a swag of new rules on Friday afternoon for ships coming from designated high-risk countries.

Josh Carr will miss the next two Fremantle games after breaching quarantine rules on return from Queensland while a young defender has been fined for walking his dog. 

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High-profile Collingwood fan Jeffrey Corfe has appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court, charged with two counts of sexual penetration of a child under 16.

Home Affairs head Mike Pezzullo says he’s preparing to reopen the international border on “date X or date Y or date Z” - but did not reveal when that would be.

Hospitals are now filling up in Tokyo with half of all beds already occupied and three more prefectures hosting events are going into a state of emergency.

Police say the skydiving instructor attempted to cushion the landing for the other man and asked paramedics if he could stand up during the 20 minutes they treated him before he died.

While Anthony Albanese remains reluctant to specifically back the AstraZeneca vaccine, the former Labor leader says the locally made jab is the path out of lockdown.

Army troops are being sent into Sydney suburbs to enforce health orders, political leaders are meeting to discuss the country’s path out of lockdown and there’s now some certainty regarding Victoria’s mystery COVID-19 case.

Far from enjoying a break from the crowds during the pandemic, animals at zoos like Sydney's Taronga seem to be missing us.

Three women who allege they were abused by Malka Leifer want to attend court in person. But the former principal wants to watch the five-day hearing from prison, the court has been told.

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The first thing Sunisa Lee did as America’s new Olympic gymnastics champion, before they had even put a medal around her neck, was FaceTime her dad.

Emma McKeon has always been the ultimate team player for the Australian swimming team. This time, the moment belonged to her alone.

The NSW Supreme Court judge accepted as a result of Lisa Srsa’s various mental disorders, her capacity to control herself was “substantially impaired”.

The region has become the site of several ship attacks suspected to have been carried out by Iran since Trump withdrew America from the nuclear deal in 2018.

The 38 charges against the 25-year-old female constable were the result of a sting involving the Crime and Corruption Commission.

Three new Emerald-class ferries have sailed into Sydney Harbour, but will likely enter service several months late when they finally replace the iconic Freshwater vessels.

The country’s top unis have about 3,500 final year student doctors who can be deployed to help ramp up the vaccine rollout once more supply comes online.

After American Ryan Murphy impied its swimmers were cheating, the Russian Olympic Committee issued a statement that could have come straight from Nikita Khrushchev’s politburo.

A woman has admitted killing her husband after dousing him in petrol and striking a cigarette lighter, even though prosecutors accept she didn’t intend to set him alight.

A Darwan farmer has told the war veteran’s defamation trial that he witnessed a relative being kicked into a dry river bed by a “big soldier”.

Kyle Chalmers or Emma McKeon? Kaylee McKeown or Mitch Larkin? Ahead of the first Olympic mixed 4x100m medley relay, we examine who Australia should pick.

The sentence sets a precedent as to how similar cases will be dealt with by the city’s traditionally independent courts, as dozens arrested under the legislation await their fate.

The union representing state school teachers and principals wants a 7 per cent pay rise a year and is preparing for action that could lead to a statewide strike not seen since 2012.

Emergency services have issued a toxic smoke warning after a fire erupted during testing of Victoria’s new Tesla Big Battery, the biggest lithium-ion battery in the country.

Campbell Newman’s former press secretary has been appointed opposition leader Michael O’Brien’s chief of staff.

Sakakibara led throughout the course. As she leapt into the final ditch of the concrete course her bike appeared to skid, before another rider landed on top of her.

The 16-track record has more than a hint of discontent in its lyrics.

The union argued in the Federal Court that Qantas chose to outsource the jobs of more than 2000 ground staff to avoid potential industrial action in the future.

While everyone has been in a lather over Joseph Suaalii, good judges predict former Souths teammate Davvy Moale could make an even bigger impact on the NRL.

Dame Sarah Gilbert made the intervention amid a heated debate over whether the wider use of the vaccine could have prevented lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne.

New exposure sites have been listed after a number of people infected with COVID-19 were active in the community this month.

Dieter Brummer was the ultimate boy next door in the halcyon days of Australian television.

Malaysia’s rowing politicians have joined forces to flood Selangor and Kuala Lumpur with extra vaccines, aiming to vaccinate all adults there by mid August.

Matt Denny qualified comfortably for Saturday night’s Olympic discus final, while Brandon Starc did the business in high jump qualification.

The magistrate said loved ones taking financial advantage of vulnerable, elderly people amounted to abuse and wouldn’t be tolerated.

The 16 NRL chief executives signed a letter backing the decison of the Australian Rugby League and New Zealand Rugby League to withdraw from the World Cup.

Hawthorn have asked the AFL about the rules for spreading a termination payment out over multiple years, perhaps three seasons, as The Age revealed the four-time premiership coach would leave the club.

Economists warn households may prefer to hang onto their savings rather than open their wallets once current restrictions lift.

Data shows at least three-in-five of the 114,000-strong workforce are now protected, with the department in the dark on how many more may have actually received a dose.

It could be the new spikes. It could be the springy track. It could be the heat. What is clear is Tokyo has delivered a sizzling track and records will fall.

Saturday racing returns to headquarters with another 10-race program.