The grand final rematch was nothing like how it was being billed a month ago, so is there any team who can stop Craig Bellamy’s men going back to back?

Follow along for all the major moments as Essendon takes on Sydney and Richmond faces Fremantle on AFL Sunday.

All sorts of records have tumbled in the pool as Emma McKeon claimed two gold medals today. The first in the 50m freestyle, the second in a thrilling 4x100m medley relay.

Sydney could start to emerge from its lockdown on time if vaccination rates hit 50 per cent by the end of August.

The remaking of Australia’s swim team has been a project nearly 10 years in the making.

Although preparation for the Royal Queensland Show has been halted for another 24 hours, the Ekka is still due to start on August 7.

Boomers coach Brian Goorjian knows the nation is watching and he is backing his Olympic veterans to drive his side to its first medal.

Late in a vexed 2021 season, in a game moved from the Gabba back to the MCG in the snapped fingers of a COVID-enforced lockdown in Brisbane, Essendon and Sydney fought out another clash worthy of their storied history, in one of the best games of the...

Medical experts have called on the federal government to introduce universal access to self-collection for cervical screening to help eliminate cervical cancer.

Victoria will probably reach the key threshold of 70 per cent fully vaccinated ahead of most other states, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says.

Before these Games, Australia had won three medals in one day on just four occasions since 1896. Now they’ve done it twice in the space of five days.

Emma McKeon raced into Olympic history in the Tokyo pool and her coach can trace it all back to a defining experience in Rio and a key decision in December.

 Flying Albury four-year-old Tap ‘N’ Run has been a patient work in progress but is ready to return with a bang at today’s feature Gundagai meeting.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on the eight-race program.

Hydra, a new play set in an imagined near future, is a gothic miniature that offers a grim solution to misogyny.

Sky News has been suspended from uploading content to YouTube for a week after the video and livestreaming platform claimed the media organisation breached its COVID-19 misinformation standards.

The Demons will not experience many easier days at the office than Sunday’s stroll in the park against Gold Coast but will be keeping an eye on Tom McDonald, who hurt his back, as they head west.

The close of the racing year has brought the usual debates about which horses, jockeys and trainers excelled in the season.

Alastair Clarkson’s farewell tour with the Hawks has got off to a wonderful start, but the AFL strugglers were made to sweat as Brisbane mounted a late charge

Massive field hospitals are being prepared as existing facilities in Bangkok and the surrounding provinces run out of capacity.

Worried cast and crew will be trapped by border closures, Opera Australia is trying to find ways to rehearse its blockbuster the Ring Cycle in Brisbane.

It took determination, stamina and his own Tokyo skatepark replica for the 27-year-old to lead all the way in the sport’s Olympic debut.

Sydney recorded 239 new cases on Sunday, while Queensland recorded nine new cases as the state’s south-east entered a snap three-day which threw the NRL and AFL weekend games into disarray.

Matildas captain Sam Kerr is one of five players who must pass a fitness test to start against Sweden for a place in the final of the Tokyo Games.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told a tearful crowd that the government was offering a formal and unreserved apology.

The first sailing gold of the regatta was a mere formality, extending Australia’s monopoly in the single-handed laser class.

Anxiety is a normal part of life. But sometimes it can get the better of us. How do you know when to ask for help?

The Australian team is on track for the silver medal heading into the final day on Monday, but what can they do to make it gold?

Canberra’s three-game winning streak came to a halt at the hands of Kalyn Ponga and a lethal Newcastle backline.

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

At the start of National Missing Persons Week, the Manirakiza family are experiencing the pain of not knowing what has happened to their loved one.

Gender equity in medicine remains elusive. Apart from concerns about exclusion and discrimination, it is also a public health issue as evidence shows that more women in medicine means better patient outcomes.

Sunday’s updated list of exposure sites includes those visited by a number of people linked to the Indooroopilly school cluster.

Larry Emdur claims to be “the most axed guy on TV”. But as new host of The Chase, he is clearly doing something right.

Fast on the heels of Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy comes the eight-part series Slasher: Flesh and Blood, on the new horror-focused streaming platform Shudder.

It has a global reputation for telling the stories of under-represented women. Now, Refinery29 will try to make its mark on Australia.

The number of Australians with a fiance stuck overseas and unable to enter the country has more than tripled to nearly 2000 since March.

The US has proposed legislation that would increase transparency around the trading in digital assets, including crypto currencies such as Bitcoin. It would give authorities greater ability to claw back tax revenues on profits from such transactions ...

Under Hong Kong’s strict new security laws, the man faces up to nine years in prison

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

Australia twice let their lead slip and needed a penalty shootout to beat the Netherlands and secure their place in the medal rounds.

Agencies are struggling to find enough nannies to meet the demand, with some placing three times as many nannies into homes than they did before the pandemic.

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While Victorian school students have been allowed back in classrooms, the state’s tertiary students must continue studying online if they can.

The rapid reshuffle of this week’s games has caused the AFL to reschedule part of round 21, with clubs still awaiting official confirmation on the shifts.

Victoria’s fifth round of remote learning has only made the conversation around youth mental health more urgent.

The start of the athletics program means The Festival of Bruce has begun. He says this could be his last Olympics. Let’s hope not.

The most often-repeated thing said about the Velvet Underground is Brian Eno’s quip that the band didn’t sell many records, but everyone who bought one started a band.

Watch video footage of the schoolboy race that set Rohan Browning on a path to post the fastest time by an Australian at the Olympics.

Unlike community events and business activities, Jeannette Young says NRL matches can go ahead because players have been in a bubble.