All 13 members of Australia’s Olympic men’s rugby sevens team have been given formal warnings following “excessive drinking” on their flight home from the Games.

In an Australian first, SPC will require all staff to vaccinated by November if they wanted to gain entry to worksites and hold onto their jobs. But the move has drawn a fierce backlash from workers, who say it erodes their rights.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants everyone aged 16 and over to get vaccinated now, despite the federal government’s own official advice.

Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak has leaked into the regions, Victoria is entering lockdown again after a fresh mystery case and Queensland is facing its largest coronavirus outbreak since last year’s first wave.

The decision to postpone the Rugby League World Cup has been as divisive as it was inevitable.

Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen had never competed together at a senior international regatta - let alone an Olympics. And the Australian duo scored the biggest surprise of the Games by beating Germany to win gold.

With two rapid gold medals in kayaking and skateboarding, Australia equalled its record for an Olympic Games. Elsewhere, diver Melissa Wu secured bronze - her first individual Olympic medal.

Hawthorn’s much-anticipated clash with Collingwood has been moved out of Tasmania and relocated to the MCG at the behest of the Tasmanian government.

Under the new laws, Australia will be able to ban human rights offenders from entering the country and seize their assets regardless of where they are from.

The disappointment was obvious after a heavy defeat to the USA but the Boomers have vowed to get the medal they want so badly when they return on Saturday.

The bye after round 23 is shaping as the ace up the Swans’ sleeve as they aim to have the champion forward ready to fire in the club’s return to the finals.

A 32-year-old Sunshine Coast woman who was visiting her friend in Brisbane was killed when her Hyundai i20 was hit by a passenger train at the Kianawah Road crossing in February this year. 

Anxiety levels in the state’s Newcastle and Hunter regions are high as eight local government areas are plunged into lockdown.

Senator Rex Patrick has succeeded in his appeal for documents from national cabinet to be made available under FOI.

The track and field legend described the American men’s 4 x 100m relay team’s performance in Thursday’s semi-final as a “total embarrassment”.

There’s a long list of people who hate the former Mount Waverley boy and it doesn’t bother him a jot.

Contact tracing is no longer enough to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant – people who have contracted the virus just can’t be found fast enough.

The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security recommends new oversight powers for itself given the “covert” nature of the legislation.

Joe Pride has clear plans and ambitions for his stars Fasika and Eduardo in the next couple of months

Sky Command has the fitness edge in The Rosebud but the firm Randwick track is a concern.

Trainer Mark Newnham thinks he might have found the key to the frustrating Sixgun and will put the theory to the test on Saturday.

National cabinet’s plan to give Australians a clear path out of life under COVID restrictions raised many questions among readers. While for some the end of restrictions couldn’t come soon enough.

One awesome run first time out would have secured gold for the young Australian. So he went even better on his final run.

A day after Marika Koroibete, Isi Naisarani and Pone Fa’amausili were stood down, Wallabies captain Michael Hooper says the trio are trying to make amends.

The overnight airstrikes were a marked escalation at a politically sensitive time.

A 34-year-old woman from NSW has died after developing the rare clotting disorder linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine. A further five people died from COVID-19.

The Duchess marked her 40th birthday with a video alongside Melissa McCarthy, announcing an initiative to help women affected by the pandemic reenter the workforce.

Nicola McDermott relies on her scripture. Eleanor Patterson knows she is ready. Both breezed through the qualifying rounds to the finals on Saturday.

Hannah Green worked her way into contention as world No.1 Nelly Korda flirted with a historic 59 on a day when golfers melted in the Tokyo heat and humidity.

The Premier says residents should go home and start locking down as he announces the state is entering a snap seven-day lockdown on the advice of health authorities.

The Australians and Americans are playing in a bronze medal match for the first time.

Everything you need to know to find a winner in the country music capital.

About one in 10 groundwater users are non-compliant, with one operator extracting the equivalent of 1200 Olympic swimming pools of water more than the licence allowed for, a pilot probe of NSW bores has found.

Briefings about the $30 million Leppington Triangle land deal draw a picture of reluctant sellers who wanted to hold out for the best price for their farmland.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian is defending the year 12 return to class, saying the HSC is an “opportunity for a better life”.

Follow all the big moments as the Boomers take on Team USA for a place in the gold medal game.

Brian Houston was charged following a two-year investigation into allegations he had failed to report the alleged abuse of a young male in the 1970s.

The Prime Minister has repeatedly insisted the minister made decisions about where to spend money on commuter car parks and not explained his role.

The recommendations in today’s report are a small step in the right direction, but we still lag behind many other jurisdictions in reducing drug-related harm.

The latest COVID-19 outbreaks in Melbourne have prompted new restrictions. Here’s a list of the new rules.

If you ever needed a reminder about the pure beauty of sport, look no further than young Australian boxers Harry Garside and Skye Nicolson... or Riley Day... or the Hockeyroos...

WA and Queensland are the only two jurisdictions in which survivors have never received reparations for being forcibly removed from their families.

Queensland man Omar Saghir, 39, was arrested by AFP officers when he landed at Sydney Airport on July 16 from Saudi Arabia.

Brian Henderson ended each bulletin with a winning smile and, “the way it is”.

Shanae Edwards had travelled and worked all over the world, volunteering in South America, skiing in Canada, exploring temples in Thailand. But most recently it was the capital of Georgia that had captured her imagination.

The number of people on business payrolls has tumbled across Sydney as the city’s lockdown drags on, with fears the impact will widen to the rest of the country.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on Missile Stakes day.

Conversations are taking place as to whether Crows forward Taylor Walker will line up in the Showdown on Saturday night as the 31-year-old missed training on Thursday morning.

Australian energy giants Santos and Oil Search will be expected to maintain a significant local presence in PNG if their $22 billion merger proceeds.

Without a licence to operate in NSW, Victoria and WA, Crown will move from a redemption/rehabilitation story to a liquidation story