The Warriors needed Reece Walsh to add the extras to keep their premiership chances afloat but the youngster was in tears after he was unable to do so. 

The race for eighth spot comes to a head this afternoon as Fremantle play St Kilda and Essendon face Collingwood, in the final Sunday of the 2021 home and away season.

St George Illawarra looked on track to keep their hopes alive when they led a decimated Roosters. But they didn’t figure on conceding four tries in 14 minutes.

One parent says children wearing face masks is ‘a bridge too far’ while others say it will keep kids safe and help curb the spread of COVID-19.

As a result of human action, over the past half century the Atlantic Ocean has been relentlessly consuming Atafona, a town 250km from Rio de Janeiro.

Officers responded to more than 107,000 DV incidents last year – one every five minutes – amid an increase in reporting.

The Prime Minister is backing NSW to reopen under current vaccination targets, as Victoria’s lockdown extends into the regions, and curfews will be in place for parts of Sydney from Monday.

Major changes to our cities are already under way as staff and businesses embrace new hybrid remote/office work patterns.

Australian scientists have challenged the latest UN-backed global warming report, saying it underestimated the likelihood major weather events driven by processes in the Pacific will become more extreme as the planet heats. 

As a child, Liz Hayes wanted to be an Avon lady.

A western Sydney-based lawyer with 200 clients trying to leave Afghanistan for Australia to join their relatives is warning many are being turned away at the airport in Kabul or are struggling with instructions from the federal government.

After a couple of days of staggering finishes the jostling for top eight spots petered out anti-climactically.

He taught young chefs to distinguish between Parmesan cheeses of different ages — and between milk extracted at different altitudes. Then one day, his sense of smell vanished.

Police say their response was justified by violence in the crowd, but the Police Accountability Project said pepper guns could cause serious injuries.

In the heady days of magazines Ita Buttrose had a song written about her. Fast forward 40 years and a four-year-old mare named Ita is set to write her own headline.

They’re going around in the NSW central west to kick off the new week and we’ve got all you need to ensure it starts on the right foot.

A quarter of the Golden Eagle field could come from Europe, including Frankel’s three-quarter brother Maximal, after a flight was confirmed for October.

What are the key characteristics of the Australian accent? How has it evolved – and is there only one, a couple or many?

He danced like no one was watching. His moves were caught on a live stream of the giraffe enclosure at Melbourne Zoo. The footage of zookeeper Adam Porter gave a COVID-worried world a moment of joy.

Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury says he is prepared to move clubs to pursue a coaching career if an offer comes his way.

Western Australia will welcome about 80 more people escaping war-torn Afghanistan this week, with the evacuees expected to join the 96 already in a Perth quarantine hotel. 

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

Rugby Australia powerbrokers have pressed their New Zealand counterparts for written assurance the All Blacks will not pull out of a third Perth Bledisloe date.

A 30-year-old and a 25-year-old, both from Loganlea, have been charged after the owner of a golf club near Hervey Bay was found dead last week.

Many high street traders are struggling due to pandemic restrictions but the pain is greatest in Sydney’s west and south-west.

Residents have called local councillors in tears to protest the destruction of hundreds of mature gum trees and fig trees in the city’s north.

A bubbly 36-year-old from Arizona is running 5km loops of an Army base for 10 days.

In the week he was due to receive his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Jett Stanton returned a positive test.

Victoria’s social enterprise sector had been growing before the pandemic but many not-for-profits are now struggling. Kinfolk cafe has closed, Charcoal Lane will shut and others say they are finding it tough to stay afloat.

Walking past a caravan, the veteran comedian hatched an idea of how to perform during COVID lockdowns.

I am so afraid of the damage that government policies are having on a generation of children, without even commenting on the rest of the community’s wellbeing.

This Liberal government, unlike Malcolm Fraser’s, has chosen the cruel and shameful option.

Facebook has faced a torrent of criticism from US President Joe Biden and others who have alleged that the company has allowed misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to flourish.

The media mogul who founded Afghanistan’s first 24-hour news channel said executives were already drawing up plans to run broadcasts from outside the country.

Renowned journalist Kerry O’Brien has labelled a drift towards authoritarianism as the most serious threat to the free press. 

Bunnings stores were busy on Sunday with people queuing to get into some ahead of their closure to retail customers across Greater Sydney from Monday.

Saint Kilda were quicker, strong, more skilled and ruthless in front of goal as they demolished the disappointing Dockers in Tasmania to finish the season on a high.

The man, believed to be 39 years old, was swimming about 30 kilometers south of Kalbarri at Lucky Bay on Friday before he disappeared. 

Homes are taking twice as long to build during the coronavirus pandemic and a national building boom, but analysts warn the sector is facing a hangover as the record level of construction declines.

Trainer Matthew Smith is toying with the idea of running Keiai Nautique in the Makybe Diva Stakes - a race the horse’s brother Fierce Impact won last year.

The Environment Protection Authority will cut its workforce as the Victorian government tries to repair the state’s budget.

The collapse of the Afghan government means an elite team of state and federal police homicide detectives will now struggle to interview Afghan witnesses to alleged Australian crimes.

Schools are helping students recover from speech development delays and learning loss brought on by Victoria’s extended lockdowns.

VCE students are struggling with the instability of a pandemic and remote learning while missing important academic and social benchmarks. If vaccines are the solution, why are they reaching us so late?

Victoria Police’s Chief Commissioner hit out at Saturday’s protests, led by “angry men”, as rally organisers revealed plans for another march next month.

They’re a far cry from Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s 1980 vision of hydrogen-powered cars, but the state government has bought the vehicles to promote renewable hydrogen.

This time of year, the Scottish capital is usually a cultural hurly-burly. But the pandemic has readjusted realities: the Fringe had hundreds, not thousands of shows.

Even in the most relaxed suburbs, the stress of lockdown can trigger strife on the morning walk.

The nation is under a strict lockdown amid an outbreak that has widened beyond Auckland and Wellington.

Mundy’s greatness is in his ability to stay balanced - both on and off the field. He rarely gets caught up in the thrill of a great win, nor does he flatten out after a heartbreaking loss.