Australia’s path out of the pandemic lockdowns does not mean the end of mask-wearing and social distancing. But it does mean people can lives their lives again.

Australian fuel supplier Viva Energy expects ongoing lockdowns to continue hammering petrol, diesel and jet fuel demand for the rest of the year.

About two-thirds of the state’s milestone six million jabs have been administered at GPs and pharmacies, with the rest delivered at state-run vaccination hubs and clinics.

As Greater Sydney weathers its ninth week in lockdown the Blue Mountains is blanketed with snow as an east coast low hits.

A study finds the hours of Australian TV drama dropped by 68 per cent from 1999 to 2019, but the number of shows increased. Producers say we should be worried.

Damien Cook has told Souths coaching staff he wants to play in Friday night’s derby, while Blake Butcher has switched allegiance to cheer son Egan’s first Roosters start.

Geoff Clark, once Australia’s most senior Aboriginal leader, has pleaded not guilty to allegations he misappropriated $2 million from government-funded Indigenous organisations.

Michael Kennedy says he was left frightened after waiting days for NSW Health to contact him after testing positive to COVID-19.

More than 1000 refugees who have already fled Afghanistan defied a ban on public gatherings in the Indonesian capital and fought with police.

They’re going around at headquarters for Sydney’s midweek meeting and we’ve got all you need to find a winner.

The federal government’s $50 million grant program for gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin should be reviewed immediately, a Greens and Labor-dominated Senate inquiry has found.

Services such as hairdressers are set to be among the first to reopen in Sydney suburbs outside the worst-affected local government areas, providing an incentive for businesses and their customers to get vaccinated. 

NSW is set to hit 6 million vaccines today, Victorian authorities are concerned about a rise in mystery cases and a leading infectious diseases expert says it will be safe to reopen the country once 70 to 80 per cent of people are vaccinated even if ...

Danny Awad is appealing against a conviction for trying to possess 22 kilograms of cocaine smuggled from Mexico in Xerox printers, arguing a judge in his trial improperly addressed the jury.

Scentre Group chief executive Peter Allen described government mandated rent relief as “bad policy”, saying the government, rather than landlords, should support retail tenants.

Financial watchdog ASIC has taken action against the man who filmed dying police officers on the Eastern Freeway, saying he lacked honesty and judgement.

The takeover target is seeking to assure Papua New Guinea it will continue acting in its national interest if its proposed $22 billion merger with Santos proceeds.

Andy Zhang’s V-Leader group is likely to convert the Hotel Claremont in South Yarra to a mixed-use apartment after buying the heritage building in a $22 million deal.

Two earnings results - one delivered by Boral and the other from etailer Kogan.com neatly illustrate how COVID is playing havoc with Australian businesses.

The odds an Australian start-up launched four years ago is still operating today is almost the same as flipping a coin, and yet business is booming.

When the Wallabies face the All Blacks in Perth next weekend, and whether they will play prime time matches through The Rugby Championship, is in the hands of other codes.

The MRC’s pitch to host fully vaccinated crowds at its Caulfield Cup carnival is likely to fall days short of a 70 per cent national two-dose vaccination rate.

Andrew Forrest has defended his low initial bid for salmon farmer Huon as the offer factored in costs to move its controversial Macquarie Harbour farms into deeper waters.

All Victorians aged 16 and above will be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine at a state-run centre from Wednesday, with everyone under the age of 60 now qualifying for the Pfizer shot.

Jake Stringer shapes as the man who can dictate the Bombers’ finals destiny and the first step in this comes against his former premiership teammates on Sunday.

Once a high-flying Perth multi-millionaire, Zhenya Tsvetnenko will be extradited to the United States to face one of the biggest telecom scams in American history.

Former Fairfield councillor George Barcha was in 2015 found by an ALP internal review tribunal to have renewed memberships to the Smithfield branch without the knowledge of those people while he was branch secretary.

The President said he agreed to the nomination given “popular calls”.

An interpreter for the Australians says the Taliban have put up pictures of his family in the local mosque, seeking information on their whereabouts in hiding.

Willow Grove will begin its brick-by-brick journey to an undecided location, making way for the Powerhouse Museum after a four-year public campaign to keep it on the banks of the Parramatta River.

Taxi company 13Cabs plans to pursue business from customers who want to avoid close contact with unvaccinated people.

New Zealand’s greatest goal scorer says he is baffled by the prospect of the “All Whites” name being dropped for racial reasons.

COVID-19 cases in NSW will continue to climb unless the reproductive rate of the outbreak decreases, as Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant warns the state is “here for the long haul”.

Police Commissioner Chris Dawson is tasked with improving the state’s vaccination rates which are the worst in the country at 27.2 per cent for second doses and 45.9 per cent for first doses as of Monday.

Staff at the $5 billion PPE maker have been encouraged to get vaccinated but Ansell’s boss says compulsory jabs aren’t appropriate.

Australia-based former Hong Kong MP Ted Hui wants to know: “What does she have to say to my comrades thrown in jail?“.

Check which postcodes in Melbourne and Shepparton currently have at least one active COVID-19 case.

Tom Hawkins will become the sixth Cat to reach the 300 game milestone when the Cats play Port Adelaide on Friday night

Was the war worth it if years from now women can tell their daughters there was once a time when they were free to study, work and move freely?

That many of us have come to prefer working from home is just one factor that happens to be pulling us in the direction of home.

An infant is among the victims of a man who allegedly used a babysitting website to rape sexually abuse and film children who were left in his care.

A complication is that US payments platform Square has made a $39-billion takeover offer for Afterpay that is subject to shareholder approval.

I’d always assumed my unshakeable desire to have a smaller body is something I’d inevitably age out of, especially once I hit my 60s or 70s. Turns out, not necessarily.

Trainer Peter Robl is keen to give consistent galloper Finally Realise the chance to take advantage of another transfer onto the Kensington track

Carlton are clear-cut favourites to sign Fremantle’s Adam Cerra after the midfielder told the Dockers of his wish to return home to Victoria.

This giant slow-moving vegetarian was recorded catching a bird and eating it. It is the first direct evidence of a tortoise hunting.

One company has hit on a novel way to save a theatre production from COVID-19 oblivion.

Coastal NSW from Sydney to the South Coast can expect a windy battering this evening as a deepening low-pressure system moves offshore, stirring winds likely to gust to near-cyclonic strength.

Three years to the day since Scott Morrison became Prime Minister, the latest Resolve Political Monitor shows he continues to outsmart Labor critics who thought he would fail after winning a messy leadership struggle.

Penrith officials have not forgotten the way Wests Tigers fans treated Panthers players and coach Ivan Cleary earlier this year and can’t wait to win on Sunday.