The biggest risk to elderly people is from those they trust. But when it’s hard for victims to acknowledge hurt by their loved ones, what chance do they have of support?

Farmers and the federal Agriculture Minister and have lashed the Victorian government for failing to renew a scheme to bring in Pacific nation workers.

NSW Labor’s hit list of seats to win happen to be concentrated in the city’s most locked-down LGAs.

Disability Services Australia called in KPMG to oversee its voluntary administration on Wednesday.

Travellers at the airport have expressed their frustration and disbelief following the shock announcement that the Queensland government would be blocking arrivals from NSW, Victoria and the ACT.

Blues great Greg Williams will replace Chris Judd as the club’s new football director, with signing Ross Lyon as coach the new-look board’s No.1 priority.

It’s day one of the Paralympic Games and we’ll make sure you don’t miss a beat with plenty of attention on the pool and cycling track to kick us off.

Education Minister James Merlino wants senior students fully vaccinated by October 4, but the state cannot guarantee it will have the supply to do so.

Nine Entertainment Co’s publishing division, which owns The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, has reported strong financial results.

Equine vet Adam Matthews and Mornington trainer Lisa Enright have been questioned by police as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption and illegal activity within the state’s racing industry.

Some supermarkets have closed after being deemed exposure sites or losing staff to quarantine, while others have been forced to cut opening hours, delivery and online services – pushing people to the brink in a regional city where a third of the po...

It is expected extra security and police will be on hand in Launceston to prevent the crowd from marking the milestone in the traditional manner should it occur on Saturday.

HSC examinations are likely to be delayed again until early November, and some tests may be cancelled.

Former Indonesia vice-president Jusuf Kalla was a key figure in talks with the Taliban over the past two years. He too is waiting for the Taliban to do as it promised.

A national truckies strike is set for Friday, while a rogue protest aimed at border restrictions is due to take place on Tuesday.

Everything you need to know to find a winner down in the Riverina.

Trainer Gary Colvin hopes a strong performance at Wagga on Thursday will be enough to convince one of the 14 Kosciuszko slot winners of the gelding’s credentials.

The Bulldogs general manager has opened up on the strain the latest off-field drama has had on the club and the reason he left the back-rower in Canterbury’s Gold Coast hub.

The Steelers haven’t played a competitive game since February last year and their rustiness showed in a 54-53 defeat in their opening match in Tokyo.

The gig economy giant hopes a new industry award will give its riders set wages, penalty rates, and work hours, but the transport union is wary.

Police allege the Melbourne man accused of kidnapping two children at Blackburn North was known to his victims.

No one was doubting Luke Jackson was talented. But the third pick was so early for a ruckman.

A report criticises the state government for declaring “case closed” for children reported at risk of serious harm without a caseworker even making face-to-face contact.

The pandemic has officially killed off one of Australia’s favourite seasonal pastimes - buying or selling your home amid the sunshine and fresh garden blooms of spring.

WA Premier Mark McGowan said Perth would do the AFL Grand Final ‘justice’ if the league rules out the MCG in coming days.

The chair of a parliamentary inquiry into the closure of a Melbourne caterer says it has become clear a photo of a slug in a kitchen had been altered.

China earlier accused the US Vice-President, who is in Vietnam, of seeking to drive a wedge between countries in the region.

Watts personified the steady beat needed to keep a storm of guitars and rock star egos on track.

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews made some changes to her initial proposal but stopped short of requiring a higher judge to approve warrants.

Geoff Robinson took every challenge head-on during his playing days and now the Canterbury legend is taking the same approach to his battle with cancer.

Free travel will be restored into Western Australia from South Australia as of midnight on Wednesday, but the door will shut for anyone trying to get out of New South Wales.

The NSW coast faces several more days of hazardous surf after a powerful low-pressure system churned up huge waves and a storm surge seen only once every couple of decades.

It’s the Claytons resignation that will save him from signing board papers, maybe free up a bit of time, but it won’t signal that he has taken his hands off the rudder.

The post-Olympic halo shines bright for The Voice as a change of tune delivers a ratings juggernaut for Seven.

Chapelwaite, based on King’s novella Jerusalem’s Lot, is the perfect vehicle for the Oscar-winning actor whose face can convey the inexorable build of dread.

Dean Gibson’s uncompromising feature-length documentary Incarceration Nation examines the long history of Australia’s indigenous communities and the jail system.

One of the most beloved and acclaimed shows in Australian TV history is about to end; despite its legacy to Prisoner, success was never taken for granted.

With a breathtaking cast including Suranne Jones, Martin Compston and Rose Leslie, Vigil is a brilliantly plotted procedural about corrupt institutions.

The two Australian lithium miners have completed their merger amid soaring demand for the battery raw material.

The old joke about investing in China with its limitless opportunities for profitless growth does not apply to buy now, pay later.

Fawaz, a 50-year-old construction worker from Putney, said he did not know how he contracted the virus which has now infected his entire family.

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan says Perth will host the grand final at Optus Stadium if it cannot be played at the MCG.

The emergency meeting between Cricket Australia and team leaders came more than two years after concerns about his approach to coaching were first raised.

Just 6 per cent of Aboriginal people in western NSW are fully vaccinated, as the region hits a record number of new COVID cases.

Charlie Watts was good in a different way to the singers and guitarists and go-to great drummers of his generation. All straight-backed British dignity and ruthless discipline.

The A-League’s record ever goalscorer Besart Berisha is moving back to Europe to try to seal a last season in the game after no A-League club was interested.

The incident on Wednesday afternoon was expected to cause long traffic delays while debris was removed from the motorway.

WiseTech Global boss Richard White’s personal wealth has zoomed past $6 billion, after the logistics technology platform he founded saw its value rocket on the back of upbeat results.

Augustine Nosti stole the money over more than a decade and used it to feed his gambling addiction, putting up to $14,000 a week through poker machines.

A teenager who stabbed a young woman in a Melbourne park had a police officer call his mobile phone later that day because he thought he had lost his phone and could not recall the attack, a court has heard.