Councillors voted unanimously on Tuesday to put up $25 million towards the capital costs of a new aquatic facility at the WACA but have refused to cover maintenance costs.

Corrective Services acting Commissioner Kevin Corcoran said the lockdown was imposed so prisons could “get a handle” on case numbers and was confident of eliminating the virus without the need to use these emergency powers.

The NSW Deputy Premier sued the YouTube commentator for defamation over two videos posted on his Friendlyjordies channel last year.

Several officers received minor injuries during the demonstrations with at least 500 fines issued for breaches of public health orders.

Premier Daniel Andrews said a plan for easing restrictions would be revealed on Wednesday.

The loosely organised events were largely seeded by a prominent conspiracy theorist through messaging app groups, as calls to dismiss governments on August 31, from at least early July.

A report ordered by Brisbane City Council shows there was inadequate signage and an expert should have been called in to assess the bird before baby Mia’s death.

The Australian contingent is now in hotel quarantine, having brought home several lessons from their overseas deployment about battling bushfires during a pandemic.

NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance has criticised his federal counterparts for a lack of leadership on climate action, accusing some of underestimating the impact of global warming on future generations.

Abha Anuradha Kumar, who received a $1 million estate in 2015 from an elderly patient she had known for less than a month, now faces a legal challenge to the inheritance in the Supreme Court of Victoria.

A total of 97 postcodes throughout Victoria have at least one active COVID-19 case among their residents, up from 76 postcodes last Tuesday.

A man accused of being part of a group of 11 who allegedly murdered a teenage boy has been granted bail despite a judge’s concerns over his conduct on remand and where he will stay on release.

Nathan Weckert, 17, who was struck by a car on the side of the Bruce Highway on Monday night, was “positive, cheeky and smiling”, according to club leaders.

NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds said the WA government’s attempt to blame NDIS participants for its underinvestment in the state hospital system and support services was “appalling”.

Homicide squad detectives have charged a 64-year-old man with murder following the disappearance of Pemberton man Tony Ditri.

Today on Please Explain, Indigenous affairs reporter Cameron Gooley joins Bianca Hall to discuss the dire situation in western and far-western NSW.

The university, which has campuses in Burwood, Geelong and Warrnambool, was already facing slower growth and rising costs before the pandemic, vice-chancellor Iain Martin told staff.

The broadcaster has told the Federal Court her jokes with other hosts of 2GB’s Continuous Call Team show were “self-deprecating”.

The Prime Minister said WA needed to accept the reintroduction of some restrictions after 70 per cent of the population was vaccinated and it began to expose itself to the virus.

Queensland has defended its approval for NRL officials and players’ families to fly from hotspot Sydney amid efforts to ease pressure on the stretched hotel quarantine scheme.

They’re cheaper and faster than the standard PCR test but will they help Australia reopen? Your quick guide to rapid antigen tests.

Sydney’s COVID-19 crisis and ongoing lockdown has cost it a major movie shoot.

The trial will allow boarders from schools in hotspot regions to return to quarantine with their families in time for the September school holidays.

Two-thirds of the state’s adult population has received at least a single vaccine dose. But Deputy Premier John Barilaro says the federal government stopped paying attention to vaccinating vulnerable communities before the outbreak.

Two interstate truck drivers have been fined more than $2000 each following a protest on Monday morning that closed lanes on the M1 near the NSW border.

Police found the owner, three female employees and two men at the Rydalmere address after curfew on Monday night.

The Federal Court has ruled that Nine and News Corp cannot use an unredacted copy of the ABC’s defence to the federal Liberal minister’s defamation claim.

Defence confirmed two members of the Brisbane-based 7th Combat Brigade died following a crash at the Townsville Field Training Area.

Nurses at a major Sydney hospital say there’s a “strong sense of hopelessness” as cases continue to rise, Victorian authorities are deciding whether some restrictions can safely ease and the final US troops have left Afghanistan.

It will be a long time, if ever, until schools return to normal.

Less than a year after a spate of rider deaths sparked a state government crackdown on the industry, reported injuries have fallen.

After working for the Australian embassy in Kabul for five years, an interpreter and his family have been left stranded in the city.

I’ve always loved a domestic flourish, but during lockdowns they’ve proved their worth.

A death linked to a developing cluster at Cumberland Hospital, a mental health facility in Sydney’s west, was announced on Monday.

Spin might get you through the daily news cycle, but the work of governing catches up with you in the end. It is dizzying trying to keep up with the shifting reasons given for the current state of WA hospitals.

While Mark McGowan has repeatedly said his aim is to keep COVID out of WA until Phase D, the Commonwealth has control of international arrivals and wants to resume overseas travel once vaccination rates hit 80 per cent in Phase C.

Keeping vulnerable elderly Australians away from their loved ones for so long is not care, it’s heartless.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Pauline Hanson has once again come under the scrutiny of the Australian Electoral Commission.

Skier rescued, war is costly, and a double Channel attempt

Police are investigating whether Ibrahem Hamze was the intended target of two armed men who were seen in a stolen car near his north shore home two weeks ago.

Sydney races to stop the expansion of COVID hotspots, Victoria considers easing some restrictions amid its prolonged lockdown and the situation around Afghanistan’s Kabul airport remains extremely dangerous.

And folksonomy for piano.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian warns that October will be the worst month for hospitalisations and new figures show the rising number of COVID-19 patients at each NSW hospital.

Family and friends say father-of-four William Orule, aged in his 30s, died in his western Sydney home on August 20.

Jack McCormack was hit by a car after helping his Ola driver change a tyre while they were pulled over on the Mitchell Freeway early on Sunday morning.

The illegal gathering, attended by up to 60 people, has been linked to an outbreak of 81 COVID-19 cases. 

In an objection lodged with Brisbane City Council, property group Mirvac said its support for city revitalisation could not extend to “unreasonable” hotel plans at the corner of Roma and Turbot streets.

National cabinet, and lawmakers, need to be mindful to avoid the creation of a two-tiered society as they weigh up how vaccine passports might work in Australia.

Heads of high-profile schools said the HSC should begin when year 12 students are allowed back on site on October 25, saying the delay is “agonising”.