A review of the culture of the public servants involved in the Leppington Triangle deal finds their “can do” attitude may have led to poor record-keeping.

Prince Of Arran will try to make it fourth time lucky in the Melbourne Cup, while Sport Minister Martin Pakula will meet with racing clubs but is hopeful rather than confident on crowds for the spring carnival.

Many community and tourism leaders are disappointed the regions will remain in lockdown, but others are advocating for a gradual easing of restrictions.

There will be no return to face-to-face learning for Melbourne schools in term three, Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed on Wednesday, as he extended restrictions to combat rising coronavirus cases.

Victoria plans a modest easing of coronavirus restrictions, the Prime Minister says he’s secured another 500,000 Pfizer vaccines and US President Joe Biden labels the Afghanistan evacuation a success.

It’s a day for Australia’s sprinters to shine. Sam Carter is Australia’s best chance on the track today in the T54 100m event, while Angela Ballard and Eliza Ault-Connell are also medal chances.

Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen says Australian soldiers should be prosecuted for alleged war crimes committed during the 20-year occupation of Afghanistan.

Many book retailers believe men won’t read books by women authors.

The federal government has accused Annastacia Palaszczuk of misleading Australians over the risks to children if and when COVID restrictions are eased.

Australia’s preparations for a crucial World Cup qualifier have been hit by COVID-19 and coaching absentees but Graham Arnold is backing his players to show mental strength.

After taking more than two weeks to respond to the request from leaders of the 12 locked-down areas, Ms Berejiklian instead referred them to the Local Government Minister.

The Australian squad was fuming after New Zealand’s refusal to fly to Perth last month, but it could prove a blessing in disguise.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the Hunter Valley meeting.

He’s one of the state’s newest apprentices, but Jake Barrett isn’t letting the excitement of his first race ride get in the way of the job at hand at Muswellbrook on Thursday.

From stocks to copper to houses - prices of many assets have been soaring since COVID struck. But a lot can go wrong.

The teenagers will appear in courts in Brisbane on Thursday, with police opposing bail.

New Zealanders rushed to get their first taste of eased restrictions on Tuesday morning.

A woman charged with incitement and accused of urging people to attend anti-lockdown protests remains in custody despite being granted bail, because she refuses to agree to bail conditions imposed by a magistrate.

The cluster linked to the privately run Parklea prison in Sydney’s north-west has grown to 80 – 77 inmates and three staff members – but authorities are hopeful the infection has not spread to other facilities with transferred prisoners.

Victorian business leaders say they are devastated by the lack of a path out of lockdown and that many companies would be unable to trade for the foreseeable future.

Craig McRae is precisely the sort of coach you would hope a good process would find, and thus precisely the sort of coach Collingwood need.

An Indonesian search and rescue crew will give itself two more days to try to find an Australian man who disappeared while spearfishing in the Mentawai Islands.

Kristo Langker’s interaction with the NSW Deputy Premier was wrongly considered an “escalation” of an existing investigation, budget estimates was told.

The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne has prompted tweaks to the state’s restrictions.

The state government’s zero-case obsession has been consigned to the epidemiological dustbin.

The economy expanded more than expected in the June quarter, bolstering confidence the government could go to an election next year with a strengthening economy.

The pair who illegally demolished the Corkman Irish Pub in Carlton say they don’t deserve jail, because of the “beautiful” park they’ve built in the pub’s place.

SBS board member Warren Mundine is taking a social media break after he labelled a journalist a c--- for publishing Craig Kelly’s phone number.

Across the bloc’s 27 countries COVID vaccinations rolled out at a faster pace than anywhere else in the world.

New rules will include expanded 10-kilometre travel limit, a three-hour exercise limit, outdoor personal training and private real estate inspections.

Gerry Harvey has focused attention on the extent to which JobKeeper was legally plundered by businesses that didn’t need it, most of which have since shirked any moral obligation to pay it back.

The massacre in Punjab saw hundreds of unarmed Indians killed and was a turning point in the struggle for Indian emancipation.

Jason Akermanis encouraged close friend Craig McRae to apply for the Collingwood senior coaching vacancy after McRae told his three-time premiership teammate that he doubted he had a high enough profile to land the job.

The challenges of the Delta variant means there is little or no room to move to reduce Victoria’s lockdown restrictions.

The economy has in 15 months gone from its worst days to its best-ever performance. Vaccine stockpiles, railway lines and footwear have all played a part.

Morteza Mehrzad, at 246 centimetres tall, was scouted for the national sitting volleyball team after appearing on television for his disability. Five years later he led Iran to a gold medal in Rio.

Robbie Cooke, boss of the largest provider of Eftpos terminals outside the big four banks, says state premiers need to reopen borders once 70 per cent of the nation is vaccinated.

Marnus Labuschagne has been characterised as one of national coach Justin Langer’s success stories. But even he acknowledged the necessity of recent rounds of frank and difficult conversations.

Qian Yang and Lina Lei claimed individual table tennis medals in their categories for Australia on Monday after switching allegiances from China following the Rio Games.

China reckons it will limit the nation’s children to three hours a week for video games. Good luck with that.

The star of the year’s darkest - and most brilliant - comedy Hacks is tipped to laugh all the way to the Emmys.

Set inside a TV newsroom in the 1980s, The Newsreader is less about history in the making than it is about the unformed people who work there finding their purpose.

Dave (Erik Thomson) and Julie Rafter (Rebecca Gibney) and their extended family return to the screen after eight years, but unrest has crept into their once-idyllic household.

Like the films of the Swedish master Ingmar Bergman, the six-part drama Snow Angels is a chilly, uncomfortable but engrossing drama about the aftermath of a baby’s disappearance.

Tom Hird has re-signed at the same time as fellow category B rookie Cian McBride. Irishman McBride joined the Bombers in late 2019 and the pair have been developing in the VFL since. 

Companies including the local arm of US giant Salesforce and ASX-listed Altium are considering making vaccinations mandatory for staff who want to return to the workplace.

The latest advice suggests that teens not only have a lot to teach their parents, but their “emotional turbulence” comes with unexpected gains.

Britney Spears and her new attorney say her father is trying to get about $2.7 million in payments before stepping down from the conservatorship that controls her life and money.

Todd Sampson’s documentary examines the growing crisis around body dissatisfaction.

I’m only three years into a career I love and I’m exhausted, burnt out and disappointed. And I’m not the only one.