A Buddhist monk fighting a battle in the Supreme Court to oust him from his temple has failed in a bid to suppress allegations about a visit to a Sexyland adult store.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has returned to Canberra from a brief visit to his family in Sydney after gaining an exemption from health authorities to cross the border.

Sky News boss Paul Whittaker says his network will look at the issue of net zero emissions but he isn’t aware of a News Corp plan to limit climate sceptic voices.

The AFL has narrowed down a start time for this year’s grand final and will put on a twilight match in WA that will be viewed at night on the east coast.

The decision by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp Australia to end its editorial hostility towards carbon-reduction policies is long overdue. But it marks a significant change in direction for the media business.

Recent history points towards Friday night’s preliminary final between Melbourne and Geelong being decided with the last kick of the match.

The blaze, which firefighters prevented from spreading to neighbouring homes, was believed to have been caused by “an explosion from an electrical appliance”.

Maximum temperatures will rise throughout the week and could reach 29 degrees in the Sydney Basin on Saturday.

NSW Labor will hold an economic summit for peak business groups, mayors, unions and community groups in Sydney’s COVID-19 hotspots.

Lightly raced local Street Power locks horns with the exciting Randwick mare Salute To The Sun in a class 2 handicap at Scone over 1100m.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the equine capital of Australia.

Principals fear the crackdown will force them to cut educational programs such as camps, museum visits, sports carnivals and subscriptions to popular learning software.

Luke had just gone to bed, when he suddenly began to shiver. Within five minutes, he was drenched in sweat as his fever roared.

Czech Barbora Krejcikova has found form on the New York hardcourts, but an injury issue angered opponent Garbine Muguruza in a match that ended with a frosty exchange.

Victoria is on track to have 70 per cent of those aged 16 and over inoculated with one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on about September 18.

Should Matthew Guy emerge victorious from the leadership challenge, he and the Victorian Liberal Party will need to evolve before next year’s election.

The facility, about 4 kilometres from the boundary with the occupied West Bank, is one of the highest-security jails in Israel.

The government is considering a demand from Indigenous women for a separate plan to address domestic violence in their communities, as Scott Morrison acknowledges, ‘Australia has a problem’.

The “significant” persons of interest will be examined as part of a fresh inquest into the killing of Maria James, who was found stabbed to death at the rear of a Thornbury bookshop.

Dov Tenenboim was the ringleader of a “successful” scheme to import large volumes of illicit drugs from Europe via the dark web, and distribute them to customers across the eastern seaboard. 

A consortium involving Rio Tinto, Alcoa and Alumina Limited is closely monitoring reports of a military coup in Guinea

Baggage handling companies warn flights will be grounded this summer because their employees are leaving the industry in droves. 

The toddler, who is non-verbal and has autism, will spend the night in hospital as a precaution after being found drinking water from a creek.

Feeling exposed from my book tour is one reason my eating disorder came back during lockdown. But it’s not the only reason.

The Badja Forest Fire raced 35 kilometres downhill in the course of a single night, killing six people.

The province was the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces in the country and the only province the Taliban had not seized during their blitz across Afghanistan last month.

The man who led his party to a wipe-out in 2018 is now presenting himself as the Victorian Liberals’ new saviour. This is known as a “reverse ferret” strategy.

Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Caroline Wilson delve into the latest AFL news, from the fallout from the weekend’s semi-finals to trade requests.

A super profits tax will hit major miners like BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue, the big four banks, Telstra and other corporations like Wesfarmers.

Fuelled by a light-hearted, devil-may-care attitude, first year rookie Morgan Cibilic is preparing to ambush his more fancied rivals in a bid to be crowned world champion.

Australia’s first cricket meeting with the Afghanistan men’s team since the Taliban takeover may be a matter of weeks away.

Regent honeyeaters need to know their love song to thrive, but the brilliant black and gold bird is losing its ability to sing the “right” song.

A common theme discovered by the Wests Tigers’ internal review points towards a Cameron Ciraldo-Tim Sheens combination as a solution to the club’s woes.

What the joint venture needs more than anything is a unifying voice that can bind together the club’s divided factions.

The Reserve Bank has argued migration levels have put downward pressure on wages. Now a senior Treasury official says there is no evidence for the claim.

The club’s chief executive issued a public apology for a final round implosion in which three players were sin-binned as the NRL punished Matt Lodge for his rude gesture to fans.

An Age investigation has highlighted that virtually every aspect of Victoria’s health system is deteriorating: from ambulance response times, mental health and dental health. Our readers respond.

The landmark tourist attraction is closing for good almost 13 years after first being switched on as the company that runs it heads into liquidation.

Matt Rendell takes a look at each team’s season in 2021 and what they need to do with their lists over the off-season.

Earlier, the country reported 20 new community cases of COVID-19, the third day in a row at that level, suggesting restrictions were having an effect.

Bulldogs skipper Marcus Bontempelli was given some good news in Perth, but the same couldn’t be said for teammate Cody Weightman.

Emma Potter went public with her story after becoming frustrated that her application was being denied minutes after being submitted.

“It is with deep sadness and dismay that we learned of the sudden death of the German ambassador to China,” the Federal Foreign Office said on its website.

Today on Please Explain, photographer Nick Moir joins Bianca Hall to discuss the situation in Wilcannia.

It’s essential for our state that we have the strongest possible opposition, and not just for handling the pandemic response.

The pandemic has encouraged firms to invest in machines in ways that could boost productivity – but also kill low-skill jobs.

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

Premier Gladys Berejiklian says modelling shows infections in NSW will hit a peak “in the next week or so” and hospitalisations in October.

The women, who were filmed snorting white powder off a plate in a video that circulated on social media last week, have been fined for gathering in breach of COVID-19 rules.

Bowen Johnston can’t sit still. His experiences as a neurodiverse child have inspired a new book, and the reading public is better for it.