RBA governor Philip Lowe has taken a “glass half full” approach to the pandemic. He will use a speech on Tuesday to talk up the country’s long-term prospects.

Essendon football chief Josh Mahoney will stay at the Bombers after withdrawing from a potential role as a senior football manager at the AFL.

A regional NSW local government area is back in lockdown as the state is expected to reach its peak COVID-19 infections in the coming weeks. Meantime, the principal of a Melbourne independent school has defended allowing children to return during loc...

Vaccine liaison officers and culturally safe health messaging to be rolled out to areas with low Indigenous COVID vaccination rates under new government plan.

His parents Nicola and Peter Hodgson say they can feel the love and affection of the WA community as their son is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.

Police say the man was standing in the middle of a road in Bankstown on Monday when he was asked to move before becoming aggressive.

The Wests Tigers’ 2005 premiership-winning coach will be returning to the embattled club as the coaching director regardless of whether or not the club decides to sack incumbent Michael Maguire.

Health authorities say a Melbourne independent school that repeatedly invited families to send their children to class during lockdowns has a history of “sailing pretty close” to breaching COVID-19 public health rules.

The ACTU has issued another plea for Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to block private equity firm KKR from buying controlling ownership of the Commonwealth Bank’s superannuation business, Colonial First State, after it failed ARPA’s performance test.

The Digital Passenger Declaration will collect personal information including vaccination status before boarding and provide the authority for vaccinated Australians to travel.

Kristina Keneally’s decision to contest a lower house seat has ignited a raw and sensitive debate within Labor Party ranks as to how well the party is doing when it comes to reflecting the people it represents.

NSW Treasury secretary Michael Pratt said his department didn’t have “line of sight” over every grant despite the top bureaucrat personally signing off on the $5.5 million grant.

Holding those responsible for shoddy work, and restoring public confidence in apartments, is critical to helping to address key challenges facing Sydney.

The Roosters entered an early guilty plea for Verrills’ grade two careless high tackle from the clash against the Titans on Saturday. 

If it’s true that Dylan Alcott’s tennis career is coming to an end, his life as a prominent Australian is perhaps only just beginning.

Federal government MP Jason Falinski, the parliamentary patron for rugby, says he has been lobbying heavily on behalf of Quade Cooper - and good news could be just “two to three days” away.

Sydney Airport has opened its books and says it will recommend its shareholders accept an improved takeover offer from a group of superannuation fund suitors unless a better deal lands on its table.

Australian Test captain Tim Paine will have neck surgery on Tuesday to relieve a bulging disc and is expected to resume playing in early November, a month out from the Ashes.

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Unless restrictions are reimposed, NSW’s road map to reopening would lead to all the state’s ICU beds being full for five weeks over Christmas, modelling by OzSAGE projects.

Hospitals have paused elective surgeries for all but the most urgent patients, who are at imminent risk of death without medical intervention, as waiting lists’ blow out to record levels.

Bulldogs star Adam Treloar dealt with a “really challenging” week leading into last Saturday’s preliminary final against Port Adelaide but now finds himself in a better mental space.

The woman has told the NSW District Court trial of Brendan Leigh Russell that she was hospitalised after his operation which left her “in extreme pain”.

The construction industry faces a compliance blitz as authorities warn break rooms could be the most dangerous workplace setting.

Adam Woodward, 35, was murdered outside Brothers St Brendan’s Leagues Club in Rocklea in Brisbane’s south in 2018.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on the seven-race program.

Councils in Sydney’s north are divided on plans for a new harbour tunnel that will connect Sydney’s northern beaches with the inner west.

Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Caroline Wilson review the preliminary finals, including a look ahead to what is shaping as an unbelievable grand final, and discuss where to now for the eliminated teams.

The meatworks that experienced an outbreak of COVID-19 last year has pleaded guilty in court to failing to provide a safe workplace.

A startup that makes cultured mozzarella and ricotta cheeses without cows is looking to tap the growing market for environmentally friendly dairy alternatives.

Craig McRae’s coaching group at Collingwood is beginning to take shape, with two former senior coaches Justin Leppitsch and Brendon Bolton joining the Magpies.

While Sandra Gibbons enjoyed a birthday picnic with four friends, two Sydney mayors criticised restrictions preventing their residents from doing the same.

Simon Madden, the only ruckman to win the Norm Smith Medal, has some wise words for Stef Martin ahead of his intriguing grand-final battle with Max Gawn.

Mitchell Priest, in whose property a Nazi flag was allegedly hanging, is also accused of making significant preparations to manufacture a firearm and was refused bail.

A leading infectious diseases expert has suggested businesses should be subject to a star rating system based on the vaccination rates of staff and other COVID-19 safety practices so that consumers can have the confidence to enter premises once lockd...

The veteran federal Labor MP will quit Parliament at the next election, leaving the NSW seat that has been held by his family for almost 40 years.

About a third of residents at a Waterloo aged care home for vulnerable men have tested positive to COVID-19, as concern grows about spread of the virus in the inner city.

If the Panthers don’t win the premiership, it will be on the coach, not his players, who now have to win the grand final the hard way.

Takeover target Sydney Airport’s board and its suitors have struck a goldilocks deal, pitched midway between opportunism and realism.

Australia urgently needs a national taskforce to elevate ventilation and air quality management to the equivalent of vaccination.

Australian laws are not set in stone. Just like Texas, with a change in government we could see various state and territory abortion laws further regulated or overthrown.

A Queensland man is accused of swearing at onlookers before stripping off and going for a late-night swim in a public lagoon.

Increased use of hand sanitiser and other disinfectants have caused a spike across the world in serious skin problems among health workers and the public.

Two new cases on Monday are students at St Thomas More College in Sunnybank, attended by a 13-year-old girl whose mystery case had sparked lockdown fears.

The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Police are questioning a teenage boy over the attack.

Now the family of Ray DeMonia is urging those who remain unvaccinated to get immunised to help hospitals that have been pushed to their limits.

Jamie Kah’s lawyer has mounted a stinging defence for the champion jockey who will discover on Wednesday if she needs to serve a further ban over a COVID-19 lockdown breach.

The singer posted a video showing off her new ring on Instagram.

Peter V’landys insists moving the Storm preliminary final to avoid a clash with the AFL grand final will result in better ratings for the NRL, but it took a high-level intervention to get the ball rolling.

The former Melbourne president says he holds no grudges over his exit from the club, and acknowledges “maybe I was too temperamental”.