In his prime, Benji Marshall was a rugby league rockstar. But there is a side to the veteran playmaker only few had the privilege of seeing.

NRL clubs have ensured expansion will be a hot topic during a Friday phone hook-up with the NRL after reports the 17th franchise was a done deal for 2023.

Flinders University is giving employees two extra days’ holiday if they are fully vaccinated. And Monash University and Amazon are paying cash incentives to double-jabbed staff.

The NSW Education Department has not placed an order for any air purification devices despite conceding they may be necessary for some indoor spaces when students return next month.

The selected teams, including the ins and outs, for the 2021 AFL grand final.

Manly coach Des Hasler has never lost a preliminary final as either a coach or player - but South Sydney counterpart Wayne Bennett wasn’t reading too much into that fact before the sides’ showdown on Friday.

The scheme came partially undone after it emerged people were not allowed to be offered incentives for their first dose of the vaccine, which the government has labelled ‘bureaucracy gone mad’.

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet confirmed the plan to restart the state’s critical international higher education sector had been finalised and would form part of the state’s road map to reopening after the Delta outbreak, but students from key m...

Sydney’s champion apprentice Tom Sherry has been banned from riding in races for four months after breaching health protocols.

In a bipartisan letter to Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Deputy Premier John Barilaro, Nationals, Labor and Greens MPs said all regional travel was “not good health policy,” while jabs were lagging in some areas.

Australia has contracts to purchase 280 million doses of coronavirus vaccines, and the country will have enough to offer all eligible people a dose within the next month.

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

Bjorn Baker has been waiting to put the blinkers on Fun Fact and has decided Saturday’s Colin Stephen Quality is the right time.

Profondo carries big expectations and jockey Robbie Dolan wants to be along for the ride.

Brad Widdup secured his future at Hawkesbury by purchasing his stables this week, and he now wants to get a Golden Pendant for Icebath.

The best might still be to come from Golden Rose favourite Anamoe.

Melbourne’s lockdown killed hundreds of Fringe Festival shows. But some artists found ways to work in – or around – the rules, so the show can go on.

The country legend sounds as fresh as ever on a “new” album from 30 years ago.

Michael Voss has been announced as Carlton’s new coach, joining the Blues on a three-year contract after being appointed on Thursday morning ahead of highly rated Richmond assistant Adam Kingsley.

Smoke from hazard reduction burns led to poor air quality readings in parts of the city on Thursday and a forecast of “fair” for the metropolitan region on Friday.

Workers at the company went on strike for 24 hours on Thursday as they bargain for more job security.

Ms Leifer, 55, is accused of sexually abusing three of her students between 2004 and 2008. She has entered a plea of not guilty.

Donald Trump critic Liz Cheney has been endorsed as a Republican candidate by former US president George W Bush. Meanwhile, Trump has backed Cheney’s challenger for preselection.

COVID-19 infections hit a record daily high on Thursday, with four deaths and 766 new coronavirus cases recorded across the state.

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Melbourne have received a boost days out from the grand final with forward Sam Weideman re-committing to the club for a further two seasons.

A vaccination hub has been shut down until at least Monday to ensure the safety of clients and staff during the protests.

In the week ending Tuesday, roughly one in 10 people aged between 16 and 39 in the state completed their vaccination against COVID-19, federal data shows.

As the pandemic upends the jobs market, there are a record number of people working in health and social services, while the number of construction workers has dropped.

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Lachie Hunter has paid a high price for a drink-driving incident last year, but the loss of the Bulldogs’ vice-captaincy hurt him the most.

When Souths look back on their season, Damien Cook said it was a pair of heavy losses in May, not a 10-game winning streak, that could be the defining factor.

The family is still stuck in Perth where they live in the community because the youngest daughter of the Murugappan family, Tharnicaa, has not received a visa.

Solomon Lew says his Premier retail has ‘not just survived but thrived’ and has amassed a war chest that would be the envy of the industry.

When experienced halfbacks are so hard to find, and the greatest coach in history only darkens so many doors, it’s difficult to fathom Souths shutting their own premiership window.

It’s unfair to judge a project without seeing it in the flesh, but from the artist’s impressions, it resembles a large sliced bagel, with poppy seeds.

It is heart-breaking that teams refuse to tour Pakistan on obtuse security grounds. Has cricket reached a stage where any old nutcase can phone in and threaten a future tour?

For long-suffering fans of perennial AFL underachievers the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne Demons, dreams of winning the premiership carry a lot of baggage.

Genomic data from 430 modern-day people from 21 Pacific island populations has helped unravel Polynesia’s genetic history.

The protesters who chose to demonstrate at the Shrine of Remembrance delivered a grave insult to those who gave their lives for this country.

The developer behind another controversial coastline development has been knocked back again, but the project may proceed in a different form.

Another Australian coal-fired power plant is set to shut early as the energy market’s shift away from fossil fuels gathers speed.

The Oscar nominee is certainly the best thing in this slow-going tale about grief, but she does have her limits.

TV networks can still show live aerial footage of Melbourne’s CBD protests after being granted a stay against two notices that tried to ban the coverage.

Traditionalists may have to get used to more change with terms such as “third man”, “12th man”, “nightwatchman” and the “maiden” now under the microscope.

The energy company says the Powell Creek Solar Precinct planned for the Northern Territory to supply Darwin and Singapore will be 40 per cent bigger than originally announced.

The incoming executive director of the Sydney Theatre Company sees a way out of lockdown.

Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn says intervention may be needed ‘sooner rather than later’ to slow the skyrocketing property market.

In a very different role to the one she played in Girls, Jemima Kirke plays a rock star school principal.