The old coal giants of Victoria’s power generation belt are dying fast, and fear of job losses is deep. Many in these communities know they must move to a new future. The question is how.

Outdoor swimming pools can reopen across NSW today, Victoria is on track to hit its 80 per first first-dose vaccine target tomorrow and Queensland has hit back at the Prime Minister’s comments about Christmas and state borders.

From beach dips to shopping trips, Melburnians are thinking about the freedoms they’ll have as the COVID-19 road map allows.

The multi-billion dollar road tunnel under Sydney Harbour is not expected to open to motorists until 2027, at least a year later than planned.

Christopher Puglia will stand trial over his parents’ deaths in their bed and breakfast property last year in Joyner, north of Brisbane.

A Brunswick West woman is beating the lockdown blues by making home-cooked meals for locals in need.

A 28-year-old man was taken into custody on the freeway about 7am after the incident near Lord Street and the Graham Farmer Freeway in Perth at 5.20am.

The entire NSW public rail network will stop for four hours on Tuesday when public transport workers strike amid an ongoing industrial dispute with the state government.

Laurence Andrew was committed to defending his home and was well prepared. But an inquest has heard he succumbed to a heart attack amid the heat, smoke and extreme stress.

Game’s up for another old stereotype, runaway schoolboy’s five-day adventure ends and Aboriginal sports stars reject calls to boycott.

A 37-year-old female nurse was outside the medical centre in Glebe when she was allegedly assaulted by an unknown man, police have been told.

Australia should make it easy for smokers to switch to vaping nicotine, but is doing the opposite.

The NSW government has revealed its three-stage roadmap out of lockdown

Jon Seccull, a former prison officer, was found guilty by a jury in June of nine counts of rape, two charges of assault and one count of threatening to inflict serious injury.

A trough coming from the west is behind Queensland’s wet weather, with cool winds also causing chilly conditions.

Attempts by anti-vaccination protesters to rally again on Monday fizzled out quickly, after an alleged organiser behind one of Melbourne’s largest protests was arrested and charged with inciting others to breach public health directions.

Adventure World faced criticism in the first two days of its new season for installing scales at rides that flash red if the patron is deemed too heavy to go on the ride.

Foreign affairs and national security correspondent Anthony Galloway joins Bianca Hall to talk about why Australia appears increasingly isolated on climate and defence policy.

Michael Parker has updated his 2012 book Talk with Your Kids: Ethics to reflect how the world has changed and encourage ‘big conversations’ with children.

Qantas has cancelled most of its scheduled WA flights to New South Wales and Victoria over summer and has ruled the state out of international flights until at least April.

Proposed changes to planning rules in the Macedon Ranges have prompted some residents to raise fears of overdevelopment.

Community pharmacies and GP clinics will receive grants of up to $10,000 to increase the vaccine rollout in Melbourne’s COVID-hit outer suburbs.

A Terang hotel is set to be a sanctuary for artists, writers, musicians and performers, all for free.

Melbourne is unprepared for serious earthquakes, experts say, which could force a citywide shutdown while ageing brick parapets put lives at risk.

It took detectives five days to confirm the identity of the body and the cause of death.

A country as wealthy as ours should be able to provide safe and affordable supported housing to elderly people in their final years.

Unvaccinated residents across NSW will have to observe lockdown rules until December 1, despite restrictions being eased for the rest of the population during October.

Queensland recorded no new virus cases on Monday as the Premier faces renewed questions over when the state would open its borders in line with the national plan.

The Premier’s decision to proceed with the grand final despite recording a positive virus case on Friday has so far paid off.

Bringing people on board and giving them a seat at the table is essential for the Andrews government to build broad public confidence in its pandemic strategy.

One-hundred and fifty of the mogul’s dearest friends gathered to celebrate his 90th birthday, but a key person appears to have skipped the bash.

How readily should we accept state coercion and compulsion as legitimate tools of public health administration?

Many committed Catholics have already lost faith that hard questions will either be asked or answered.

Green space has emerged as a key battleground between the NSW government and property developers over reforms to boost the design standards of apartment blocks.

And the delivery of some of Sydney’s projects could be delayed too.

She lived in a tiny room with no window, inside a home filled with bed bugs and stained mattresses until a COVID cluster helped expose conditions in Hambleton House.

The government is under pressure to release details of its plans for the long-delayed revamp amid concerns commercial activity will drive the agenda.

To leave the elderly isolated for another three months while the rest of the community opens up would be akin to neglect and abuse.

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

NSW ministers are eyeing 90 per cent vaccination coverage to lift restrictions on the unjabbed, while masks and house visit limits could remain in Victoria after an 80 per cent double-vaccinated target is reached.

Use our interactive tool to see what locations are within a 15km radius from your suburb.

The disputed middle age bubbles on.

More ambitious proposals for a public plaza to be incorporated into the interchange in the centre of Macquarie Park have been dropped.

The Victorian government has flagged that vaccine passports could be trialled at the Melbourne Cup, as well as other ticketed events in country Victoria and metropolitan suburbs.

Most experts believe young people grow out of risk-taking. But a new study finds risk taking by young P-platers is an indicator of such behaviour well into adult life.

As well as subs, the AUKUS powers will work together on AI, cyber, quantum, hypersonic missiles and other “undersea capabilities”. What do these mean, and how will they change the game?

Councils and NSW Health have defended the decision to allow unvaccinated people to access outdoor pools when they reopen on Monday, amid community concerns about the spread of the virus.

Australia risks being left behind in a mammoth economic shift that could impose enormous costs on this nation.

When you consider the cost of housing in Sydney, it makes sense to acquire something sustainable, proponents of the latest housing trend say.

Driver and passenger step over the sides to get into the cockpit, there’s room for luggage and a top speed of 65mph (104 kph).