If a week is a long time in politics, this has been one of the longest.

Police claim the truck drivers provided false documentation of a negative test to enter WA.

The mandate for children in years three to six to wear a mask when they return to face-to-face learning will help to contain COVID, but will be tough to enforce.

A damning police union review of a protest where 10 officers were injured has revealed many members were ill-equipped and under prepared for what they faced, as specially trained members sat idle and awaiting direction only suburbs away from the unfo...

Alternative medicine devotees and people shunning certain vaccine brands are thought to be driving down vaccination rates in suburbs such as Brunswick, Collingwood and St Kilda.

Sydney’s lockdown will end on Monday, a Victorian police officer is in hospital after catching COVID-19 at a recent anti-mandatory vaccine protest and the federal government has flagged a social media crackdown.

The Redcliffe Leagues Club, touted as favourites in the running for the NRL’s 17th franchise, has held 30-year hopes of again hosting a top-tier team. A final stadium-led push was driven largely by public funds.

Police said they were called to a property on Aster Street in Cannon Hill in Brisbane’s south about 2pm on Friday to conduct a welfare check.

The NRL Integrity Unit is investigating after the men were fined $4135 each and sent back to NSW after they allegedly didn’t have a proper border pass.

While most state MPs are vaccinated, one Liberal and two other elected representatives are likely to test the looming jab mandate in State Parliament.

The city’s venues aren’t just putting the final touches on their fit-outs this weekend – many are still scrambling to hire enough staff to service even the reduced capacity of patrons they are allowed to seat. 

A judge said the actor’s case against the ABC and The Sydney Morning Herald would last four weeks and needed a jury, which meant it would get pushed to next year.

Mandating mask-wearing by young students works. But it comes with challenges that need to be carefully considered.

Across the city, data reveals stark disparities between neighbourhoods, with Chippendale and Silverwater at less than 40 per cent fully vaccinated, compared with northern suburbs of Lindfield and Newport with more than 80 per cent.

The Liberal MP argues the broadcaster wrongly suggested he took a photo up a woman’s skirt, damaging his reputation and leading to a police investigation.

As Australia edges closer to promises of COVID-normal, the function, value and future of Queensland’s go-it-alone quarantine facility remains unclear.

Queensland moves to ease restrictions from Friday afternoon after the state recorded zero cases on Friday, a sign the state managed to quash recent outbreaks.

The 26-year-old appeared via audio-visual link after testing positive for COVID-19. He pleading guilty to multiple assault and driving charges following an incident with his de-facto partner of more than six years.

Caleb Cox, who lives in Melbourne, appeared via video link from Hakea Prison in Perth on Friday. He has been in isolation in custody since his arrest on September 28.

Researchers have been given a grant to develop software which can track criminals using cryptocurrency to launder money linked to illegal activity.

Premier Daniel Andrews has been slapped with two fines totalling $400 for breaching Chief Health Officer directions by not wearing a face mask.

Sky Zone Australia in Alexandria will not reopen when COVID-19 restrictions ease on Monday, while its Brisbane facility will shut later this year.

Two officers who were injured during the arrest in Toowoomba where a 27-year-old Queensland man died are now on leave.

With the Morrison government due to introduce its legislation within weeks for a federal integrity commission, Gladys Berejiklian’s resignation has brought into sharper focus the powers and conduct of the bodies charged with investigating integrity...

Today on Please Explain, Indigenous affairs journalist Jack Latimore joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the importance of language.

Police opposed Oscar Newman’s application for bail, speculating that he might move or interfere with the body of Maryam Hamka, which they have been unable to find.

So-called Magnitsky laws should target human rights abusers and serious corruption, not promote our foreign policy.

Who knew bridge was so competitive, so fraught – so intoxicatingly fun? The hordes who’ve flocked to play during lockdown, that’s who.

William Barak witnessed traditional Indigenous life upended when Europeans flooded across Bass Strait and occupied the country that had sustained his people and their lore for tens of thousands of years.

Refugees, the homeless and unemployed are among people volunteer Rita Mastin gives out food to in Werribee.

The new mask rules also involve a change for adults: from midnight in Victoria you can take your mask off to drink alcohol outdoors at a picnic.

A detective will contest charges including misconduct in public office over the alleged circulation of a photograph of former AFL coach Dani Laidley that was taken inside a police station.

There is a name for losing control of our ability to filter ourselves in front of strangers: ego depletion.

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A Brisbane councillor was fined for passing through a yellow light on his bike earlier this year. Critical posts from the officer who issued the fine have since emerged.

Readings is opening a bookshop in Melbourne’s central business district, with owner Mark Rubbo predicting the city will spring back to life after the pandemic. 

From the streets of Mombasa, politics in the Philippines to a volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma. These are the best photos from around the world this week, as chosen by The Age's photo editors.

A new Delta strain has been uncovered in eight people as a week of daily declining COVID-19 case numbers in NSW ended with a slight uptick in infections.

Victorian parents could be forced to start paying full childcare fees again from October 15, even though lockdown restrictions will prohibit most children from attending.

Two charges of indecent assault against ex-policeman Peter Oswald have been dropped, even though the evidence was deemed strong enough to proceed to trial.

The plan to turn Governor Phillip Park at Palm Beach into a night sky park would minimise light pollution and protect wildlife. But it faces opposition from some locals.

The left risks being marooned in the pre-vaccine world of 2020, still criticising Liberal political leaders for exposing Australians to COVID rather than offering their own alternative. There is no optimism, no energy, no hope.

Daily life has been stripped of its usual variety, and you’d think that the days, weeks and months would drag. Instead, they race by.

Museums in Sydney prepare to open again after the long COVID-19 Lockdown. During the lockdown some museums have covered exhibits or used the time for maintenance or cleaning.

The owner of Sorrento Italian Restaurant, a stalwart of the Northbridge dining scene, has lashed the City of Perth, police and the government after constant issues with homelessness forced them to close their doors after more than 50 years serving Pe...

John Russell was about to leave Sydney behind for an idyllic life in regional New South Wales. He became one of the victims of Sydney’s notorious gay hate crimes

As they say at Westminister: “There’s no party like a Conservative Party.”

As retail stores, restaurants and gyms prepare to open to the public after months of lockdown it remains unclear when the integrated Service NSW vaccine certificate will be made available to residents across the state.

New research has found valuable insight into conservation efforts and endangered species are potentially being missed because they were published in languages other than English.

On Monday, home haircuts, bodgie backyard bars and driveway gyms will end. Most people will erupt in joyous leisurely latte sipping sessions. I will not be one of them.