Staff at three delivery companies will stage a coordinated national strike on Thursday unless the companies give in to union demands.

Trainer Joanne Hardy will unleash three chances at the Clarence River Jockey Club meet on Tuesday, with a returning four-year-old her best shot.

The idea of hugs, which Sunday’s press conference seemed to endorse after Thursday, were high on the list of simple things making Melbourne happy.

Long-serving administrator Tony Dodemaide will provide a steadying hand alongside Justin Langer and George Bailey on the selection panel, but the 58-year-old is no cricket conservative.

Star allrounder Ellyse Perry came under fire following a difficult series with the ball against India, but Ben Sawyer has no concerns when it comes to the Sixers captain.

There’s hardly a rookie in world rugby in better form, but the star winger isn’t seeking a move to fullback just yet.

Melbourne’s sixth lockdown will end at 11.59pm on Thursday, NSW’s anti-corruption hearings begin today and the nation is edging towards its 70 per cent double-dose vaccination target.

Australia’s border rules are shifting fast as states pursue their road maps out of isolation. Here’s a wrap of where residents of the country’s eastern states can travel once new rules kick in on Friday.

Gladys Berejiklian has always insisted she acted with the highest level of integrity. Monday shows us the beginning of where ICAC is headed on this.

James Johnson will meet with the Matildas in camp this week ahead of the independent review into misconduct, being conducted by Sport Integrity Australia.

The inquest into the death of former AFL player Shane Tuck resumes with a directions hearing in the Coroners Court on Tuesday.

We need some higher powers to help us if Australia is to lift its climate action targets.

Carnarvon is in shock after four-year-old Cleo Smith disappeared in the middle of the night while camping at Quobba Blowholes, a popular weekend spot 75 kilometres north of the township.

The PM made it clear rebel MPs won’t stop the government from making the 2050 climate target a binding pledge at the upcoming UN climate summit.

The ABC has announced it will review - and not before time - the way it handles complaints from viewers.

A NSW bureaucrat has told a corruption inquiry it would have been critical to know then-treasurer Gladys Berejiklian was in a relationship with disgraced former Liberal MP Daryl Maguire at the time she was advocating for a multimillion-dollar grant i...

The Victorian government’s delay in allowing retailers to fully reopen as restrictions ease on Friday has been labelled hypocritical and impractical, with stores limited to outdoor shopping and click and collect.

Why does China have Taiwan in its sights? What does Taiwan want? And how would the US – and Australia – be likely to respond if there was an attack?

New pools could be built in parts of Sydney Harbour under plans to improve the swimming options within the iconic waterway.

Can you forgive a horse one bad run? If so, you have to give Verry Elleegant a big chance in Saturday’s Cox Plate, says part owner Brae Sokolski.

Postponed elective surgery procedures are set to return as early as next week as COVID-19 hospitalisations in NSW continue to decline.

Allies, business groups, investors, church leaders and farmers have all urged the federal government to increase its 2030 commitment.

A Seven West Media director says a report he commissioned from a Walkley-award winning journalist into war crime allegations was legally privileged and should not be produced in court.

It’s alleged the man twice attacked policewomen mounted on horses at anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne.

In Sydney, balloons, posters and smiling teachers welcomed thousands of students through the gates, as kindergarten and year 1 students became the first primary school children to attend school full-time since the end of June.

Everything you need to know to back a winner at the meeting in the Northern Rivers.

The young girl was last seen inside her family’s tent at the Quobba blow holes campsite at 1.30am on Saturday morning. When her mother woke at 6am, Cleo and her sleeping bag were gone.

Australian women will need to keep visiting a GP to renew their contraceptive pill prescription after the regulator rejected a proposal to allow pharmacists to sell it over the counter.

The mayor also admitted spending $15,000 of his own money on branch stacking in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.

Queenslanders are being urged to get vaccinated ahead of hard reopening dates announced on Monday.

Look out beaches, breweries and basically anything that isn’t confined to 15 kilometres of home. I’m free and I’m comin’.

The three-time Melbourne Cup winner won The Everest and a Golden Eagle during his latest stint in Sydney, but has endured a horror spring thus far in 2021.

Leek Alleer on Saturday broke the running vertical jump record with ease in South Australia’s combine, shattering previous records set by Kyron Hayden and Nic Naitanui.

Parts of Queensland’s coast were hit by a band of severe thunderstorms, as a tornado was recorded south-west of Toowoomba.

Australia is on par with Saudi Arabia and Russia as one of the least attractive destinations for green investment, as the world switches to a cleaner energy future.

Members of a Melbourne family are calling for a major overhaul of the state’s firearm registry after an inquest into their mother’s murder uncovered an “inadequate” police investigation and data that more than 100,000 guns remain missing.

A Fair Work commissioner who branded vaccination mandates “medical apartheid” has been criticised in a NSW Supreme Court judgment.

For a fortnight, an overpowering stench — likened to rotten eggs, corpses and faeces — has been wafting from a channel that spills into Los Angeles Harbour.

A Richmond AFLW player has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating as per government regulations.

The slight rise in infections came as the state geared up to end some of its restrictions on Friday.

The former Daily Show comedian has returned with a new series on Apple TV+.

A man who repeatedly raped his wife and whose years of brutal, cruel and degrading abuse left a judge struggling to find the words to describe his conduct has been jailed for 15 years.

An inquiry into Rio Tinto’s blasting of the Juukan Gorge caves has recommended giving traditional owners the right to withhold consent to works on their land.

Incentivise has been penalised 1.5 kilograms for his slashing Caulfield Cup win. No horse bar Makybe Diva has carried 57 or more to win the Melbourne Cup since 1977.

Britain’s counter-terrorism police believe David Amess was not targeted by his alleged terrorist killer but picked at random as part of a plot to murder any MP.

Papua New Guinea is experiencing a challenging COVID outbreak and steps need to be taken to combat vaccine misinformation in the country.

Prosecutors will not push ahead with a traffic fine handed to prominent Brisbane councillor Jonathan Sri.

The Perth-based micro-investments start-up’s chief operating officer, Tracey Plowman, says crypto assets give women a way to take control of their finances outside the typically male-dominated world of traditional finance.

The Queensland government has released its COVID-19 vaccination roadmap, which outlines how travellers can enter the state.

Woodside is considering rolling out US solar thermal generation in Australia but will first trial the technology in California.