Melbourne F1 supremo Andrew Westacott has vowed to vigorously fight off any Sydney push to steal the Grand Prix when the contract expires in 2025.

Melbourne’s cafes, restaurants and bars are preparing to reopen, NSW’s anti-corruption inquiry continues and Australia has reached its 70 per cent double-dose vaccination target.

Andrew Abdo maintained the league had no plans to enforce mandatory vaccination, but admitted state public health orders or the requirements of airlines may end up forcing the issue.

Racing NSW has acted swiftly to hand down disqualifications to Bjorn Baker’s ex-foreman and two stablehands over an incident at the Warwick Farm horse pool in August.

Nathan Lyon believes England’s talisman Ben Stokes will be a surprise call-up for the Ashes, after photos emerged of the injured all-rounder back in the nets.

The weight-for-age championship will feature an anomaly, with not one of the 10 contenders having won previously at Moonee Valley. But does it really matter?

Victoria will follow the lead of NSW and no longer expect travellers to isolate either at home or in hotels if they are fully vaccinated and test negative to COVID-19 on arrival.

While authorities considered seizing the Obeids’ assets, the Tax Office instead pursued the family – not for $30m – just the tax that should have been paid on it.

Having already trained the likes of Kostya Tszyu and Jeff Fenech to world titles, Johnny Lewis came out of retirement in the belief his latest charge could follow suit.

The NSW government took just months to approve 900 schools for air conditioning before the last election but almost three years to reject the vast majority of schools that applied in a second round held shortly afterwards.

Lead investigator Superintendent Rod Wilde on Thursday confirmed the investigation was now stretching nationwide.

Debate has broken out over a Burnet Institute study that concluded mandatory face mask wearing likely helped turn around Victoria’s second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

Chief Justice Tom Bathurst will retire from the job in March after almost 11 years as NSW’s top judge.

Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp will host in an online citizenship ceremony for 80 people on Friday - the first of eight online ceremonies in the next month. 

The former Spice Girl has worked with The Woolmark Company on a capsule knitwear collection that can be traced back to five Australian farms.

Bell Shakespeare Company has announced it will stage its first-ever musical, A Midsummer Night’s Dream like no other.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will be asked to commit more funds to regional Australia in a new list of demands from Nationals MPs that could secure a deal by Sunday on climate change policy.

Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Wade are options at the top of the order if selectors opt to move on David Warner, but it would be a major deviation from a strategy selection chairman Trevor Hohns said was well advanced as far back as June.

His new media group, which also plans to offer streaming news and entertainment, is underwritten by a mysterious Miami private funding venture.

At least eight opposition MPs have expressed anger at the Victorian Liberal leader and his new equality spokesman, James Newbury, for abandoning a party room agreement to address concerns raised by medical, legal and faith groups.

Why throw money only at the parents of school-aged children? Share the love, Dominic Perrottet.

AFL players and football staff will not participate in the AFL and AFLW competitions in 2022 unless they are vaccinated under the league’s vaccination policy.

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Dr Daniel Lanzer, a dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon, attempted to halt the episode due to air on Monday over claims it disclosed confidential information.

See the best pictures from our photographers as the city has endured the most day in lockdown in the world finally gets some freedom

The NSW government’s recovery strategy targets regions, industries and social groups badly affected by lockdowns.

Despite having some of the toughest anti-vax laws in Asia - and rising COVID deaths - the city-state cannot persuade elderly holdouts who fear side effects.

The privileges committee is considering rules around anonymous donors after MPs asked it to examine Christian Porter’s use of a trust to fund legal fees.

Greens MP Jenny Leong sponsored the petition with support of government MP Felicity Wilson and Labor’s Marjorie O’Neill.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the Hunter Valley meeting.

Sam Clipperton is confident in the horse power he has for The Invitation and Bondi Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

Randwick winner War Eternal looks to join Zaaki and Lost And Running in carrying the Holt colours to victory in a stakes race.

Mark Newnham knows a dry track will help Skymax break through at Randwick on Saturday, when stable favourite Quackerjack also returns.

The veteran rider had so much nerve pain last year he was almost riding with one arm. But his comeback is gathering momentum - and he has a message for those doubting if he’s still got it.

We’re leaving lockdown but the pandemic remains. The Age’s health and science team answers our questions on vaccinations, extra protections and what it all means for our still unvaccinated children.

Three-time Hawthorn premiership star Jack Gunston is ramping up his training, having managed only one match this season because of back issues.

The Reserve Bank has recorded a $4.3 billion accounting loss and admits higher interest rates could further hit its bottom line.

Australia’s cryptocurrency industry has raised concerns a new set of proposed regulatory reforms could be delayed if not made a priority.

Cross-code winger Tom Wright has beaten Jordan Petaia to the spot left vacant by Marika Koroibete as the Wallabies prepare to face Japan on Saturday.

Nobody expected a celebratory chat at the Doomben races less than two months ago to take Startante’s owners all the way to one of Sydney’s big-money races.

Alan Joyce says Qantas will return to pre-COVID levels of domestic flying by January, with the reopening of state borders expected to spark a rapid recovery in travel.

The head of Australia’s peak body of insurers has said the public money spent raising the Warragamba Dam wall would be better spent buying back land in western Sydney that never should’ve been developed in the first place.

A NSW bureaucrat has told a corruption inquiry that then-premier Gladys Berejiklian appeared to have a personal interest in securing a controversial grant for a gun club in Wagga Wagga in early 2017.

A grand final winner with Penrith, Paul Momirovski has turned down an opportunity with the Warriors to return to the club he made his debut with back in 2018.

The ATO estimates nearly $34 billion worth of tax was not paid in the year before the pandemic hit, with small businesses responsible for the majority.

Dale: “I had to build a band exactly the same as Bill Haley’s Comets.”

A special ruling from NSW Health has come as a huge relief for amateur musicians everywhere.

Major retail conglomerate Wesfarmers says its Target and Kmart stores have been most heavily impacted by lockdowns across Sydney and Melbourne.

Elon Musk’s electric carmaker hasn’t been too troubled the semiconductor shortage and supply chain challenges that have stymied its rivals.

Eddie Obeid, his son Moses, and Ian Macdonald all received jail sentences on Thursday but Eddie Obeid received bail amid concerns over him contracting COVID.