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.

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.

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. 

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

You didn’t need to have met Fran Kelly to know her as your friend. After 17 years at the helm of Breakfast on Radio National, she’s decided to bow out. I’ve been privileged to have been first a listener - and then a colleague and personal frien...

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.

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

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.

Some politicians have still not got the message about the need for transparency and the risk of abuse of public trust.

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

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.

The head of Victoria’s triple-zero call service has resigned after months of concerns that too many people are facing life-threatening delays when they call during an emergency.

The Queensland Premier has poured water on her deputy Steven Miles’ “second roadmap” of rules for businesses allowing people who have not been jabbed.

A large section of cliff near the Great Ocean Road collapsed onto a beach after authorities closed the area weeks ago over fears that it would give way after heavy rain.

Doctors are expecting a surge in undiagnosed cancers and other neglected medical conditions as Victoria emerges from its sixth lockdown.

Police have revealed they believe there may have been people around the campsite where Cleo Smith was last seen that didn’t check in. They said the chances of finding her alive were fading.

Victoria reached two major vaccine milestones on Thursday, hitting its 70 per cent double-dose vaccination target and surpassing the 90 per cent first dose mark

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The finalists for this year’s Walkley Awards have been named, and The Age has a number of contenders among the most outstanding journalism in Australia.

They inflicted more than $32,000 in damage at the prison, including smearing peanut butter on CCTV cameras to obscure them.

In a FAQ document about the new vaccine mandates covering about 1 million people, WA Health revealed its border vaccination rules would be extended to ‘very low risk’ states by next month.

Queensland’s top cop said it appeared the man, so sick health authorities have had difficulties speaking with him, had not “done the right thing” in regard to his travel.

A spike in cases in the Albury region has driven a rise in NSW’s numbers, with more than half of infections now outside the city.

Lawyers for the former Melbourne principal facing 70 child abuse charges are weighing up whether to seek a report on her fitness to stand trial next year.

Today on Please Explain, legal affairs reporter Michaela Whitbourn joins Nathanael Cooper to bring us up to speed on what’s happened so far at the ICAC.

The need for the Gold Coast to lift its vaccination levels has been made starkly apparent as the city records a new virus case on Thursday.

Demand for counselling on pregnancy termination, including a big jump among women 18 weeks pregnant, rose sharply as women faced combined pressures.

Everyone can play their part in reducing global emissions. But some choices make a bigger difference than others.

A string of historic sexual assault allegations against Dr Con Kyriacou will not be heard in court because he has been found unfit to stand trial.

Multiple journalists and photographers from The Sydney Morning Herald are finalists in the 66th annual Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism.

Attorney-General John Quigley publicly continues to support Neville Owen’s appointment to oversee the Perth Casino Royal Commission, but privately has said he was unaware of the former judge’s relationship with billionaire Kerry Stokes.

Indonesian fishing vessels are illegally entering Australian waters and reaping fish in unprecedented numbers armed with knowledge they won’t face prosecution from Border Force.

The Australian Federal Police launched an investigation into the illicit cargo, estimated to be worth $184 million, hidden inside heavy machinery which arrived at Port Botany.

As Melbourne prepares to reopen up on Friday, it’s time to lose the lockdown loungewear and get ready to face the world.

Adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism doesn’t make Jewish people one iota safer, nor acts of anti-Semitism any less likely.

The Commonwealth must rise to the challenge set by the Juukan Gorge recommendations and co-design heritage protection laws with our First Peoples.

NSW Premier Perrottet will make his own decisions then announce them as he sees fit without giving a fig if anyone’s ego is bruised in the process. If that means Morrison’s, so be it.

Hamilton feels the squeeze in Sydney.

The NSW government has been accused of watering down modern slavery legislation, with new Premier Dominic Perrottet now being lobbied by a host of religious leaders to ensure the landmark reforms are delivered in full.

A group of Melbourne surgeons say privately insured patients are being discriminated against under a state government deal to prioritise public patients for elective surgery in the private system.

With few leads, no signs of where she went and no suspects — in the case of an abduction — it is like the four-year-old was spirited away from her family’s camping trip to Point Quobba, less than an hour’s drive north from their home.

It is very disappointing to see that the assisted dying bill has been delayed. It means that suffering people at the end of life will have to suffer a bit longer.

Sydney’s train network has become the first in Australia to transition to net zero emissions after the NSW government moved to power the massive transport system with renewable energy.

Analysis by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has found the Delta variant has mostly spread from adult to adult, less frequently from adult to child and is only rarely transmitted between children.