Rising star Will Pucovski will miss the clash between NSW and Victoria at Drummoyne Oval with concussion, but four former Test batsmen hope to revive their international careers.

There has been widespread criticism of the modelling Australia has relied on during this pandemic. But has the flak been justified?

How many years should Parramatta offer Clint Gutherson? That’s the multi-million dollar question as the club loses Andrew Johns to Newcastle.

Crown will today learn whether it will retain its Melbourne casino licence, the Prime Minister will unveil green energy policies as soon as today and NSW’s anti-corruption inquiry continues.

David Anderson told a Senate hearing the ABC agreed to pay journalist Louise Milligan’s legal costs when she was sued by Andrew Laming because it feared further financial exposure.

National stevedoring company Patrick wants to tear up its pay agreement for more than 1000 workers, escalating their dispute ahead of Christmas deliveries.

The hearings took a dramatic turn when Sarah Cruickshank revealed Berejiklian had misled her about the status of her relationship with Daryl Maguire.

Coles will be the first to stock the 15-minute rapid antigen tests across 700 stores nationally. Woolworths will start stocking tests from early November.

The most recent grand slam had rules unvaccinated players that did not apply to vaccinated players.

A trainer has nominated the Ricky Stuart Foundation as his charity of choice to receive a percentage of his Golden Eagle winnings – because his own son has autism.

Patients must be empowered to make informed decisions about cosmetic surgery and the regulator must immediately step up to ensure providers have been properly vetted.

Traditional owners from two low-lying islands in the Torres Strait fear they will become Australia’s first climate change refugees because of the government’s failure to reduce emissions.

Lawyers representing an Afghan asylum seeker who caught COVID-19 say his detention in Carlton’s Park Hotel is putting him in danger.

Alex de Minaur will headline Australia’s assault at the Davis Cup finals next month, the nation’s No.1 men’s player set for a busy program of singles action.

Barely out of lockdown, there are plenty of seriously good reasons to be distracted from house cleaning.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is promising billions of dollars in further spending on climate policies to reach a new official target to slash greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.

The sudden restrictions come 100 days out from the start of the Winter Olympics and two weeks before a key Chinese Communist Party meeting in Beijing.

Abdul Nacer Benbrika is appealing a court’s decision that he poses an unacceptable risk to the community if released.

Health Minister Martin Foley said transparent decision-making was at the heart of the new legislation, but the Opposition decried it as an “incredible attack on democracy”. 

Crypto-curious Australian investors could soon be able to invest in Bitcoin and other digital currencies via an ASX-listed exchange-traded fund (ETF).

Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein are the latest labels creating fashion Frankensteins by tapping the cool power of competitors.

The former Nationals leader was riled up after his messages to the party’s private chat group about an “abhorrent” Terminator-themed net zero video were leaked to the media.

The Registered Organisations Commission has been examining whether the influential union failed to remove unfinancial members, inflating its numbers.

In explosive evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption on Tuesday, Sarah Cruickshank said Ms Berejiklian first disclosed the relationship to her on July 13, 2018.

The government’s plan to spend billions on new technology to reach net zero greenhouse emissions is a risk to taxpayers, economists say.

The new Spotify podcast Who is Daniel Johns? finds the enigmatic frontman confronting his struggle with fame.

Steve Smith knows what star England all-rounder Ben Stokes meant when he gripped the bat after finger surgery and immediately thought “I’m back”.

Last year’s WBBL champions are now sitting at the bottom of the ladder after a stunning bowling display from Kim Garth helped the Stars to victory.

Robert Price got exactly the kind of barrier he wanted for star gelding Count De Rupee, especially given the other options.

Melbourne’s CBD is showing signs of coming back to life as the city emerges from lockdown, but some traders will be hoping for further increases in visitors.

Crown Resorts’ retention of its prized Victorian casino licence despite years of egregious legal and moral breaches has emboldened investors in the beaten-down sector, and could reignite take over interest in the gambling giant. 

Dance fans can get a fix online while waiting for live shows to be ramped up again.

Six races are programmed for Sydney’s midweek meeting in the city’s inner west.

It has been smooth sailing to date for unbeaten mare Norwegian Bliss in her two career starts so trainer Nathan Doyle is ready to find out if she can swim in deeper waters.

An oversight panel has set out a blueprint for what countries must do in the next two months to fix this pandemic and cope with the next.

Mako married her fiance Kei Komuro today with only a press conference for ceremony, exiting the Japanese Imperial family and leaving behind just 12 women and five men.

A South Korean network provider is insisting Netflix should cough up for the bandwidth its hit show uses.

Two new and similar court cases challenging vaccine mandates will be heard in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Researchers set out to show how much heat hurt students’ test results, but found the opposite; cold had a greater impact.

The NBA’s newest Australian recruit Jacqui Dover has had a rapid rise, having only overseen her first NBL match last season.

Members of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal are concerned they will all be tarred by reports of some among their ranks finishing little or no work.

Taxes will pay for the government’s plan to cut emissions. But the plan is short on detail and relies on magic boxes to deliver key elements.

Godolphin’s managing director Vin Cox believes Alegron’s placing behind Profondo in the group 1 Spring Champion Stakes is the strongest form line heading into Saturday’s VRC Derby.

David Thomson, 60, was riding his bike in Ballarat in the early hours of last Thursday when police allege he was struck and killed by a sedan.

“If we have any restrictions brought in, which we expect we will, they’re after the school holidays,” WA Premier Mark McGowan said on Tuesday.

The Australian Ballet’s artistic director David Hallberg pulled off an international coup, securing work from some of the world’s most revered choreographers.

The perils of picking overseas-based players has come to back to bite after Kerevi and McMahon declined to take part in the tour of the UK.

State MP Colin Boyce, who is vying for a federal seat in central Qld, plans to campaign against achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

Ben Tondeleir, who suffered from severe epilepsy, has undergone brain surgery while completely awake, in a first for Queensland, through Brisbane’s Mater Hospital.

There will be premium coverage of the Inter Dominion series on Sky Thoroughbred Central after a deal between Racing NSW, Harness Racing NSW and Tabcorp.