Defence lawyers could be included in the definition of “public justice official” under law reform being considered in NSW by Attorney General Mark Speakman.

While most of Australia will watch the Melbourne Cup on television this year Margaret Duncan is one of the few racegoers to have secured a ticket to attend the 160-year-old horse race.

Stars including footballer Christian Petracca, MasterChef winner Diana Chan and model Montana Cox were given the tricky task of publicising an event to a public that couldn’t buy tickets.

Up to 1000 residents along the Peninsula could be without power until Friday after storms and heavy winds downed lines and disrupted Victoria’s grid last week.

Fully vaccinated international travellers now able to skip mandatory hotel quarantine in Sydney and Melbourne, unvaccinated Queenslanders have missed a key target and the leaders of the world’s biggest economies have failed to agree on how to achie...

Local MPs need to advocate for their communities, but governments need to ensure taxpayer dollars are distributed fairly and transparently across the state.

Roadside bins from a distance stretching some 600 kilometres along the coastline where Cleo Smith went missing have been scoured by police.

The accused drug dealer was granted bail after a magistrate found he was not getting proper access to his lawyer and documents needed to defend himself in jail. He disappeared four days after his release.

Data shows 93.6 per cent of NSW residents aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Home-based COVID tests are about to hit supermarket and pharmacy shelves. They take just 15-30 minutes to reveal if you have the virus or not.

More than 170 people have been contacted by Queensland Health after the error at the pop-up clinic south of Brisbane. 

From “I regarded him a part of my love circle” to “I’ll throw money at Wagga, lots of it, don’t you worry about that”.

WA Police are searching for a Willetton Senior High School student who fled school grounds after stabbing a female teacher.

As the punters turn to Melbourne for the race that stops a nation, in the state’s west their eyes are on a different prize.

Dr Jeannette Young has been sworn in as Queensland’s 27th Governor, while her temporary replacement as Chief Health Officer insists nothing will change about Queensland’s response to the pandemic.

The rise in video conferencing is leading Aussie workers to grow more self-conscious about their appearance, to an unhealthy extent, new studies show.

The retention of the 373 route from Coogee to Sydney’s CBD is one of the adjustments to the overhaul following an outcry from local communities.

Melbourne Cup Day is back at Flemington this year with up to 10,000 punters allowed back to the track.

I have an emotional connection with the Spring Racing Carnival, but it’s hard not to have mixed feelings about the Cup.

WA man Ethan Carter arrived in Sydney from Los Angeles, after two years abroad, on one of the first international flights which require no quarantining. But he is facing an uncertain wait to find out if he can travel west to see his ailing mother.

Meals can wait, so masks stay on.

Iranian asylum seeker Omid Masoumali, 24, doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire on Nauru in April 2016.

A 36-year-old man allegedly tried to fraudulently take away bushfire and COVID-19 disaster relief payments from the NSW government and various charities.

NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman expressed hope that the government’s answers to the drug reform recommendations will be delivered by Christmas. He added that he would be disappointed if a response failed to occur before the end of the year.

Political and international editor Peter Hartcher joins Bianca Hall to discuss the outcomes of the G20 summit in Rome, and Australia’s diplomatic stumbles along the way.

The ICAC’s public inquiry will start at 9am. The former premier will be grilled for a second day about multimillion-dollar grants or promises made to organisations in Mr Maguire’s electorate. She denies wrongdoing.

Kenneth Grant is facing a trial in Newcastle District Court accused of dangerous driving occasioning death after he allegedly ran over his friend Tony Greenfield in the Hunter region.

Victoria has recorded 1471 COVID-19 cases and four deaths as dozens of excited Australians jetted off overseas for the first time in about 19 months.

Police on Monday confirmed the 36-year-old, Duran Raman, remained in hospital and had been fined for breach last month while he was infectious with COVID-19.

Queensland records no community cases of COVID-19 on Monday as it works to vaccinate as many people as possible, with 4000 health workers suspended for not being vaccinated.

There were tears and cheers as overseas passengers were allowed to walk out of the arrivals gate at Sydney airport and into the arms of their families on Monday.

A net zero emissions plan that embodies the Australian Way would respond to the climate crisis with the urgency it demands.

Twenty years ago, I studied the killings of Aboriginal people in WA by non-Aboriginals, observing a pattern of discrimination where brutality echoed that of the frontier, writes Associate Professor Hannah McGlade.

There’s not one Italian family restaurant in Northbridge and only one in the CBD, in a sign that the inner-city precincts are definitely not family-friendly.

The Body Shop is one of the first major retailers in Australia to launch open hiring, making it easier for the homeless, single parents, young carers and First Nations Australians to get jobs.

Scott Morrison attends pivotal global climate talks today without a 2030 emissions reduction target that passes international muster.

A number of shops and food outlets remain closed more than two weeks after the easing of lockdown restrictions because of a lack of customers and staff shortages.

Taking a wicket off his final ball in Test cricket was just part of the story of a man who dedicated much of his life to the sport.

There is a sense that words uttered about climate change have no connection to reality, but only to immediate political need.

A two-horse race for Gladys Berejiklian’s former seat is getting even more crowded.

And it’s nothing compared to our roads, where traffic is at near pre-pandemic levels.

Million-dollar beachside property, country retreats and horse racing assets of some of the accused in one of the country’s biggest drug importations have been seized.

It is a mistake to believe that training in cosmetic surgery happens in the ordinary course of training plastic surgeons. It does not.

Like most of my cohort I have occasionally used illicit recreational drugs. And alcohol has caused many people I know far more trouble than cocaine or cannabis.

The ICAC has exposed, for our scrutiny, the political culture of our country: so degraded and partisan that politicians see nothing wrong in using our money to buy votes for their party.

Coastal schools got funding while suburban schools in Sydney’s “hot triangle” missed out.

A draft proposal outlines a plan for a cultural centre that could house the nation’s first “Black Parliament” and serve as a cultural hub.

Concerns about underquoting have intensified during the pandemic as potential buyers have witnessed house prices across Melbourne soar.

The ICAC is absolutely correct to press former premier Gladys Berejiklian on her secret relationship with Daryl Maguire.

Former PM’s funeral attended by 450,000, names taken and beer price rise.