Follow along for all the major moments and reaction from the race that stops the nation - the 2021 Melbourne Cup.

Surely, those that want to bag the Melbourne Cup and treatment to horses couldn’t find fault with Tuesday’s chapter.

When former Rebels back Sione Tuipulotu runs out against the Wallabies at Murrayfield on Sunday, his grandmother will be cheering him on in the middle of the night back home in Melbourne.

The best jockey in the country came up with a Melbourne Cup ride for the ages from a barrier that had long been cursed. How did he do it?

Victorians are gearing up for another Melbourne Cup, the NSW government is optimistic about hitting a 95 per cent vaccination rate and the PM has hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron.

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

Verry Elleegant has been a project for James McDonald - and the work the jockey has put in over the last three years was rewarded in spectacular style at Flemington on Tuesday.

Australia reverse recent heavy losses against Bangladesh and the West Indies if they are to make the last four in the T20 World Cup.

Does whipping cause pain to a horse? And does it improve their performance?

Melbourne star is in a ‘really good headspace’ as he recovers from alcohol issues, according to Storm chairman Matt Tripp.

Mental health experts from the Australian Institute of Sport will be on hand to assist those impacted by the complaints process into Football Australia.

After more days in lockdown than any other city in the world, this was the day Melbourne needed. And with a recent history marred by tragedy, it was the race the Melbourne Cup needed more.

What came as a welcome surprise to supporters shocked the member for Kew, who had naively assumed friendship and factional allegiance would protect him.

The finishing order is in for the 161st running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington. It’s the race that stops a nation and this year was no different. Future Score was scratched on Tuesday morning.

The bulk of the NSW government’s pandemic recovery spending is earmarked for western Sydney, but only a fraction of the money will come from the sale of the WestConnex motorway.

Australia’s decision to leak text messages from French President Emmanuel Macron made some officials believe a line had been crossed that risked alienating the Biden administration.

Tralee Rose was sent to Werribee Veterinary Hospital for precautionary scans after the 161st running of the Melbourne Cup, but she has escaped serious injury.

Police say the 38-year-old man allegedly attacked a probationary constable about 11.20am at a unit on Punt Road, Gladesville.

It was a day of Shetland ponies and can-can dancers, as Melburnians who weren’t trackside found their own way to mark the Cup or just get out in the beautiful weather.

NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell announced the end of school banking programs effective from the start of 2022.

Call it the Melbourne Cup that could. All it took was a first November Tuesday of unseasonably warm weather and a government green light for a crowd of 10,000 to return to Flemington for The Race that Stops a Nation™.

A jury must decide whether the accused is a wife killer or, in his words, a “coward” who ran away while a mystery attacker beat his wife to death.

The RBA has wound back one part of its support for the economy, but it is still pumping billions of dollars into the country to tighten the jobs market.

The Chinese President told his colleagues in Rome and Glasgow that he was “delivering concrete actions”, while trying to put out a fire in his own backyard.

Verry Elleegant, the winner of this year’s Cup, bolted down the Flemington straight like a teenager released from lockdown.

There was plenty of debate about the quality of this year’s Cup field, but the European raiders say critics don’t know what they are talking about.

Hun Sen has questioned when Australia will deliver on a pledge of 2 million Pfizer doses, saying he will buy more from China if they don’t turn up.

Beach Energy boss Matt Kay has abruptly resigned from the Kerry Stokes-backed oil and gas producer, effective immediately

At the Toowoomba racecourse, 1300km from the Melbourne Cup, everyone was cheering on local favourite Incentivise. His second place finish left mixed emotions.

Court approves long-delayed plan to tackle increasing damage to unique alpine ecosystems.

Distressed aged care residents were left to fend for themselves in deadly coronavirus outbreaks last year, with a new report re-igniting calls for a national inquiry.

A sleep expert has told the District Court it is unlikely Kenneth Grant was sleepwalking when his car fatally ran over a man in 2019.

A 13-year-old girl accused of being an accomplice to a school stabbing by smuggling a 25-centimetre kitchen knife in her bag had texted “that sounds fun” and “that’s so cool” about the plot, according to prosecutors.

As winner Verry Elleegant crossed the finish line, the crowd cheered before breaking into a mass rendition of Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline”.

Verry Elleegant stamped herself as a champion of the turf, but one of her exuberant owners turned to the hurdles as he leapt into the mounting yard in a breach of COVID protocols.

Colour, tradition and a dash of celebrity produced memorable looks on the field at Flemington’s signature race day.

The high-class four-year-old boasts one of the most impressive home-track records of any galloper in Australia as she heads to Grafton.

Everything you need to know to pick a winner on today’s eight-race card.

The bank has conceded a rate rise in 2023 is “entirely plausible” but pushed back at suggestions it could be lifting rates early next year.

Thousands of Victorians are still without power, while mobile and internet services remain down for many as the clean-up from Friday’s strong winds continues.

A shared cycling and walking path branching off into surrounding parks will be a key feature of a 16-kilometre motorway connecting the future Western Sydney airport to the rest of the city.

While world leaders gather for climate talks in Glasgow, a Sydney trial has heard a plan to frack in the Northern Territory would drive Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions up.

Verry Elleegant showed she is best of her generation with dominant Melbourne Cup victory.

There may not have been the same atmosphere as when 100,000 people pack the track, but those in attendance were thrilled to be part of the action.

Damning report admits Queensland’s domestic violence services are not always accessible, are not tailored to consider safety and service responses are inconsistent.

Greenvale residents have been waiting for a local high school for more than 20 years. But its front gates remain locked for foundation principal Mark Natoli, as he prepares for its opening next year.

Sport and Recreation Minister Tony Buti announced Guy Houston’s appointment to the VenuesWest board alongside UWA director Chris Massey.

Market forces have done the heavy lifting on Australia’s decarbonising push but, in part, it’s a default leadership courtesy of a government policy vacuum.

Melburnians enjoyed their hottest day in more than seven months as crowds flocked to Flemington Racecourse, while the temperature in Mildura soared to 44.7 degrees.

Sydney’s leading jockey James McDonald has been Australia’s pre-eminent rider for the past three years, but Melbourne’s spring majors had eluded the star Kiwi-born hoop until Tuesday.