First beetles, duelling wits and forgetting koels.

The former Labor minister has conceded some of his actions could be categorised as corruption, while admitting he lost all perspective during a factional war and should be condemned for his behaviour.

Carlton are working with a player who is yet to be vaccinated as the deadline draws near for all players to have the COVID-19 jab.

Tim Smith’s federal colleagues assumed his career would take a hit, but that Opposition Leader Matthew Guy would stand by him. That’s how it would have played out at the federal level.

Maurice Longbottom says reports of the team’s behaviour on a flight home from the Tokyo Olympics were overblown - but the players were still worried about the consequences for the sevens program.

We see the world through a thick lens generated by our brains, and it changes the way we view sport.

The NRL has not slammed the door shut on Tyrone May as the governing body finalises their investigations into the James Tedesco ‘Squid Game’ incident.

Police had pleaded with the alleged gunmen to hand himself in on Saturday.

Sydney University will triple its Welcome Week budget in February to revive the campus activity that has been dormant for almost two years.

Detectives have released images of two men they believe were involved in a hit-and-run that left one person dead and another with life-threatening injuries in Melbourne’s south-east.

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam was due to be hanged on Wednesday morning and become the first prisoner executed in Singapore since 2019.

The former state minister’s evidence pondered some big questions – what is corruption, really, and is conduct corrupt if someone else is doing more of it? – before his questioners lost patience.

Hitting the streets as he spruiks next-gen cars, the PM did what he does best: went full throttle at Labor and, in doing so, gave a new insight into how he will frame the next election.

If you only want “the same old recycling of the 19th century, of the same five operas” then next year’s Victorian Opera slate is not for you.

Free “gold standard” coronavirus tests could soon be a thing of the past if states don’t pick up the tab as the federal government reviews its funding of the screening for next year.

Officers conducted CPR on the 45-year-old until paramedics arrived at a home in Seven Hills, but he could not be revived.

Racing NSW continues to build on its spring success, as the Golden Eagle gets stakes lift.

The cast of the Australian-made musical reveal their lowest and highest points on the journey to a long-awaited premiere.

Parts of NSW and Queensland could see up to 150 millimetres of rain this week, the bureau has warned. 

Australia’s women adopted the mantra of playing fearless cricket in its fairytale success last year, and their male colleagues are aiming to do something similar.

With unvaccinated players potentially locked out of Queensland venues in 2022, the RLPA has offered its view on how the clubs and the NRL should deal with those who choose not to get the jab.

Leisure travellers want to see the international border stay open for six months before venturing abroad, according to the local boss of airline giant Emirates. 

The controversial commuter car parks program has blown out by almost $100 million and will deliver fewer car parks than first promised.

One of Australia’s leading corporate bookmakers believes a heavily local Melbourne Cup field has had no detrimental impact on turnover on the race.

A country trainer has been fined $1000 after accidentally entering the wrong horse to compete in a race at Hamilton on Tuesday.

HSC exams begin today, Victoria’s anti-corruption hearings continue and the federal government is set to announce a policy to boost the take-up of electric vehicles.

Cracks in the inner west trams are so extensive they have been seen to open and close even while travelling on straight sections of the network, a transport official has revealed.

Victory on a good track in the Cessnock Cup last month has proven to punters that Unwavering Faith can win whatever the surface.

Everything you need to know to pick a winner on a competitive seven-race card.

Tennis champion Dylan Alcott has announced his retirement, saying that next January’s Australian Open will be his final tournament.

Parts of the state could see more than a month’s worth of rain over three days ahead of another predicted damp summer.

The AFL’s decision to ban pre-draft skinfold tests has divided opinion but concerns about their potential effect on players overlooked led to the decision.

As the number of billionaires grows and COVID-19 added incentives for avoiding crowds, the global luxury boat industry is rebounding fast.

A deal to establish an electric vehicle plant in the Latrobe Valley, creating 500 jobs, has collapsed three years after it was promised in the lead-up to the 2018 state election.

Unvaccinated shoppers have just two weeks left before non-essential outlets close their doors to them as Victoria prepares to reach the 90 per cent immunisation target.

Federal government data released on Tuesday afternoon showed 90.12 per cent of people aged 16 and over were double-dosed.

After COVID-19 severely restricted last year’s Remembrance Day commemorations, the RSL is hoping it can get back to pre-coronavirus levels of support on Thursday.

The Socceroos’ opponents on Thursday night have their tails up, and for good reason – the Arab kingdom’s imprint on world football has arguably never been greater.

Former Victorian government minister Adem Somyurek admitted he “lost all perspective” in his factional war, and that the attitude at the time was the end justified the means.

The strike force will seek to identify individuals who fraudulently sought grants after anomalies were detected in some applications in late October. 

The McGowan government’s support for Woodside’s $1 billion hydrogen plant is “confusing” and incompatible with achieving net zero emissions by 2050, according to a senior Fortescue executive.

Caitlin Cruz, 3, died at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in 2016. Her parents have called for changes to be made so such a death does not happen again.

The parkland and 430m boardwalk, which opened on Tuesday and links Mooloolaba to Alexandra Headland, consigns a beachside caravan park to the history books.

Aged care providers are calling for a special visa to bring workers from overseas, but unions say wages need to improve.

The Queensland government has announced a range of changes for the vaccinated population, as police plan to make changes to border crossings.

Details about enforcing vaccination rules for pubs and cafes have been revealed, while brides and grooms who want unlimited guests will need to uninvite anyone who refuses to be jabbed.

A police employee who lodged a claim for compensation for discrimination after she was allegedly raped by an officer two years ago has been fighting the police ever since.

Bookmakers are flouting NSW’s gambling laws by promoting free betting credits and other inducements to customers, with 14 different bookies charged for breaches this year.

Western countries are moving to split one of the long-standing voting blocs in the Conference of the Parties made up of Brazil, India, South Africa and China.

Zoos Victoria is getting a wildlife ambulance, upgraded hospital facilities and a health and welfare specialist thanks to money raised in the society’s bushfire appeal.