Hackers worked undetected inside Sunwater for nine months.

New South Wales will allow fully vaccinated international students back on campus without needing to quarantine.

The weather bureau is warning of flash flooding in some areas after large parts of the state’s northeast were drenched and Melbourne shivered through its coldest November day since 2007.

Queensland has lifted its vaccination rate but is still last in the country on first doses, as authorities urged residents to get the vaccine ahead of border reopenings.

A man charged with culpable driving causing death over a crash in Melbourne’s south-east that killed a traffic controller has failed in a bid to have his name suppressed.

The shift comes as Brisbane’s emerging global city status continues to draw interstate interest, and will soon attract international migrants and overseas investment.

A Brisbane TV journalist who refused to answer questions to protect a source can now be dragged back before a CCC hearing.

Avalon Beach and its rock pool community hold special places in Sally Mayman's heart. Every dawn during the 2021 winter lockdown she photographed the oceans raw energy and power, as well as her serene beauty.

NSW Parliament will today debate voluntary assisted dying legislation, Bert Newton’s state funeral is being held in Melbourne and international climate talks in Glasgow are drawing to a close.

A Sydney lawyer who unsuccessfully challenged vaccine mandates has had his practising certificate suspended after social media posts found to undermine confidence in the justice system.

Police said an altercation occurred inside a Gold Coast unit and the 27-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to his upper right leg. 

The agency was on Friday ordered to pay more than $300,000 in damages to former employee Thomas Wood, who was sacked without notice after he helped police with their investigation into the murder of Nicole Cartwright.

Just weeks after his bid to topple Victoria’s lockdown measures failed, the man was in a drunken car crash that almost saw him locked down in prison.

Former Labor powerbroker is facing his final day in the witness stand in the anti-corruption commission inquiry into branch stacking and misuse of taxpayer money.

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.

Police allege Elijah Cage, 26, also sexually assaulted a woman in the back of the getaway car as it sped away.

Nearly two years on, the recovery continues – and new side-effects emerge – for those scorched by the 2019-20 bushfires.

The jailed driver was doing at least 120km/h in a 60km/h zone when he killed two people at Windsor in Brisbane’s north.

Authorities are keeping a “very close eye” on the Lachlan River, including for any flood evacuations, while Sydneysiders should expect a cold and windy weekend.

One fertility expert says the ‘stupidest decision you will make’ if pregnant or planning to be is to not get a COVID vaccination.

A 30-year-old Sunshine Coast man was charged with 43 child abuse related offences and police allege the man was sexually exploiting a child. 

A man accused of assaulting four police officers in the midst of chaotic anti-lockdown demonstrations has been granted bail after telling a magistrate he doesn’t want to be involved in protests anymore.

Journalist Jenny Noyes has just returned from Boggabilla and, today on Please Explain, she joins Nathanael Cooper to talk about the crisis the town faces.

A state funeral for iconic Australian entertainer Bert Newtown takes place at St Patrick's Cathedral on November 12 in Melbourne, Australia. Newton died at his home on October 30, aged 83. Newton was an award-winning actor featuring in Australian fil...

WA Police revealed a man has been charged after allegedly offering a nurse money in exchange for a fraudulent vaccination record.

There is a push to revive enrolments in Indonesian language studies, which have slid while interest in other Asian languages like Mandarin and Japanese grows.

These elements work well together – the creamy chicken with the jelly-like tofu and the fiery, vinegary sauce topping it off.

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Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week, confusion during a break-up.

An investigation is under way as Yeerongpilly residents fear the magpies died from eating poisoned meat.

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The state funeral for Australian actor Bert Newton at St Patrick's Cathedral on November 12, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Bert Newtown died in his home on October 30, 2021, at age 83. Newton was an award-winning entertainer whose seven-decade career...

The Greens MP found a nine-day stint trying to live the life of a welfare recipient isolating.

Queensland has reported two new COVID-19 cases in home quarantine, linked to a NSW border zone cluster, with mystery Gold Coast infections raising concern about schoolies celebrations.

The alleged cocaine importer did not appear in a Sydney court hearing on Friday after he was returned to custody in NSW.

From Saturday, staff at building sites across Victoria will be required to have received both doses of the coronavirus vaccine to attend work.

An informer gave one of the investigators the name of a possible suspect: local factory worker Pavel “Mad Max” Marinof.

Active steps will need to be taken to obtain sexual consent under new Victorian laws, after a sweeping review found victim experiences in the justice system were “horrifying”.

Parts of NSW have already received more than a month’s rain in one day while a campground was evacuated in the middle of the night due to rising floodwaters.

The weather bureau predicts most of the rainfall would occur on Friday morning and easing into the evening.

There are concerns WA will fall short of reaching its 90 per cent vaccination target with data revealing one in every eight people remain hesitant to get the jab.

Spare a thought for the ALP national secretary Paul Erickson who is currently focused on logistics

The toilet paper frenzy of 2020 was nothing compared to what is about to take place in Australia over the next two months.

World leaders have spent almost two weeks working out how to combat climate change, but as COP26 draws to a close today, one key issue is yet to be addressed: turning waste into a resource.

Melbourne has become the knockdown and rebuild capital of Australia, with some suburbs adding four new homes for each one lost to the wreckers since 2016.

The notice triggered by Australian authorities said Tarek Zahed was widely known for involvement in serious crimes. 

New research has flipped the common conception that the gut microbiome influences autism symptoms, instead showing the opposite relationship between the two.

Oddly, I believed that a government should lead. Our government seems to believe that it’s up to everybody other than itself to do the hard yards. The “can-do capitalism” Morrison refers to attempts to absolve his government from all responsibi...

No English, no vote, underground casino plan and death plot

The Herald’s education reporter Natassia Chrysanthos has been named Young Journalist of the Year, while Lucy Cormack and Kate McClymont won the award for outstanding court and legal affairs reporting.