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The 2021 AFL draft is upon us and our live blog will have all the selections and major moments as the league’s newest players find out which clubs they will be joining.

All the selections from the 2021 AFL draft.

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is urging the Victorian government to allow elective surgery to operate at full capacity again now that coronavirus hospitalisations are declining.

Teeth from dozens of Australian children helped scientists confirm a theory about how Neanderthal children developed.

The Gold Coast and Goondiwindi clusters have officially ended, while the border reopening is on track after the state passed another vaccine rollout milestone.

What we know so far about leaving or entering Queensland for business or a Christmas getaway during the peak holiday season when the state hits its 80 per cent fully vaccinated target.

Canberra rapper Genesis Owusu became the first hip-hop artist ever to take out the top album of the year prize at Wednesday’s ARIA Awards.

Luciano Leilua has asked for a release from his Wests Tigers contract so he can take up a multi-million dollar offer to join North Queensland immediately.

Jason Horne-Francis almost missed the announcement that North Melbourne had selected him with pick one after the TV he was watching on “sort of just shut off”. But his quick-thinking manager was on hand with a solution.

More than 10,000 feral horses will be removed from the Kosciuszko National Park within six years under a new management plan introduced by the NSW government.

The man arrested over the disappearance of two Victorian campers is an airline pilot, landmark sexual consent laws have passed NSW Parliament and the debate continues over the federal government’s draft religious discrimination bill.

Comfort and playful reign supreme at the 35th ARIA Awards, held at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

Greig Fraser admits he was worried about screwing up the blockbuster sci-fi movie.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is giving almost $250 million to four universities to help commercialise innovative technology.

The Blues comfortably beat Victoria after posting 7-344 from their 50 overs before dismissing the visitors for 170.

Some say the bill will licence discrimination against gay teachers and students, but religious schools say it provides a clear framework allowing them to hire staff of their own faith.

The Andrews government has vowed to fight attempts by the federal government to override state anti-discrimination laws.

Although the scientific literature makes a compelling case that our pets are good for us in many ways, research into the effects of co-sleeping is more limited.

NSW Police will usher in a new era as Karen Webb is appointed to the top job, with the incoming Commissioner calling for a “proportionate response” to drug use and ensuring victims of domestic and sexual violence can trust police.

Her family has 15 business days to lodge any objections and after that, the court will be asked to sanction the possession and sale of assets.

Customers have been increasingly aggressive towards retail workers who have had to enforce vaccine mandates as part of Victoria’s most recent jump out of COVID-19 restrictions.

Controversial Queensland Coalition MP George Christensen comes under fire for appearing to encourage “civil disobedience” in response to strict pandemic measures.

The latest statistical yearbook puts the number of children born between 2000 and 2010 at 172.5 million, well above the 2010 census count.

The man arrested over the mysterious disappearance of campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay had firearms and had previously been questioned by police over the matter.

When police finally tracked down the 36-year-old, he was fined $1334 and ordered into hotel quarantine.

Jim Chalmers says Labor’s fiscal policy would focus on “bang-for-buck” investments, eliminating wasteful spending and ensure multinational businesses paid appropriate tax.

Chase, a character created by Carly Sheppard as a party trick a decade ago, gets a new incarnation next year at Malthouse, taking on the “gunk” of modern life.

Moreland Council in Melbourne’s north will commit to changing its title after being made aware it was named after a Jamaican sugar plantation that used slave labour.

WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said vaccine hesitancy surveys since the 75 per cent workforce announcement in October showed hesitancy had increased in “moderate terms”.

Indigenous people make up 1 per cent of the country’s health practitioners, despite representing 3.3 per cent of the general population.

The closure for good of the school north of Shepparton will be an emotional one, not leat for generations of the Hendy family.

Nicola Forrest and other high-profile women from across the business and political spectrum are demanding big investment in childcare and gender equality.

France is courting Indonesia and has pointedly omitted Australia from its strategy as anger continues to simmer over the cancelled $90b submarines contract.

You could forgive four-year-old mare Never Second for being a little confused despite having only five runs in a career that was launched nearly 14 months ago.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on the Central Coast.

A seed bank is being funded at the National Botanic Gardens to save endangered flora like the incredibly rare Mount Imlay mallee, which nearly vanished in fires.

A Carnarvon man has been charged with the murder of his 18-year-old daughter after he threw her across a room as a baby and caused serious brain injury.

A bill to make voters show some form of identification before casting their ballot will fail if Pauline Hanson maintains One Nation’s boycott on government legislation.

For the first time since his debut season in the baggy green, Marcus Harris will start a series in the side rather than waiting for an incumbent to fall for an opportunity.

It was the darling of environmentally conscious consumers for many years, but Powershop Australia has been taken over by Shell, causing an ethical quandary for some customers.

Carlton CEO Brian Cook has become the latest AFL official to tested positive for COVID-19.

As much of Melbourne prepared to watch last year’s AFL grand final, Ayse Leila Laz stole a Honda Civic and sped into the city, running 17 red lights in less than an hour.

A sense of unfinished business will drive Stephen Larkham’s return to the club he helped build. 

The private school has pleaded guilty to failing to provide or maintain safe systems of work.

The tourists may end up barely hitting a ball in anger before the first Test, with the forecast looking ominous ahead of the Gabba opener on December 8.

WA Police acting Commissioner Col Blanch said there were “a lot of angry people” on social media, with an unprecedented level of threats being made online amid the pandemic and mandated COVID-19 vaccination.

Travel group Webjet is hopeful surging demand in Asia and North America will offset the impact of the fourth COVID-19 wave crashing onto Europe and forcing parts of the continent back into lockdown.

The member for Altona said committing to another four-year term was incompatible with other priorities in her life.

Pop-up vaccination clinics will hit Aldi and Woolworths stores over the next three weeks, as well as Optus Stadium, to encourage people to get the jab.