Signs of a misspent youth.

Urgent testing has begun to determine if two passengers who arrived in Sydney from southern Africa are infected with the new Omicron COVID-19 variant as Australia has temporarily closed the door to arrivals from nine African nations.

Pubs and clubs with poker machines ‘need a wake-up call,’ says NSW gaming’s chief investigator in a rare interview as footage shows one brazen money laundering operation in action.

The mash-up of the Premier’s comments over since-allayed $150 test fears was deleted after a complaint that it may have breached parliamentary rules.

A psychology service chief says the emergence of the new COVID variant is likely to result in an experience known as cumulative distress among Victorians.

The state government is prepared to restart hotel quarantine for international arrivals if the Omicron variant of COVID-19 proves a serious threat.

Fur goodness sake: The Cat Protection Society of Victoria is raising money by offering cat cuddling sessions.

The state’s emergency services responded to almost 800 calls for help over the weekend as severe flooding continued in parts of the state. 

Schistosomiasis is second only to malaria in terms of the number of people infected, but it’s hoped a new test will help eradicate it.

I am keenly aware that the teachers’ strike means parents having to keep their children home for yet another day, after so many, many days. But teachers are stressed to the max and they need something to give.

As Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says, the pandemic won’t be over until the world’s poorest nations have much higher vaccine coverage.

The Morrison government’s proposal to tackle anonymous online trolls making defamatory comments leaves many questions unanswered.

Two people have tested positive to COVID-19 on arrival into Sydney from a flight carrying 14 passengers from southern African countries affected by the Omicron variant.

People returning from abroad were willing to isolate but feared sudden changes to the rules as governments respond rapidly to the emerging coronavirus variant.

Departing UNSW vice chancellor Ian Jacobs says the demise of the lecture will allow universities to use old spaces in different ways to reignite campus life

Janet Jones was remembered by her sisters Cathy, Vicki and Julia as the one most willing to push the envelope with an irrepressible sense of adventure.

Work to build the $2 billion Golden Plains facility at Rokewood will start next year after Victoria’s Planning Minister gave it the nod.

Installing measures to deal with Omicron is our first run at dialling up our responses since starting on the road to living with the virus in Australia, and something we need to get used to.

Belmont Oasis has been closed after authorities detected potentially harmful readings from the fire engulfing Atlas Linen.

A new Emerald-class ferry’s window has shattered and a problem has been identified with its rudder during trials in larger swell on Sydney Harbour.

Premier Mark McGowan said plans to open WA’s borders early next year remain on track but warned there is growing concern in Australia and across the world about the Omicron variant.

NSW Police closed several roads and earlier advised the community to avoid the Windang area amid reports of a shooter.

A man has been charged after a mother was allegedly strangled and her 11-month-old snatched on the Gold Coast overnight.

The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.

Check out how the latest international border restrictions due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 could affect you.

How to get disengaged students interested in their English studies is a constant question for a lot of educators. For Templestowe College teacher Tim Sproule the answer lay in video games.

COVID-19 has inadvertently become the stimulant that is reshaping how and what a higher education space should look like.

More than 5 million voters in NSW are being urged to vote early to avoid crowds at polling booths on Saturday, December 4.

The state’s health chief makes no guarantees, but says there’s no need to change Queensland’s plans while the world assesses the new coronavirus variant.

The 31-year-old, who was staying in Cairns’ Pacific Hotel with her two children and has since been charged, had arrived from interstate.

However, Professor Sutton has reassured Victorians that they are “not back at square one” in the fight against COVID-19, after the Australian government closed all borders to non-citizens from nine southern African nations due to the new variant ...

To make us less tired, advocates are proposing more childcare, so we can work more.

A plan to build two apartment towers in Bondi Junction has provoked opposition from Labor and Liberal councillors.

We all make mistakes, and otherwise promising careers ought not be truncated because someone innocently gets something wrong.

The news this week the Oatlands Golf Club will sell off land for a hefty profit has angered those wanting a memorial for four children who were killed on the same site.

Over five years, a single young woman put $38 million in dirty money through the pokies. But she wasn’t doing this in the glitz of a casino, she was visiting your neighbourhood club.

Updated Burnet Institute modelling suggests the state’s high vaccination rate could save hospital wards from an unprecedented influx of coronavirus patients.

Four women, all in their early to mid 20s, have banded together to offer online and in-person support for other victim-survivors of sexual assault.

A campaign backed by Olympian Cathy Freeman is resuming its push to change the anthem to better recognise Australia’s Indigenous heritage.

Thanksgiving reminds us that we don’t earn the best things in our lives. The people we love, the work and leisure we enjoy, are gifts that are wonderfully, inexplicably bestowed upon us.

The Sunday Age has spoken to insiders from half a dozen political parties and all said they had experienced nothing to compare with the current level of abuse from the public. 

Sydney has been promised the summer it missed in 2020. But with new variants, the removal of restrictions and the start of school holidays, this is what public health experts expect will follow.

The Community Housing Industry Association concludes 3360 properties discounted for low-income households will revert to market rates by 2026.

Eventually, as with compulsory vaccinations for pre-schoolers in some parts of Australia, it may be unremarkable to require school-aged children to have the COVID-19 vaccine.

Australian scientists are developing a new satellite to better predict bushfire risks, as fire agencies warn of “above normal” fire risks for summer despite wet weather.

NSW Police will deploy 15 officers to the Solomon Islands following a request from the federal government. 

It is a convenient illusion that ordinary members at branch level have any say in preselection when the power brokers move in.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target.

Anti-lockdown demonstrations are scheduled to take place in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday.

Heavy rains have sent water spilling from Sydney’s main dam and spark major flooding across regional NSW.