Vegan MPs may have to control their tempeh.

The notorious conman’s whereabouts were unknown for six months until federal police swooped on him in the Macedon Ranges on Tuesday.

Primary schools are at the centre of most large COVID-19 clusters recorded in Victoria, as infections in unvaccinated children, who doctors say mostly have mild symptoms, remain high.

Jesse Vinaccia is serving more than eight years in jail for killing his girlfriend’s baby. But the scientific evidence that was used to convict him has come under question.

Melbourne’s sporting precinct could become the centre of world sport in the middle of January, with the Victorian Government saying the MCG’s case to host the fifth Ashes Test as the Australian Open begins is undeniable.

Steve Smith has advice for Pat Cummins that only comes from hard personal experience.

Almost 1000 coronavirus swabs retested for the Omicron variant show the strain began circulating in NSW from November 22, with an international arrival the likely source for a south-west Sydney cluster.

The seeds of industrial unrest – which saw teachers and transport workers strike this week – have been sown by legislation which limits the opportunity for many public sector employees to negotiate.

If it’s grey above and green below, England captain Joe Root must be prepared to back his bowlers – and forget what happened at the Gabba 19 years ago.

The woman who lived in a group home was raped by a man and said she had little support before and felt like she was blamed afterwards.

Premier Daniel Andrews is being urged to intervene to protect some of the under-fire MPs aligned with sacked former minister Adem Somyurek.

Career criminal and fugitive Peter Foster has been arrested and will be extradited to Queensland after police tracked him down in Victoria. 

There are now 100 firefighters attending, alongside volunteers and WA Police.

World No.1 Novak Djokovic has committed to the ATP Cup in Sydney, a tournament that requires players to submit to the same vaccination rules as the Australian Open.

Jack Shaw, 15, was bitten on his back by a shark as he tried to free a friend from its jaws during a swim at Ocean Grove on Monday night.

Severe thunderstorms are battering parts of Sydney, with residents warned to prepare for flash flooding, large hail and damaging winds.

Queensland is preparing to reopen its borders next week, NSW teachers will protest outside state Parliament today and Labor is going head-to-head with the Greens on climate change policy.

The Reserve Bank has left itself room to start normalising the cost of mortgages as record-low interest rates helped drive up the value of the nation’s residential properties.

In 1951 Jeffrey Smart, then an impoverished young artist, decorated the walls of what was a restaurant in return for meals.

Captain Pat Cummins’ assessment of the dynamic opener’s fear factor in the nets highlights England’s difficulty in taming the man known as ‘The Bull’ on Australian soil.

The corporate regulator’s spreadsheet reveals just a fraction of the total $89 billion JobKeeper program went to public companies.

Labor says consumers will have lower power bills under its energy policy that ramps up renewable energy, but experts say the modelling is overly optimistic.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the mid-week metropolitan meeting.

Rebel Shadow is a son of Portelli’s former dual group 1-winning sprinter Rebel Dane, and there was a touch of deja vu for the trainer in his Canterbury win.

Former Nationals MP James Hayward has not sent any correspondence to the Governor about resigning from the Parliament but will need to either get leave from the upper house or appear before the end of the week to avoid being kicked out.

Pat Cummins knows tensions will rise on the field during an intense series, but has laid down some cultural foundations for his team before the series against England.

Angela Merkel, a conservative, long shunned the word feminist. Until her final years in power, she rarely publicly promoted the issue of advancement for women.

Anderson’s withdrawal from contention for England’s bowling attack for the first Ashes Test at the Gabba caused a hubbub, but the move looks as much tactical as it is medical.

Paul and Tenisha Austin suspected the valuer had underestimated their family home. So they made it look like a white family owned it.

Transport for NSW says services will run every 30 minutes on some Sydney Trains suburban lines on Tuesday, as delays and cancellations impact the network.

The battle for cricket’s most famous urn is upon us. Here is all the information you’ll need; from teams, times and tips to television details, weather reports and key match-ups.

IAG boss Nick Hawkins has drawn a line under the insurer’s governance failures by launching a revamped strategy aimed at signing up a million new customers over the next five years.

Melbourne House in Little Bourke Street has been spared following a campaign over several years, but residents remain concerned heritage protections in the CBD do not go far enough.

Authorities believe the man may have travelled to NSW before potentially seeding the cluster, which now stands at four cases, with several new exposure sites listed across SEQ.

Troubled cryptocurrency exchange MyCryptoWallet has collapsed after a barrage of complaints from users and allegations of missing funds.

The government is confident it will have the supplies to start the vaccine rollout to five to 11-year-olds in January and continue through the first school term.

Oppressive regimes are increasingly using the glitz and glamour of hosting major sporting events to deflect from deplorable human rights abuses.

A popular vote for mayor is expected to help break deadlocks between progressive and conservative blocs on council.

The teenager and his friend spent more than $110,000 of the stolen money between them on luxury items including cars, chains, a boat and a luxury hotel stay at Crown.

A two-year-old girl has died and four other people are in hospital after an “absolute disaster” on the Calder Freeway in Melbourne’s north-west.

The former Magellan chief executive was ostensibly the silent partner of a rock star management duo. He had the title, but executive chairman Hamish Douglass had most of the power and all the stage.

Centenarians are the fastest growing age group in many developed countries, including Australia. How can we stretch our health span so that if we do reach 100 we’re in good shape?

Genomic sequencing is underway to determine whether an international traveller who landed at Melbourne Airport last week might be infected with the Omicron strain of COVID-19.

Thousands of teachers and principals rallied in Macquarie Street, saying only higher pay and more manageable workloads will stop teacher shortages.

With a potential campaign from former Premier Gladys Berejiklian looming, the seat of Warringah may go back to its Liberal roots in the next federal election.

Broadcasters will be central to bidding for the fifth Ashes Test and already have a strong preference for Melbourne or Sydney to host the clash.

I came out of immigration detention in January after eight years. But my friends left behind continue to suffer.

Socceroo Rhyan Grant, who is fully vaccinated, returned a positive test for COVID-19 on Tuesday, ruling him out of both training and matches for the next two weeks.

Police are appealing for information as they probe the killing of Mejed Derbas, thought to be a victim of the ‘dog-eat-dog’ underworld.

Helmut Marko has added to the pressure that has been steadily building on Australian FIA race director Michael Masi over the past few weeks, saying the decision-making by Masi and race stewards in Saudi Arabia on Sunday was “very one-sided”.