The year’s most controversial Australian film has swept the country’s top screen awards.

Bailing for a test at the Test.

South Sydney star Latrell Mitchell is planning for life after footy - and a potential positional change.

Another Liberal elder has encouraged Gladys Berejiklian to run for federal politics, Victoria’s coronavirus outbreak isn’t slowing down but is changing shape and Australia won’t send officials to China for the Winter Olympics.

After the serious issues that have dogged both nations, there was something pantomime-like about the action on the opening day of the series.

The glam was in full force for the 11th AACTA Awards, held at the Sydney Opera House.

Victoria Police have charged a Lara man over allegedly making a threatening call to ABC journalist Mark Willacy.

Suddenly, it’s all fish in buckets of ice and tomatoes in wicker baskets. I half expect to see Rick Stein picking through the herbs.

For weeks the drums have been beating for her, on radio, in the papers, social media and on TV. Sitting Warringah MP Zali Steggall has also weighed in, as has the man she knocked off at the 2019 election, former prime minister Tony Abbott.

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that Australia’s boycott would not hurt the Games. “Whether they come or not, nobody cares,” he said.

The Australian Olympian says she was sexually abused from the age of 13 by a person who is still working in the sport.

Most employees working under vaccine mandates support them, but the conversation about vaccines, masks and returning to the office is causing “friction” in some workplaces.

The Perth-based Oil and gas major is counting on hydrogen and carbon storage, rather than solar and wind, to help navigate its path out of fossil fuel production.

Newly appointed vice-captain Steve Smith confronted Shane Warne over the Test great’s refusal to endorse the batting ace’s return to an official leadership position.

A former Malaysian prime minister remains the only person sentenced to jail in what has been called one of the world’s biggest and most lurid corruption cases.

An emergency warning has been issued for residents in the Shire of Augusta Margaret River, with a bushfire raging in the Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park to the south of the surfing town.

The men were charged with assaulting and resisting police, however the charges were dropped when CCTV emerged of the incident.

On his Test debut in 2011, Pat Cummins was man-of-the-match. On his debut as captain on Wednesday, he was bowler of the day as Australia seized the Ashes lead.

Tennis Australia has strongly denied it is seeking “loopholes” for unvaccinated players as Novak Djokovic’s name is among the list of Australian Open entrants.

NSW reported its highest number of cases since mid-October on Wednesday, as the Health Minister and Chief Health Officer urged people to get booster shots.

Nothing is quite like the first ball of a Test. Sorry Rory, but we’ll be talking about the first delivery of this Ashes series for years.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has taken aim at “older people” for ruining parts of Sydney’s architectural face in the 60s and 70s.

Genomic sequencing results confirm a traveller in hotel quarantine system has contracted the new strain of COVID-19, as authorities require close contacts of two other individuals to isolate for 14 days.

Scott Morrison’s office raised “serious concerns” with Bowman MP Andrew Laming after a staffer posted a photo dressed as US teen Kyle Rittenhouse to social media.

New captain Pat Cummins finished with figures of 5-38 to help Australia stamp their authority on the Ashes series.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the race meeting at Wyong.

Grandfathers Brian Gath and John McCarthy are ready to defy their years against younger rivals in Saturday’s Inter Dominion Grand Finals.

Unvaccinated West Australians who want to travel domestically once the state drops its borders may not be able to return home, Premier Mark McGowan has warned.

Nineteen years after Nasser Hussain’s infamously sent in Steve Waugh’s Australians, Joe Root made a decision that will continue to be dissected in the days, weeks and perhaps years to come.

The former figurehead of Collingwood’s cheer squad has pleaded not guilty to charges he sexually abused a boy almost 17 years ago, after a court heard of discrepancies in the accuser’s early disclosures.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has promised to promote more women in his cabinet reshuffle, but refused to commit to a specific quota, saying Gladys Berejiklian’s tenure as the first elected female premier shows “it’s not all bad.”

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says cracking trams and the troubled ferry system are a reality of running a massive public transport system.

The AFL has released a vision for the women’s game in Australia that identifies better pay for players and creating key positions within the game as targets to be reached by 2030.

Nurse convinced vulnerable woman to give him thousands of dollars, which he spent on a car, flights and admission to the Cricket World Cup, VCAT hears.

Buy now, pay later users in financial distress could gain protections under changes planned for the nation’s payments network, but the reforms will have to wait.

Ashes 2021/22 first Test at the Gabba

By once again acting in Washington’s wake all that is confirmed is our reputation for being Anglosphere simpletons.

Najib Razak still faces 12 years’ jail for his part in one of the world’s worst fraud cases, 1MBD.

Jayne Hrdlicka says the airline will offer fares low enough to win customers from Jetstar, not just its full-service owner Qantas, as the domestic aviation market gears up for a price war.

Simon Marshall, who served in the Army for 37 years, spoke about training camps’ culture and post-military transition.

Pat Cummins took five wickets on the first day of his captaincy as England collapsed for 147, with none of their stars able to stand in the face of a fast bowling clinic.

Some of our best photos of the year and top stories by The Age photographers 2021, the year in pictures.

Canberra is pushing for a “digital free-trade agreement” that would make it easier for Australians to tap into markets in the US and other nations.

WHO Europe regional director Dr Hans Kluge urged countries to protect children and schools amid a rapid rise in cases among the 5 to 14 age group in the region.

As central banks mull the case for a new form of electronic money, new RBA research suggests digital dollars could cut paperwork and manual processes in wholesale markets.

Financial insecurity caused by the COVID pandemic has overlaid ongoing issues already contributing to Australia’s falling fertility rate, one demographer says.

A truck driver died after being hit by his vehicle in Scarborough on Tuesday, while a crash that closed several lanes of the Mitchell Freeway for hours left one man dead.

The hearing was dominated by the testimony of a family friend responsible for the pair’s matchmaking.

Opals coach Sandy Brondello says her side has to move on with players committed to the national team as they look to the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Sydney in September.

Karl Ove Knausgaard’s latest novel turns its back on his favourite autofiction and examines the lofty theme of divine judgment.