Bailing for a test at the Test.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

The development comes as the state reported two new cases in hotel quarantine from domestic and overseas arrivals.

Staff searched the rooms and the outdoor area in the centre but were unable to find the child, who had wandered across to a church which was on the same site as the childcare centre.

Damaging winds and heavy rainfall hit areas including Brisbane and the Gold Coast on Wednesday afternoon.

Teachers’ starting salaries compare pretty well to other professions. What’s needed is much higher pay for the best teachers at the top of the salary scale.

The notorious conman was arrested by the federal police on Tuesday near Gisborne after a six-month investigation to locate him.

Today on Please Explain, senior business columnist Stephen Bartholomeusz joins Jess Irvine to discuss whether wage and inflation pressure in the United States could spill over here.

Official health directions outlining where unvaccinated Queenslanders can and can’t go as of December 17 were released on Tuesday.

About 140 people who signed in with a QR code are being urgently contacted by NSW Health after five people tested positive for COVID-19, including two “likely” Omicron cases.

Caught between the Olympic movement and geopolitical tensions, Queensland has sided with the federal government.

Three teenagers found near Scarborough after allegedly breaching WA’s strict quarantine rules have tested negative for COVID-19.

In addition to recording its first case of Omicron, Queensland has recorded a case of ‘Omicron-like’, a sub-variant identified just days ago in part due to the work of Queensland scientists.

Macleod retiree Rolf Schwabe made a doll’s house in lockdown that he will donate to an underprivileged child.

End-of-year festivities are resulting in virus clusters, the state’s top doctor has warned, as authorities investigate a possible second Omicron cluster linked to a cruise last week.

Encounters are sweeter after lockdown, and we are aware that what we thought was normal can be taken away at any moment.

Senior Constable Luke Zannier was hit by a stolen vehicle, and is in hospital with broken ribs awaiting further test results.

The relocation fee was announced in August among a raft of measures to bring overseas doctors and nurses to Western Australia.

Anthony Albanese’s climate plan, which has been generally welcomed by industry, sets an ambitious 43 per cent reduction target by 2030, which is jarringly at odds with WA’s trajectory.

Victoria’s triple-zero service is supposed to work seamlessly, but when Nick Panagiotopoulos, 47, tried to call an ambulance in October, something went terribly wrong.

Ten years ago, I complained about dogs in cafes, but I’ve changed my tune.

It’s less Cannes Film Festival official selection and more Love It or List It Australia: the bulk of the film award categories were relegated to an online event on Monday.

Cracks were first found in the inner west light rail trams almost a month before the service was suspended, new government documents have revealed.

Facilities at three TAFE campuses help people aged 16 to 24 who want to study but can’t live at home. On Wednesday, the youth foyers program will receive a funding boost.

It saddens me that the education system has deteriorated so much that teachers have found it necessary to strike.

Bumper harvests helped spur economic activity in rural and regional Victoria, as the pandemic sent Melbourne into recession.

Shark found in Manly Pool, morale high for wounded soldiers and highest habitable house in Australia.

80 years ago, after hearing of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Prime Minister John Curtin addressed the nation. “Men and women of Australia,” he said. “We are at war with Japan.”

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

Three men have been jailed after police found 250 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in a shipment of tyres bound for Australia.

Across 81 government entities there have been about 1938 people who refused to get vaccinated and about 853 who have gone on long-term leave with the government unable to determine their vaccination status.

Mark Vincent Dayney, who was in a relationship with a sex worker, bashed her former lover, father-of-two Mark Emanuel Spencer, with a baseball bat and racquet.

Premiers and health officials must use Friday’s national cabinet meeting to agree on a consistent approach for international arrivals to halt “confusion”, the Brisbane Airport Corporation says.

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.