It was the pizza we had to have.

The case was set for a three-day hearing this week, but it has been rescheduled to February 2022.

Queensland’s border pass system asks travellers to declare they have not been to an interstate exposure venue. But NSW and Victoria stopped publishing sites, despite rising cases.

David Warner shared a laugh with teammates, fetched water and food for his daughters, then got down batting for the first time since his Brisbane rib injury.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the delays in getting ambassadors to their posts were a ‘huge problem’ that was hampering efforts to tackle foreign policy challenges.

Demand for boosters has surged as NSW case numbers have climbed to more than 800, the highest level since lockdown ended in October.

As thousands of Victorian school-leavers await their ATAR results on Thursday, five year 12 graduates reflect on a challenging year.

Former AustralianSuper boss Ian Silk, a potential candidate to become Hawthorn’s next president, has been elected to the Hawks’ board on a night Jeff Kennett defended the payout for and reasoning behind Alastair Clarkson’s departure.

On Wednesday evening, the day restrictions end in NSW for the unvaccinated, United Australia Party leader Craig Kelly was slated to appear as a “special guest” at a $500-a-ticket freedom ball in Sydney.

Senior Mongols bikie Toby Mitchell has been granted bail after he struck a man twice at an Echuca hotel, distressing onlookers.

A rediscovered, handwritten, tea-stained recipe has created the opportunity to rekindle a treasured Christmas family tradition.

Millions of mRNA vaccines will be produced in Victoria, there is a second venue of concern in the NSW city of Newcastle and Scott Morrison vows to pursue lower taxes ahead of the next election.

Sam Groth, the Australian tennis player who holds the world record for the fastest serve, is considering a tilt for the state seat of Nepean.

Pressure is mounting on senior Treasury officials to resolve a standoff with the Auditor-General over ‘significant accounting issues’.

The former NRL player is facing five counts of transmitting or promoting child abuse material charges.

Dozens of out-of-school-hours care services run by parents could be forced to compete in commercial tenders from next year.

A bat used by Don Bradman during his prolific 1934 tour of England has sold for nearly a quarter of a million dollars.

Some car lovers are in it for the image, others love looking under the bonnet and getting their hands dirty. For Jhye Richardson, it’s the escape from cricket it provided and a sense of community.

Police say they remain committed to finding William Tyrrell but will finish the latest search for his remains soon.

The two NRL stars are among more than 30 players being forced to isolate for the week following a positive test for COVID at the Emerging Blues camp.

The global pharmaceutical company beat a dozen other businesses and organisations, including Australia’s largest vaccine producer, CSL, for federal and state funding to set up an mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Victoria.

Miss Hellfire makes her debut in the $200,000 Wyong Magic Millions Classic (1100m).

Everything you need to know to pick a winner on a seven-race card.

The Australian biotech giant will tap investors for billions of dollars to help fund the biggest takeover in its history.

The spectre of Ian Botham briefly hung over Adelaide Oval on Tuesday, before Joe Root’s Yorkshire twang was deciphered. However, both Stuart Broad and James Anderson should be fit for the tourists.

Is it better to mix booster vaccines? Should I have a fourth shot if I’m immunocompromised? How long should I wait if I’ve had COVID? Leading infectious diseases expert Professor Sharon Lewin answers your booster shot questions.

WA is facing twin COVID-19 scares after three truck drivers in two trucks who separately entered WA from South Australia have tested positive for COVID-19.

After Moreland announced it will change its slavery-linked name next year, one Indigenous leader has suggested a nod to the prominent Merri Creek.

A man police say is the leader of Australia’s nationalist socialist movement is accused of assaulting a security guard outside Nine’s Melbourne office building.

The Greens minority is seeking to hoist a first-time councillor into the role ahead of Labor’s Darcy Byrne.

A quiet revolution took place in Australian cricket earlier this month.

Scott Morrison’s favourite singer Tina Arena was appointed to the Australia Council for the Arts board – but her attendance record last year was far from perfect.

Football Australia is set to fund a national second division and a women’s FFA Cup with funds it collects from the A-leagues equity sale.

Lifeline recorded a record rise in calls for help from Victorians about the time two Sydney removalists introduced the Delta COVID strain to the state.

Fresh from helping spin Australia to victory in Brisbane, Nathan Lyon has put the heat on England by declaring an Ashes whitewash could be on the cards.

A Christmas gift for the history fanatic who has everything: rare books from the ship library of Matthew Flinders will go under the hammer.

Amir Khan Muttaqi says the Taliban government wants good relations with all countries and has no issue with the US, and he’d like $US10m released.

Australian parents accuse the Japanese government of causing them “untold pain and suffering” but the ambassador to Australia says they’re merely confused.

Peter Barnard was an enormous influence across Australia’s dental community.

Day to day practical details were missing in the COVID transition date announcement – what happens when someone tests positive for COVID? What happens to contacts at their workplace? What happens at their family home? If a single parent gets COVID ...

The opening scene of And Just Like That... saw all three of its stars reaching for their ready readers.

Fears are growing within the LGBTQI+ community that the much-heralded NSW special inquiry into gay-hate crimes will be a toothless tiger.

The former soldier has won access to a series of messages between lawyers defending the three newspapers he has accused of defamation and a solicitor representing a former soldier he served alongside.

There has been a stream of new exposure sites identified this week, despite only two new community cases in the past four days.

The developer of the nine-storey apartment building has been stopped from allowing buyers to move in after the defects were discovered.

The news came as the Premier League confirmed 42 new positive coronavirus cases among players and staff at their 20 clubs over the past week.

The three new Omicron infections, including the state’s first case of community transmission, are linked to an international flight that landed in Melbourne from Dubai last month.

Passengers on a light plane which was forced to complete an emergency landing at Perth Airport on Tuesday have spoken highly of the pilot who managed to touch down with no major incidents.

From “Palletgate” to “Freightgate” and “Containergate” we can now add “Dieselfuelgate” to the list of issues (rather than scandals) that are feeding the pressures weighing down Woolworths.

A hot summer blast will see temperatures soar across NSW and raise the bushfire concern as the country braces itself for the hottest week this summer.