Three Westfield shopping centres, public transport services and a popular church have already been listed as exposure sites.

The decision to stay firm on a five-month interval for boosters is based on sound reasoning.

As this tumultuous year finally draws to a close it’s important to reflect on all the Herald achieved during a year that truly tested us all.

This masthead apologises to Nolan Hunter

The state’s hospitality sector is asking for consumers to be patient as restaurants, bars and venues try to mitigate the effects of the COVID-induced skills shortage.

The service was initially meant to be held earlier this year, but was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Tasmanian community of Devonport is in mourning, the Morrison government plans to unveil a long-awaited Indigenous ‘Voice’ to Parliament and unvaccinated shoppers are being locked out of some Queensland retail and hospitality venues from toda...

It comes despite surging COVID-19 cases in NSW.

The week in photos from the award-winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.

Mother-of-two Felicity Miller struggled to find words to comfort her daughter as the pair laid down a bouquet of yellow flowers outside Hillcrest Primary School on Friday in memory of Amelia’s school friends.

Geoff Harcourt became a leading advocate for the post-Keynesian school of economics.

The Crime and Corruption Commission will in future be led by people with different skill sets.

There are almost 10,000 active COVID-19 cases in NSW, more than double the 3600 a week ago, and that number is expected to rise in coming days.

Molan has been a sport reporter and presenter for the Nine Network since 2012 and was previously a co-host of The Footy Show.

After the charges were withdrawn, protesters turned towards an empty courtroom in regional Victoria and chanted for “justice”.

Just 15 VCE students out of more than 50,000 were alone in achieving a perfect study score in their particular subjects.

A Tasmanian community has been rocked by grief after a jumping castle was blown into the air at a Devonport primary school, leaving five children dead and several in hospital.

Former racing identity Bill Vlahos has been jailed for nine years for defrauding punters of $17.5 million between 2008 and 2013.

The Greens are chalking up a triumph after their own mayoral candidate scored close to half the votes against former federal Liberal minister Philip Ruddock.

Susannah Fullerton is president of the Jane Austen Society of Australia. Walter Mason is president of the NSW Dickens Society. They bonded over books.

Over the course of the pandemic, playing with language has given us an outlet to label our frustrations and collective experiences.

Want to chat? We’d love to hear from you. Send your letters to goodweekend@​goodweekend.com.au.

Queensland businesses openly flouting the new vaccine mandate which came into force on Friday morning have been put on notice that police will pay them a visit.

Lee Matthew Hillier pleaded guilty to killing a father-of-two and a former soldier north of Brisbane on July 12, 2018.

Sydney Fish Market is expecting to move almost two hundred tonnes of seafood in its marathon 36-hour trading period from 5am on December 23 to 5pm on December 24.

Sydney Gastronomer Jacqui Newling fears baking cakes and puddings for Christmas might be a waning tradition.

The state’s building watchdog has ordered an immediate halt to work on a $50 million redevelopment of the well-known block overlooking Tamarama Beach.

When the pioneering American feminist wrote of rage, she not only gave us permission as Black women to feel ours, she reminded us that it was central to our emancipation.

James Delinicolis and Angelo Dellosa used their position as police officers to pick up women while on duty, and were convicted of misconduct in public office over sex with a 17-year-old.

“We don’t want to see the pandemonium and chaos that is occurring in states in the east occur here over this crucial period for families and small businesses,” he said.

Three weeks after his 15th birthday, the boy wrote on his computer of his hatred for his family and thoughts of killing them.

Oyster farmers are confident there will be an abundance of oysters in top condition over summer.

Threats against Mr McGowan have increased since his government announced its vaccine mandate in October which requires about 75 per cent of the state’s working population, or 1 million people, to get the COVID-19 vaccine by January or lose their jo...

Today on Please Explain, chief political correspondent David Crowe, who described the MYEFO as a ‘hot mess’ budget, joins Nathanael Cooper to explain what he means.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been criticised by some of her social media followers for delaying a major COVID announcement to spruik a rail project.

Sultani and his killing squad were sentenced in the Supreme Court on Friday for three murders after years of secret legal proceedings.

The couple, 56 and 54, are before a Sydney court on an allegation of common assault of a child, who is not William and has nothing to do with his disappearance.

The government today announced it would pay $1.94 billion extra to cover a cost overrun on the West Gate tunnel project.

One death was also recorded, as close to 100 people linked to a Sydney music event tested positive in the past week and 50 cases were linked to three Newcastle venues.

It is a technique known as the “frog in the pan”, where the heat is slowly turned up on a suspect until it becomes too hot to handle.

Despite “real issues to be raised”, the trio have lost their bid for freedom ahead of an appeal against their convictions over a rigged mining licence.

Masks are again mandated in indoor spaces in Queensland as cases rise following the border relaxations, with 16 announced on Friday.

There are 386 people in hospital with COVID-19, and 43 on a ventilator.

A ruling by Australia’s medicine regulator to reject calls to legalise magic mushrooms and MDMA could hamper groundbreaking research into its efficacy in treating mental health conditions.

Tasmania Police on Friday named the children who died as Addison Stewart, 11, Zane Mellor, 12, Jye Sheehan, 12, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, 12, and Peter Dodt, 12.

Without wishing to minimise the extensive damage caused by the pandemic, it’s important to recognise that Australia’s situation could have been a lot worse.

The NSW Crime Commission will use its royal commission-style powers to examine allegations dirty funds are being washed through pokies venues.

Here we are at the end of 2021, looking back over what turned out to be “another year like no other”. Anyone up for a three-peat in 2022? Hello, Omicron!

Daniel Ricciardo, among the world’s most popular racing drivers, is about to use his fame to help struggling students stay at school and seek success.

More than 12,000 VCE students did well enough in at least one subject to feature in our honour roll.