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With the state borders fully open, interstate interest in Queensland remains high, particularly in the real estate market.

Queensland Health data shows a significant portion of infection growth across the state is still being driven by two key hotspots, where peak case and hospital impacts will be felt first.

The action is finally getting underway on the court after a tumultuous lead up to this year’s tournament.

Rafael Nadal said the Australian Open would be better with Novak Djokovic in it, but players rejected the notion that this year’s men’s title would be diminished by his controversial absence.

The NSW Education Standards Authority accidentally published a list of top HSC achievers three days early.

Police say two young girls were also injured in the incident, when they fell off their horses at Aireys Inlet.

Of the three men tied on 20 major championships, only injury-cursed Rafael Nadal is playing at the Australian Open this year. So far, good.

Nick Kyrgios knows he’s right up against it at this year’s Australian Open, and Tuesday’s assignment against British qualifier Liam Broady spells danger.

Fleur McKinlay runs Soul Garden holistic beauty salon in Mundaring but had to close the shop on Saturday after she had a client who was infectious with Omicron.

The communications blackout in Tonga after an underwater eruption has left many rugby league players feeling anxious.

The “always on” work culture was already a problem before the pandemic. Now it’s been exacerbated.

The class of 2021 will get their HSC results on Thursday, but their certificate will not recognise the hardship they overcame to get it.

Ordinarily, a coach who has won the country’s first men’s Twenty20 World Cup and retained the urn in such convincing fashion would be walking into head office to name his price, but this is not the case with Justin Langer.

Senior ministers faced accusations of hypocrisy for their hard line against Novak Djokovic while government MPs continue to spread anti-vaccination messages.

No woman, over the past three years, has been a finer performer on hard courts than the Japanese star Naomi Osaka, who opened her Australian Open defence in stylish fashion. 

Thousands visited Sydney’s beaches on Monday as the city was treated to a reprieve from La Niña’s wet season with temperatures close to 30 degrees.

While Tonga’s neighbours struggled to access information about what was happening on the ground, scientists, equipped with modern monitoring technology, saw the blast in real time.

The North Korean regime fired two ballistic missiles from Pyongyang airport on Monday, demonstrating the depth of Kim Jong-un’s arsenal, say analysts.

After his sensational deportation from Australia, Novak Djokovic has a string of prestige homes around the world to choose from.

Queensland authorities say there are no plans to close aged-care facilities to visitors amid what the Chief Health Officer described as the “very different situation” posed by Omicron.

Unions say safety measures must be improved at Australian workplaces in response to the fast-spreading Omicron variant.

Godolphin-based Telluride is looking to re-start her career at today’s feature meeting at Wyong.

Full race-by-race preview and tips for Tuesday’s feature meeting at Wyong.

Rethinking the supermarket shop – specifically, your intake of red meat and cheese – could be the key to a better kip.

Early data shows cases in the NSW Omicron wave have been less likely to enter hospital than people the same age who caught COVID-19 in mid-2021.

Exposure sites have been added from Midland to Margaret River and health professional associations are calling for immediate social restrictions to slow down spread of the virus.

Novak Djokovic won’t be defending his Australian Open title today, Anthony Albanese has outlined his election pitch to voters and total COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country.

The pay-on-demand fintech company is the ASX’s latest newcomer - but did not receive a warm welcome.

Ethiopian-born netballer Sunday Aryang was named in the extended squad to travel to London for the series before being named to make her debut in the match. 

Senior bikie Toby Mitchell has asked a court to grant him the right to go to licensed events after police rejected his request to attend the Australian Open.

Geelong great Joel Selwood says he would be proud to see a male AFL player come out as gay, declaring there is now a “safety blanket” in place in terms of club culture.

Two teenagers have been arrested in England in connection with the gunman was killed in the Sunday stand-off.

The last time Sikahema Aholelei spoke to his family in Tonga was on Saturday night at the very moment the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted.

When Pat Cummins called Usman Khawaja back on stage to celebrate Australia’s Ashes win, there was more to the story that spoke volumes about this team.

First comes the deportation, then comes the dramatic retelling.

Melbourne nurse Sarah McDonald, 24, said the wait to be reunited with her fiance in Perth had been riddled with anxiety and she didn’t want to get her hopes up in case her February 5 arrival in WA didn’t go ahead.

A shire of fewer than 500 people is Queensland’s only holdout against the current wave of COVID-19 infections, but the region’s mayor says he expects that to change.

Heritage NSW has warned the proposal would have a “substantial impact” on the hotel building, which opened on Sussex Street in 1902.

Victoria’s gyms were hoping for their usual new-year’s rush, but the rapid spread of coronavirus has put many fitness plans on hold.

Vulnerable women with steady but low incomes could rent and then buy their homes under a new model of property development.

Our Boofhead Tolerance Level is very low right now.

Over December and January as physical stores reopened there emerged a new set of challenges - the scarcity of staff and an abundance of consumer fear.

Emily Barker and Lukas Drinkwater decided to ‘avoid killing each other’ by recording covers in the confines of their hotel room.

The state has reported 22,429 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths as the Chief Health Officer says infection numbers might have peaked.

The pandemic has proven how consumers need more than just disposable income to go out and spend. They need certainty.

Hot on the heels of selling alleged fraudster Bill Papas’ home in Rozelle last week, liquidators have put up for sale the colourful soccer identity’s luxury holiday home on the NSW Central Coast.

The closest thing we have to an anti-ageing option is exercise. But we’re not talking about running marathons.

Jude Craig Wright, 19, was charged by officers attached to Strike Force Vulcan over nine bushfires lit in several suburbs between December 23 and January 15.

Australian wildcard Aleksandar Vukic was overjoyed to win his opening round match on Monday.