With staff forced to follow the same isolation rules as the rest of the public, Victoria’s funeral industry is warning that staff shortages could see mortuaries being unable to take more bodies.

Victoria Police estimated 1500 anti-vaccine mandate protesters turned out for Saturday’s demonstration in Melbourne’s CBD.

Townsville loves its new stadium, but the fate of the Cowboys’ old home remains up in the air.

Australia’s eastern coastline continues to be hammered by tropical cyclones, rising sea levels and significant tides as islands are ripped in two. And experts predict other parts of the coast will be eaten away.

Dr Gerrard said the peak of cases will hit different parts of Queensland at different times, as he warned against changing public health measures before then.

The Age photographers and wire agencies captured all the key moments of this year's Grand Slam

NSW Maritime are conducting a safety blitz on boaters, jet ski riders and kayakers this weekend as police continued to search for a fisherman whose boat capsized.

Heidi Strbak is understood to have suffered critical injuries after a fall at a home on the Gold Coast on Saturday morning.

NSW Maritime is running a state-wide general compliance blitz this weekend.

Baruch Pinchas Leifer, an influential and highly regarded rabbi, was arrested this week over historical sexual assault allegations.

Holidaymakers are choosing safety over spending amid the surge of Omicron cases in Victoria.

The WA Labor government brought in a ban on uranium mining when it came to power in 2017 except for four existing projects. Environmental approvals have now lapsed for three as a low commodity price stifles development.

All cases are in self-quarantine and contact tracers are working with them to determine potential exposure sites.

The law firm gained notoriety in 2017 for posting drink-driving related memes, which were condemned by the office of the NSW Attorney-General.

People have flocked to the water to escape a low-level heatwave that will not give way to humidity and thunderstorms until mid-week.

“Police have been told there were no life jackets, lights, or safety equipment on board,” NSW Police said on Saturday morning.

Premier Dominic Perrottet says NSW’s healthcare system is adequately resourced to withstand a potential spike in COVID cases once school begins for 2022.

International travellers are being allowed back to Queensland for the first time in two years as the state’s virus peak approaches.

WA Premier Mark McGowan has hit back at the claims saying the state’s tourism sector was currently the strongest in the nation.

COVID-19 deaths have been almost four times higher among people in the lowest socioeconomic group, says Anglicare as it fields more than 100 relief calls a day.

Active cases in the state dropped by almost 14 per cent from Friday’s number, but 1029 people are still in hospital with the virus in Victoria.

For decades, Nagambie was a hidden lakeside gem. Now developers and entrepreneurs have arrived, followed by an influx of tree-changers. Will country Victoria ever be the same?

Australia can join the green industrial revolution by building electric buses locally. We just need a better road map and some teamwork.

Ujwal Shrestha, 25, was arrested at his Cremorne apartment by detectives from Strike Force Functional on Friday morning.

The question of whether to participate in Australia Day, and if so how, can be a divisive one for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people.

In a campaign year, Australians can brace themselves for a season of irresponsible use of alcohol.

We may have to live alongside the virus for some time yet, so it’s crucial that we don’t let fear and doubt elicit significant shifts in our social and personal behaviour and attitudes.

An analysis of HSC results show some of Sydney’s newer and cheaper private schools did just as well as their expensive, established counterparts.

Australians don’t want their terminally ill loved one to be left alone in their final days, so are choosing to provide this care themselves.

Psychiatric wards at Melbourne’s major hospitals are being forced to close beds and specialist 24-hour response teams for mental health emergencies are struggling to respond to a rise in callouts amid crippling staffing shortages.

For me and the kids who couldn’t escape the baking hot suburban days there was the local Olympic pool with its eight lanes, three-metre diving board and girls glistening with coconut oil.

More than 170,000 commuters bought their bikes and scooters onto trains during peak hours as part of the successful trial.

Has the COVID-19 death toll of 46 now reached the “best-case predictions” and does the Premier think it removes his responsibility for doing something that has any chance of stopping this shocking state of affairs?

Inactive teachers, principals and support staff are being urged to head back to school in term 1 to respond to an expected teacher shortage due to COVID.

Puzzle fans: test your vocabulary with today’s target.

What kind of author wears out a pair of bush boots every year and often ventures so far off the track he carries a GPS and satellite phone?

Bootleg Brewery, The Margaret River Chocolate Company, The Grove Distillery and Brewery and Wild Hop Brewing Company in the South West are all exposure sites at specified times on Sunday January 16.

The Queensland government insists it has not been putting out mixed messages on how to handle the coming peak of cases.

The Queensland Premier has insisted the state’s check-in app is still needed, despite significant changes to contact tracing in the state and questions about its benefit.

Most West Australians have no first-hand experience of COVID-19, and are not particularly interested in acquainting themselves with it.

The level of vaccine protection would be at its best at the end of March, according to WA’s medical advice, as the government stays quiet on when borders might open.

Police said earlier batches of the armour plates were not affected, but there were concerns over a recent batch.

The British Foreign Secretary warned global partners, including Australia, of the urgent need to work together against global threats from China and Russia, which were enjoying their closest relationship in 70 years.

WA Premier Mark McGowan announced last night that his state’s border reopening would not proceed as planned on February 5, while Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected claims by some retailers that the Commonwealth is redirecting supplies of ra...

The girl was with her father at a property in Stanhope Gardens when an unknown man and woman approached and snatched her, police said.

The Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions has been holding discussions with hospitality and retail groups to discuss how making the COVID-19 booster mandatory might affect their staff and customers.

Five weeks before her daughter was allegedly murdered by him, Charlise Mutten’s mother Kallista gushed about her new fiance Justin Stein in a series of messages obtained by the Herald.

In Corowa, in southern NSW, where an infant was found in a freezer, a town grapples with the unknown.

Some Sydney doctors have elected to give children’s coronavirus vaccines at a shorter interval in an attempt to have more kids double-dosed by the first days of school.

Aboriginal people are grossly over-represented in Victoria’s criminal legal system and prisons and will, once again, suffer the most as a result of this government’s failure.