While smart leeches treat us like suckers.

Follow along for all the major moments as we hit day 11 of the 2022 Australian Open.

Ash Barty has become the first Australian woman in 42 years to make the final of the Australian Open.

The Australian sharemarket dropped 1.8 per cent on Thursday, and more than $200 billion in value been wiped from the ASX since last August’s peak.

Large parts of Victoria, including Melbourne, remain on high alert for heavy rain, damaging winds, thunderstorms and hail.

Australia is facing off against Vietnam in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifier at Melbourne’s AAMI Park.

Time to check WA’s potential exposure sites list again as venues in Mount Lawley, Leederville, Welshpool, Mandurah and more are added to the growing list.

The Fremantle Dockers have snapped the Magpies’ hot run of form but this defensive battle – the Magpies managed only one goal – may have AFLW officials worried.

Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis’ thrilling run in the Australian Open men’s doubles competition is proving to be a transformative experience for players and public alike.

Qantas can turn a profit while flying far emptier planes than its rivals thanks to its aggressive pandemic cost-cutting drive, which analysts say will help shield it from competitors Virgin Australia, Rex Airlines and new challenger Bonza. 

A pandemic needs people to be selfless and the return-to-school COVID safety measures provide a perfect opportunity for children to learn to be altruistic.

Television and film producer Bruna Papandrea has called on Australians to support former Australian of the year Grace Tame after she left an Australian Open event abruptly before it started on Thursday.

Dutchman Sam Schroder has played the role of party-pooper at the Australian Open, defeating Dylan Alcott in his final tournament.

She has been remembered as someone who played an active social and political role advocating for Aboriginal people.

The week in photos from the award-winning SMH and AFR photographers.

Australian heatwaves are posing a greater threat to mortality than any other natural hazard, including bushfires and floods, and will increase with climate change.

Back for its 14th season, Mad as Hell has politicians in its sights as Micallef and his team shine a light on the madness of the hustings

Disgraced former television presenter Andrew O’Keefe has lashed out at journalists after he was charged over allegations he attacked a woman.

Police had issued an urgent appeal following her disappearance on Friday. 

Industry leaders are calling on the government to assist them in making millions of rapid antigen tests, parts of Sydney hardest hit by Omicron have the lowest booster shot uptake and the US has rejected Vladimir Putin’s demand that Ukraine never j...

The AEC says it is expecting an increase in postal votes at this year’s federal election.

High-profile investors say proposed law changes for Sydney’s parklands will terminate their negotiations with the state government to redevelop the precinct.

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck understands the extent of the challenge he’s about to dive face-first into as New Zealand’s latest code-hopping rugby recruit, but is clearly energised by his late-career reinvention.

Ukraine’s top diplomat in Australia says international pressure on Russia can help avoid armed conflict as troops mass at the border.

The state’s vaccination hubs can administer at least 100,000 more booster jabs a week, as health officials warn valuable staff are being left idle with the program running at half-capacity. 

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has fired the first shot in a contest over the key federal seat on the NSW South Coast.

The cost of providing essential workers automatic compensation for COVID-19 infection would be $315 million, according to new analysis, which is less than half the $638 million the state government estimated as the reason to repeal the cover.

National cabinet kept the two dose definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ while the expert vaccine taskforce still finalises its advice on whether to require a third COVID-19 shot.

Australia coach Justin Langer and former Australian women’s captain Raelee Thompson have been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

The US and Germany say they are prepared to halt the multibillion Nord Stream 2 dollar pipeline project if Russia invades.

While Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis have played it up for raucous crowds, Max Purcell and Matt Ebden have quietly moved into a grand slam final.

Why do symptoms linger for months for patients such as John Gillotte? A new study identifies why some people may be more susceptible.

Track is likely a Good 4 and rail out 6m.

New schools are being built in Melbourne’s west, but there won’t be enough of them, and they aren’t coming fast enough. A new report forecasts the region will be six schools short of its needs by 2031.

Tonga’s strict COVID-19 quarantine measures are adding complexity to a difficult clean-up mission, with international surge capacity unable to be deployed.

Fears of rate hikes, triggered by comments from US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, are coming home to roost in Australia.

Four locals will play in the Australian Open men’s doubles final for the first time since 1980.

Now a host of local juniors are locked in long term at St George Illawarra, will their skipper stay beyond his six-year mega deal to play alongside them?

The Board of Airline Representatives said it would take airlines 75 weeks to clear the backlog of passengers who had booked tickets in anticipation of the February 5 reopening.

Giants AFLW player Haneen Zreika has told teammates she has decided to withdraw from the round-four match against the Western Bulldogs after deciding she could not wear the pride jumper for religious reasons.

A cold case investigator whose findings were only recently made public has now been criticised for keeping secret tapes.

Michael Freedman hopes Forbidden Love can rise to the Expressway Stakes after being surprised by her at the barrier trials.

The Age’s new political cartoonists, Badiucao and Megan Herbert, have both experienced first hand the viral power of a simple, poetic work.

When two tribes go to war in Australia, they both mean business.

An investment from a trillion-dollar Singaporean sovereign wealth fund means a major credibility boost for two huge developments planned in Western Australia.

Arthur and Yvonne Boyd’s south coast property finally reopens to the public with a stunning new art museum and creative centre.

One of the men who died in a suspected shooting has been identified as Yarra Ranges Council worker Marty Sheahan.

Police say the one-time White Ribbon ambassador and chairman grabbed a potential business partner by the throat at his home in Sydney, pushed her to the ground and punched her.

While our hottest month could never be called peak planting season, it is not a time to rule it out.

Massive fortunes have been made by astute investors that hold their nerve even when they see the whites in the eyes of share traders.