Follow along for all the major moments as we hit day 12 of the Australian Open.

The state issued an alert late on Friday with an urgent call for Library patrons to get tested as testing confirmed transmission at the Club Bootylicious event.

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

The hard courts of Tokyo and New York City brought Ash Barty back to earth last year. This is how she developed the game which dominated the Australian Open.

The Spanish champion has the chance to win his 21st major after advancing to the final of the Australian Open.

It was 2015, and Barty had already won junior Wimbledon, but she was taking an indefinite break from tennis after becoming disillusioned with life on the road.

The weather bureau said hailstones larger than 20¢ coins hit Melbourne’s inner east as the SES responded to about 1600 calls statewide.

Danielle Collins hopes to find her “zen” against Ash Barty, but it won’t be easy with the craft and guile the world No.1 has brought to her tennis at the Australian Open.

The so-called special Ks and their cheer squad seem to think they’re fixing something that isn’t broken in tennis.

The Prime Minister is in Cairns today to announce additional funding for the Great Barrier Reef, NSW is pressuring the Commonwealth for greater economic support and Ukraine’s top diplomat in Australia is confident armed conflict with Russia can be ...

Further details of how the school year will run in WA emerged on Tuesday and Friday this week with new close contacts rules the latest to be defined.

The COVID-19 death toll has climbed throughout January and was into the 90s on Friday.

Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis have endured a long Australian summer. It’s a feat that their bodies may not have allowed just 12 months ago.

Married at First Sight’s gormlessness makes me want to throw the iron at the telly but I’ll no doubt be tuning in again with 2 million others for the ninth season.

A new study has shown for the first time that killer whales successfully hunted and killed blue whales on three separate occasions off the coast of Western Australia.

Australian Open glory is Ash Barty’s for the taking, according to stars of the game, with the world No.1’s dominant serve likened to that of Serena Williams at her most devastating.

Russia’s ambassador to Australia says just because troops were massing on the border with Ukraine it did not mean Moscow was preparing to invade.

Paediatrician warns schools are in for a bumpy month but experts agree the benefits outweigh the risks as classes prepare to return on Monday.

I’m not saying she’ll win (we all know why), but anyone not on the Barty Express needs to jump aboard - pronto.

Ella Baxter found herself an unemployed pregnant writer during the pandemic - and one without valium.

The Giants beat the Western Bulldogs by 22 points on Friday afternoon - but one of their key players, Haneen Zrieka, sat out because of religious objections to the team’s rainbow guernsey.

Health authorities expect the number of hospital patients with COVID-19 will drop significantly over the coming weeks, prompting discussions about elective surgery.

Government spending money on water quality and illegal fishing is useful, but experts and activists say it will not address the reef’s key threat: climate change.

Public hearings for the commission are yet to commence after a year of COVID-related delays, raising questions about the leadership of the organisation.

Hancock Prospecting’s partnership with the Australian Olympic Committee is a win for athletes but critics have labelled the move as ‘embarrassing’ given Rinehart’s climate stance.

The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.

Joel King’s performance against Vietnam was one of the best debuts coach Graham Arnold has seen.

A family and divorce lawyer fighting sexual harassment allegations says he posted the female solicitor’s number online accidentally during a drug and alcohol-fuelled spree, VCAT has heard.

Tim Farriss has been ordered to pay costs after unsuccessfully suing a boating operator over an accident that severed a finger on his chord-playing hand.

Australia’s booksellers have come up with a scheme to help authors whose books suffered because of COVID-19 restrictions.

Investors have pushed Australia’s sharemarket out of correction territory, with a 2.2 per cent rise capping off a turbulent week of trading.

Police have said the deaths of a married couple in Brisbane’s south-west had evidence of violence, after initially suspecting they perished in a house fire.

As a boy, he would sit in his room for hours every day doing faces and accents. Now he’s heading to Hollywood.

The former professional tennis player discusses the dominant emotion she felt when retiring, finding her voice for the LGBTQI community, and childbirth.

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

“We have already repeatedly stated that our country does not intend to attack anyone,” said Alexei Zaitsev, a ministry spokesman.

Better than expected revenue will aid the company’s ambitious plan to hire 5000 more staff in Australia.

Depending on where you live in Greater Sydney, you could be paying up to 191.1¢ a litre to fill up the tank. See how the price has changed over 12 months, and where you can get the best deal near you.

The former television presenter has been refused bail in a Sydney court after he allegedly punched, kicked and choked the woman at an apartment this week.

Australian Bree Walker has fought tooth and nail for the chance to make history when the curiously titled monobob event makes its Olympic debut.

After weeks of reports on the state government’s secrecy around its Omicron modelling, a University of WA pandemics and vaccination expert has provided his own.

Australia’s women team have only played 17 Test matches since 2000. But is that a bad thing?

Major bank economists are expecting the prudential regulator to hold off introducing more lending restrictions as the likelihood of an interest rate rise this year increases.

Yvette D’Ath says unvaccinated people are far more likely to get sick and die of COVID-19, despite claims only small numbers are doing so.

Andrew Leigh says we struggle to process concepts such as extinction.

A distinguishing feature of the Australian director’s films is how different they are from each other.

Noah Hawley’s latest novel holds a mirror to the madness that is out and about in the US and beyond.

In Monica Ali’s delicious comic novel, differing views of the role of sex come to the fore.

Britain’s wartime prime minister comes in for sharp criticism in Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s robust account of his career.

Anna Clark’s new book reminds us that history is contested and changeable because it is always being made.