To coin a phrase.

A decision to class entire dormitories as household contacts means boarding students may have to move in and out of quarantine all term, principals warn

For the first time, Australian special forces members have started stepping into the witness box in the high-stakes Ben Roberts-Smith case, with startling evidence to mark the resumption of the trial.

Victoria’s ban on elective surgery could be wound back this week, NSW is mulling how to revive Sydney’s CBD and Labor has continued to criticise Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s performance during the pandemic.

For more than two decades, Williams ferried masterpieces of Indigenous art on the back of a ute across Australia’s vast deserts to seed a growing market.

The Mary’s Group called last drinks on the iconic pub after the landlord flagged plans to close its upstairs music room.

Parents of students from three secondary schools in Sydney’s inner west want dedicated buses put on until trams are fully reinstated on the light rail line.

Some Melbourne universities will stick with online lectures when semester one begins amid an ongoing Omicron wave, limiting campus learning to smaller classes.

Press gallery journalist Tegan George’s allegations that she was denied a safe workplace at the TV station have been denied by van Onselen, who insists he does not have a “woman problem”.

About 90 years after the Buruli ulcer – usually found in sub-Saharan Africa – was first seen in Victoria, scientists are confident they know what is spreading the bacteria that causes it.

Michael Serafin came to authorities’ attention after a woman was hospitalised following an injection in Sydney in 2016.

Construction union leader John Setka has aggressively abused his wife Emma Walters in a taped phone conversation, which is now subject of a police complaint.

Today on Please Explain, national property editor Chris Harrison joins Jess Irvine to discuss the extraordinary surge in home values and what’s ahead for 2022.

Anti-lockdown activist Monica Smit has pleaded not guilty to inciting protests that breached Melbourne’s COVID-19 restrictions last year.

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith executed an Afghan detainee and directed a soldier to kill a second man during a mission on Easter Sunday in 2009, a serving Special Air Service soldier has told the Federal Court.

Sneakers & Jeans CEO Andy Freeman has penned an open letter to Mark McGowan warning his industry is floundering without direction from the government.

The Atlassian founder has paid $4.65 million and picked up a sandstone home in Coasters Retreat on Pittwater in Sydney’s northern beaches.

Skulls have been taken from two graves at the cemetery and it now appears at least three others have been damaged in recent days.

The former premier’s reported text exchange with a cabinet minister, condemning Scott Morrison, is a cautionary tale for the digital age. Who among hasn’t vented in a text message?

Citipointe Christian College’s principal says the school is not discriminating against gay and transgender students, and most families emailing him “expressed support”.

A former member of the Australian Defence Force has appeared in court charged with defrauding a 95-year-old man.

There is a real possibility that the Blue Mountains area could be removed from the World Heritage list, says a UNSW Professor, after a UN advisory body warned raising the Warragamba Dam wall was “inappropriate”.

A child under 10 has died of COVID, one of 16 deaths on Wednesday, as authorities call for the child vaccination rate to lift before school returns.

A group of 14 parents responds to Citipointe Christian College’s new contract, which excludes transgender students and demands parents stand by its policy of condemning homosexuality.

The state government will partner with two businesses to establish a facility capable of producing 50 million rapid antigen tests a year.

More than half the sexual assault crimes prosecuted were serious enough to be dealt with in the County or Supreme courts, and 97 per cent of the offenders were male.

There are 2622 COVID-19 patients in NSW hospitals, including 170 in intensive care units. The figures are from a 20-hour period after NSW Health moved its cut-off time.

The man, who wasn’t wearing a helmet, remained in a critical condition on Wednesday after crashing on the Gold Coast overnight.

The storms are likely to continue into Wednesday night after another hot, humid day left much of the state sweltering.

Forbes Global Property launched in 2020 and a local offshoot launches in Australia this week. It has managed to pull in some very big names indeed. Think Bellevue Hill meets Toorak.

We need to change our economic priorities to benefit the many, not the few – that means more secure jobs and fewer greedy businesses.

It’s not just about personal privacy concerns. Our reliance on data infrastructure and our participation in the digital economy are forming the backbone of new economic, political, and social power.

For all its talk about “inclusion”, contemporary identity politics defaults to obliteration.

Every healthcare client deserves the best outcome, and having processes such as inclusive language helps to achieve this for all.

The leading organisation which manages international students enrolments in WA says the state will suffer a significant disadvantage to the eastern states.

Global brand launches Sydney and Melbourne super agency.

The Department of Health is in talks with the hospital sector to allow elective surgery to resume after passing the peak of the Omicron wave and amid declining hospitalisations.

While Mark McGowan constantly reels off the death tallies in states like NSW and Victoria, he often fails to provide an update on how other states are faring. The outcomes are much less grim.

It is a cynical and transparently political move for our PM and Treasurer to hand a top-up payment of $800 to aged care workers just before an election.

War on rats and the lure of embroidery.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

A teacher at Winterfold Primary School in Beaconsfield has tested positive to COVID-19 after the first day of school.

Australia’s largest elevated park is going to be built at Waterfront City in Docklands in a bid to counter the lack of open space and parkland in the area.

A major global collaboration involving Australian scientists has discovered the number of tree species on Earth – including some that are yet to be discovered.

As the state government continues to field integrity questions, senior MPs concede that as with his 1989 inquiry, Tony Fitzgerald could broaden the scope of his latest probe.

A federal proposal could yet provide legal protection for Brisbane college’s contracts that require students to denounce homosexuality.

When strippers cover up.

The about-face makes political sense - but whether the project stacks up economically, or serves any environmental utility, is another question.

The Prime Minister will today announce cash bonuses for aged care staff, the presumed Liberal candidate for Tony Abbott’s former seat has quit the race and Australia’s productivity watchdog says Victoria spends less money running public hospitals...

One lion dancing team gave 10 performances across Melbourne on Tuesday, adding colour to the first day of the Year of the Tiger.