Experts say a different method should be used to diagnose gestational diabetes, with up to a quarter of women diagnosed with the condition not needing medical intervention.

An accident forced the closure of a vital thoroughfare on Brisbane’s northside but authorities - and motorists - will soon have more buffer room.

A bushfire emergency warning has been issued south of Perth, with residents in Anketell and Oakford urged to leave immediately.

The best photos from the international wires at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics games under way in China.

Kumanjayi Walker was partly pinned to the ground underneath another police officer when Constable Zachary Rolfe fired from point-blank range into his mid-section, a Darwin court has heard.

Sydney University says face-to-face classes will resume this semester, with all classes of fewer than 120 students to take place on campus.

Homes have been destroyed, schools closed, residents evacuated and NSW firefighters sent to relieve exhausted local teams, as fires engulf vast stretches of WA.

Two senior constables have been suspended from duty pending an internal investigation by Victoria Police’s standards unit that will be overseen by the state’s anti-corruption commission.

The former Nationals leader says the party needs to focus on the next election, the government will return to Parliament this week to debate its religious freedom laws and the aged care industry says private sector support is “inadequate”.

Extending 27 metres below the surface, the escalators will shift thousands of commuters every hour to new underground platforms for the metro train line.

People identified as close contacts or who arrive from interstate and overseas will be required to isolate for seven days instead of 14 as of Tuesday

“We are in very real danger of losing our market share globally if we don’t do this properly,” said Tourism Australia boss Phillipa Harrison.

Police are cracking down on the misuse of electric scooters as increasing numbers take to the streets as part of Melbourne’s e-scooter trial.

A serving SAS soldier has denied “rehearsing” damaging evidence about Ben Roberts-Smith before appearing in the Federal Court witness box in the war veteran’s defamation case.

By the end of Monday, 50 per cent of Victoria’s children between the ages of five and 11 will have received one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she wanted people to have confidence in the government.

Rendall: The [Rolling] Stones... used to pop in and visit Christian frequently.

Urban areas around new metro train stations could take half of the forecast increase in population over the next 20 years, experts say.

Today on Please Explain, political correspondent James Massola joins Bianca Hall to talk about those text messages, the government’s dire week, and what we can expect this week, with Parliament resuming on Tuesday.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said her director general Rachel Hunter had written to public servants reminding them of their obligations to report any issues. 

While the Queensland government had initially referred the matter for a review, it was unclear whether it was still investigating the college despite the contract being withdrawn and the principal stepping down.

Bob Dylan: “Craig is hip to the hip but not really hip.”

Queensland has recorded 19 more deaths and over 4000 more cases, but Queenslanders will no longer be required to check-in using the official app as the current virus peak passes.

The 35-year-old man allegedly drove a Subaru Outback through a red light on Parramatta Road, in Sydney’s inner west, on Saturday morning before the multi-vehicle crash.

The health of society’s youngest members is an emotive issue at the best of times, let alone in a pandemic, so it won’t surprise that it’s become a lightning rod in ongoing debates.

An eight-month investigation has revealed WA’s most elite private schools had their “snouts in the trough” of JobKeeper, enabling them to record hefty profits.

Glenn Auchinachie finds inner-peace building sand castles on a South Gippsland beach.

The number of COVID-19 cases in WA continues to grow as further infections were detected in schools, and a positive case was reported at a Perth bowls club.

A WA woman has been attacked by a shark while swimming alone in an inflatable pool ring just 50 metres from shore near Esperance on Sunday.

Shell is unlikely to return its troubled Prelude floating LNG vessel off the WA coast to production until late March, losing valuable revenue as LNG demand from gas-starved Europe soars.

While avoiding a long, deep recession, a report shows the pandemic is leaving its mark on Australia’s largest city on the roads and elsewhere.

It is clear from recent discussions about the history curriculum in the media that there are a few things politicians, journalists and the public don’t know about what influences the history being taught in Victorian schools.

Adapting health services to include trans and gender diverse Australians needs to happen, even if that does mean challenging long-held stereotypes and outdated beliefs.

There’s no doubt much of our success against Omicron was due to accidents of timing. Our vaccine rollout was delayed by government bungling and Omicron arrived after many had recently been vaccinated or boosted.

The best photos from the international wires at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics games under way in China.

Over the past two years, many international students who would otherwise have studied in NSW have instead gone to countries with fewer border restrictions. And their rate of return is very slow.

We’d been in lockdown for 10 days or more, isolated in our rooms, when a voice on the broadcast system announced we were free. Come to the dining room for supper, it said. Meal over, another announcement … you are in lockdown again. Our freedom h...

As we press cautiously into 2022 after all the pollsters, pundits and epidemiologists failed us last year, CBD once again turns to the woman who can help.

The offer would have put her out of reach of Victorian courts and was made in 2020 by a senior officer in the police’s covert operations.

The peak body for pathologists has called on health authorities to start collecting data on negative rapid antigen test results, to better monitor the COVID pandemic.

It is indeed a rare thing when a politician offers to resign for telling the truth.

The Herald visited with the Bruce family of Cronulla, who had embraced the karaoke craze and stumped up $5000 for the “home entertainment system that makes you the star”.

English critics have praised the Australians who took all three leading roles in Rigoletto at Covent Garden.

Ellie Smith and Jake Gliddon had no idea police had hours earlier put together the final pieces of a data jigsaw which would lead detectives to storm a house a mere seven kilometres away from where they were staying.

During an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday, Ellie Smith and Jake Gliddon revealed their four-year-old daughter was still coming to terms with being held captive by a stranger for 18 days.

With a darn good cup of coffee.

The new Active Transport Minister also wants work to start on a major walking and cycling link between the Sydney CBD and Parramatta.

Male teachers, who make up barely a fifth of the workforce, are more likely to leave the profession over poor pay and lack of job status.

One of the most significant murder trials in a generation for its bearing on race, power and policing in modern Australia is set to begin in Darwin.

George, 12, was among more than 400 children taking part in Melbourne’s Midsumma Pride March. His family walked with their arms around him.