Thousands of people continue to protest in Canberra against vaccine mandates.

Police allege the cyclist was riding along the Great Alpine Road near Cobungra when he was hit by a car.

A crowd of almost 2000 revellers armed with sunnies, hats, picnic blankets and a few of coldies gathered on South Beach Reserve for the last weekend of the St Kilda Festival on Saturday.

The Australian Electoral Commission is increasingly assertive at correcting misinformation online, responding to public posts amid growing fears about foreign interference and homegrown conspiracy theories.

Byelections are being held in the NSW seats of Bega, Monaro, Willoughby and Strathfield on Super Saturday.

Fishing has traditionally been considered a male sport. But things are changing at Albert Park’s Yachting and Angling Club.

A rolled-up piece of carpet is pulled from the earth. Could the puzzling items hidden inside explain what really happened to a loving Queensland mum who vanished after a troubling phone call?

Inner-city gardeners will chain themselves to the fences of their beloved veggie patches if necessary to stop the planned demolition of the Collingwood Children’s Farm community gardens starting Monday.

A light plane that crashed on a north Queensland beach on Christmas Eve had not been properly maintained for a decade and its pilot did not have a licence, an investigation has found.

Just before 12am on Saturday, a 50-year-old man crashed the electric scooter he was riding in Winifred Street, Morwell.

Of the 26 new local cases, 21 are linked to close contacts and the source of the five other local cases is still being investigated.

The best photos from the international wires at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games in China.

The crowd, which ranged from children and teenagers through to the original 78ers who protested for gay rights in 1978, waved placards such as “Pray the hate away” and “Homos against Scomo”.

The Queensland government is still working out how to access the important ministerial records, amid fresh government accountability questions.

The handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, jobs, government infrastructure and policies for young people are among key issues for voters heading to the ballot box.

Six people have been arrested after a car was allegedly stolen, with police pursuing the group through Sydney’s inner west which left one officer injured. 

A NSW parliamentary heard some doctors and nurses had resorted to wearing incontinence underwear during their shifts amid the Omicron wave.

The number of public hospital patients with the virus also continues to fall, dropping from 535 to 508 on Saturday, Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said.

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

There are now 487 people in hospital with the virus in Victoria, with 79 in intensive care including 20 on ventilators.

As shock new allegations rock the Ben Roberts-Smith trial, vital questions about how to protect investigative journalism and confidential sources are also in play.

There needs to be a genuine public debate about what Australians want more and less of - and an end to our politics of fear around public spending.

Text messages, the price of bread, bread-based racism - if this is what counts as substance, it must be an election year.

Novelist Thomas Keneally asks if Australia will become a wreck, like the Endeavour, with “HM” emblazoned on it?

A deep dive into what “John Dixon” has been up to provides a case study of what ASIO fears is a growing trend – the descent of young Australians into extremism.

Faith communities are bewildered at the fate of long-promised laws to prevent religious discrimination. It didn’t have to be this way.

The City of Sydney’s summer streets series has tapped into the global trend of reclaiming public spaces for local communities during the pandemic.

Transport for NSW has always stated that it never guarantees connections.

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A trial allowing regional pharmacists to diagnose and prescribe, to help stretched health systems, has reignited a longstanding dispute with GPs. But chemists hope it goes further.

Florists, including a Brisbane owner, are closing their doors on Valentine’s Day as prices and supply chain issues are too much to bear.

Paania Frauline Lawrence pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Friday.

Two young Australian men, one alive and one dead, have become symbols of incompatible ideals of justice.

We live in one of the world’s best cities. It can be maddening at times, wildly expensive always, but a joy to call our home. The pandemic has cost Sydney lost a little of its mojo. It’s a diverse and complex city, and I want the Herald to cover ...

Top Australian health officials now say people need a third coronavirus vaccine dose to be considered up to date, but stopped short of using three shots to define “fully vaccinated”.

After surviving a fire and a heart scare, veteran flower grower Kevin Moneghetti is primed for another Ballarat Begonia Festival.

Greg Sposaro doesn’t know why police entered his property late one Friday night. But he says when an officer came for him, he feared for his life.

Former federal Liberal leader Andrew Peacock has been remembered with great fondness by the party faithful as a man of charisma, decency and sartorial elegance.

One of Western Australia’s most prominent business figures and his son have pleaded guilty to entering the state without getting a G2G pass or undergoing isolation.

Melbourne’s public hospitals could open up to thousands of non-urgent elective surgery patients from Monday week, the national medical association says.

A new playground in Sydney’s inner west is being praised for its creative design. But some parents think it poses a safety risk.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is coming under increasing pressure to set a date for a return to the office.

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith told a fellow Special Air Service soldier he shot a young Afghan man in the head and it was “the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen”, the Federal Court has heard.

Healthcare workers had to wear incontinence underwear during their shifts because they were unable to get to the bathroom, a parliamentary hearing was told.

Foreign workers on Australian farms have allegedly been threatened with dismissal and deportation after giving evidence about their working conditions to a parliamentary inquiry.

A group of publishers including The Australian have apologised to Justice David Thomas, after falsely claiming he got his job thanks to his brother’s political donation.

Infrastructure that separates pedestrians from bicycles and e-scooters, and in turn from motor vehicles, needs to be expanded.

The NSW Police previously announced a $1 million reward for new information about the deaths of Evelyn Greenup, Colleen Walker-Craig and Clinton Speedy-Duroux.

A 70-year-old Perth man has died after contracting COVID-19, WA Premier Mark McGowan announced in a “tragic update” on Friday.

Taxi services say they are regaining many of the customers they had previously lost to the rideshare apps.