On Saturday night against the Wanderers, Rhyan Grant will make his 268th appearance in a Sydney jersey, breaking Alex Brosque’s record for most appearances.

Follow along for all the major moments and post-game reactions as Melbourne faces Essendon in Friday night football.

Follow all the action from the 2021 grand final rematch as local hero Nathan Cleary makes his first appearance of the season for the Panthers.

With a sluggish start and drama in their executive ranks, Manly must find a way to get the best out of their star fullback ahead of their clash with Canberra.

The Warriors are so incensed at attempts to stage a Kiwis Test match in New Zealand before their own long-awaited homecoming that the club will consider not releasing its players for the international fixture.

Parks, pools and piazzas – the push to make the Sydney of 2050 a place that puts people first.

Melbourne Storm trio Harry Grant, Jahrome Hughes and Xavier Coates have all signed contract extensions while new utility Nick Meaney is being tested out in different roles to begin the new season.

Former Richmond footballer Ty Zantuck, suing the Tigers over a back injury and concussions, has spent two days in court but the defence has raised counter arguments.

Hawthorn captain Ben McEvoy has a fractured neck, Tigers Dylan Grimes return, a young Blue is back in the midfield, while a veteran Saint returns ahead of Sunday’s AFL matches.

There is no way for the Labor leader to match the hysteria of Kevin Rudd’s 2007 campaign, so he offers “renewal, not revolution” instead.

An internal feud over trans rights has been simmering for years. It came to the boil when comments a Greens councillor in a private Facebook group were leaked.

Australia’s two largest states are refusing to be bound by a new mandatory Australian history component in the national curriculum they just signed up to.

The Victorian government is calling for the minimum wage to rise by at least 3.5 per cent to eclipse the rate of inflation as Australians struggle with living costs, while NSW is urging caution.

The Coalition is criticising Labor’s aged care plan unveiled in last night’s budget reply, Volodymyr Zelensky has asked Australia to provide armoured vehicles to his country and the Solomon Islands has inked its security deal with China despite A...

Cronulla player Aiden Tolman celebrates 300 NRL games.

Meg Lanning has encouraged sporting bodies to invest resources, time and energy into female tournaments and competitions after a world record crowd of 91,553 for a women’s sporting event attended a soccer match.

Phillip Dong Fang Lee, who was one of the casino’s “largest patrons by turnover”, lost an estimated $57 million at the venue during the same 14-year period. 

Phil McAdam, who runs Vancouver Bait Supply in Williamstown, was the last commercial fisherman left at Port Phillip Bay after the government phased the industry out.

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

Both major parties are refusing to outline how they will pay for looming cost increases in aged care, which outstripped funding to state hospitals for the first time in Tuesday’s federal budget.

Defence officials said there had been discussions throughout the night about how the Bushmasters could be supplied after Ukraine’s President specifically asked for them in an address to Federal Parliament.

The beautifully named Benaud is a contender in the Australian Derby, a race Richie loved.

Forbidden Love beats the handicapper and gets the wet track she likes in the Doncaster at Randwick on Saturday.

Bookmakers continue to take risks with Victoria Derby winner Hitotsu as he looks to join Dulcify and Mahogany in the Australian Derby at Randwick on Saturday

John Messara has had many group 1 victories, but he is still looking for his first Sires’ Produce Stakes winner and hopes it will come with Magic at Randwick on Saturday.

Shelby Sixtysix has gone from Sapphire Coast defeat to Australia’s most popular horse in two months – and no one saw it coming.

The court heard there was conjecture the Prime Minister could visit the Governor-General this weekend.

On the same day Sydney drivers were hit with a major toll price hike, Transport for NSW revealed thousands of drivers have been incorrectly charged after an account management systems error.

Can Wests Tigers break through for their first win of the season? Or will the Gold Coast Titans inflict more pain on Michael Maguire’s men. Join us for all the action.

Super Netball bosses have rejected the Giants’ request to postpone their clash against the Thunderbirds after six players, including three Diamonds, were ruled out due to COVID-19.

Alan Moir, The Sydney Morning Herald's political cartoonist, sketches the political unreality.

After the strongest yearly growth in home prices in 2021, when prices jumped nearly 28 per cent, economists say the property market is showing signs of cooling.

Should the DFES Commissioner be given the power to veto new property subdivisions in high bushfire risk areas? One group opposed to the development of a new subdivision in the Perth Hills by powerful property developer Nigel Satterly says yes.

What started as a meeting in Townsville in November 2000 will end with Solomon Islands signing a security deal with Beijing.

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

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

We usually think about listening as something we do simply with our ears, but a new project at ACCA asks us to think again.

The Treasurer has appointed Michele Bullock to be RBA deputy governor, the first woman in the bank’s history to reach such a senior position.

NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg says intelligence indicates Russia is trying to regroup, resupply its forces and reinforce its offensive in the Donbas region.

One of the most forgettable NRL games in recent memory has raised concerns about the depth in playing stocks - but Wayne Bennett isn’t worried.

Sardine fisher Phil McAdam is winding up his business as the ban on commercial net fishing in Port Phillip Bay comes into effect.

It’s not especially difficult to parse the words of elite athletes once they address a controversial subject, no matter how carefully they coach them.

Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.

Rahaf Mohammed’s memoir tells of her escape from life in a country where women have little to no freedom.

I was ashamed of my handwriting, but a tiny letter managed to convey what was in my heart far more eloquently than any witty emails ever could.

Unusual narrators such as paintings or animals are nothing new - they’ve been around for hundreds of years.

The Melbourne novelist started work on Dinner with the Schnabels as the pandemic began to bite. She knew she would have to include it.

A Booker nomination may seem to answer a writer’s prayers – but it can also generate a stream of odd questions from strangers. Here’s how Steve Toltz responds.

Agribusiness tech CEO Linda Woodford, 50, has been identified as one of the five people who died in the crash.

Poly Global is selling off multiple assets across Sydney and Melbourne amid underlying tensions between Canberra and Beijing.