Airport workers who are close contacts of COVID-19 cases do not need to isolate, as delays persist at Melbourne Airport ahead if its busiest Easter in two years.

Regional doctors warn they are increasingly having to treat people in corridors and struggling to find intensive care beds for the most critically ill.

Scott Morrison will today promise to create 1.3 million jobs over the next five years, Anthony Albanese will make mental health his priority and the Greens have dismissed the Labor leader’s recent economic gaffe.

The experts at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine say some victims of Russian soldiers still had their hands tied behind their backs and their T-shirts pulled up consistent with them being used to cover their faces.

A Sydney teenager was found buried in the Blue Mountains with his wrists and ankles bound by tape and possible defensive injuries, a court has heard.

A shortage of security staff has caused the airport to be plagued by long queues at security and passengers to complain about waiting for several hours to board flights.

Chris Dawson’s lawyers told the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday they would apply for his murder trial next month to be heard by a judge alone.

Sixty years ago, the Southern Aurora arrived at Spencer Street Station on its first Sydney to Melbourne run. The Age’s reporter was onboard for the historic occasion.

In what was described as a “deeply disappointing outcome”, the High Court decided on Tuesday not to grant the flood victims special leave to continue their case.

The state government will distribute 200,000 additional free rapid antigen tests at regional community resource centres from April 18.

In a statement filed in court, Barb and Ted Grimley say “Melissa dishonestly and fraudulently” took $1.2m they gave her to acquire a stake in an Edgecliff flat.

For the first time, Telstra has sought to divert calls for an ambulance in Queensland, as the health system comes under renewed pressure.

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Bikie Toby Mitchell has successfully challenged a prison term at appeal and will stay out of jail for striking a man at a pub in country Victoria.

A 17-year-old boy, who was working at the show, was fatally stabbed in the chest during a fight at the carnival ride section of the show on Monday night.

Four regional hubs will be established in Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat and Gippsland, each with an athletes’ village, after Victoria won as the only bidder for the Games.

Oliver’s owner left him in the Gold Coast flat while she went out. What followed was “senseless, violent and frankly frightening”, the judge said.

Evander Tuala, 23, died in St Vincent’s Hospital on Monday night after sustaining critical head injuries during an altercation at Taylor Square early on Saturday.

I’m not the fun police, but throwaway ageist jokes can do real damage.

Perth radio listeners are increasingly switching their dials from talkback to FM with Nova breakfast stalwarts Nathan, Nat and Shaun claiming a record 16.6 per cent of the market in the latest ratings survey. 

Most people expect to have a strong voice about what happens in their community, but the proposed planning reforms will muffle that voice.

“I recommend making all significant life changes all at the same time,” the breakfast TV wunderkind said about his surprise engagement.

Now that the election has been called, it is essential that everyone immediately check they have updated their address and information with the Australian Electoral Commission.

People with O negative blood are being urged to donate over the next fortnight, as the nation’s supply of emergency blood drops to just 1.5 days.

Sixty years ago, the Herald’s reporter spent a night on board luxury-class hotel on wheels the Southern Aurora, for its first Sydney-to-Melbourne run.

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The boy, believed to be 17, was taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition after CPR was performed at the scene.

Eternity remains dubious.

UNSW scientists have used CRISPR gene editing technology to discover why some people with the mutation for sickle cell disease never get it.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is campaigning on his economic record, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says Australia needs a better future and military experts say a fresh Russian offensive could hit eastern Ukraine within days.

The pub was nominated for protection on the state’s heritage register last month but it is still in the process of being assessed by Heritage Victoria.

Three years ago, Scott Morrison trumpeted “How good is Australia!” Now, voters get to replace the exclamation with a question mark: How good is Australia?

The Star casino failed to follow tax requirements in 2020 when foreign high-rollers continued playing as non-residents despite living in NSW during the pandemic.

Yigit Can Erdogan, known as John, has pleaded not guilty to detaining 17-year-old Justin Tsang for financial advantage and murdering him in March 2019.

The Silverchair frontman had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.157 when his grey SUV crashed into a van in the NSW Hunter region in March.

Mick Tisbury, Tony Martin and Alan McLean were perplexed by blood tests showing markedly different PFAS levels in their bloodstreams. It prompted them to come up with a theory.

Camera-detected traffic offences will attract larger fines, with seatbelt and mobile phone misuse set to cost drivers more than $1000.

The Go-Betweens drummer recalls her awkward first encounter with The Saints’ singer - and the confession she made to him in recent years.

Another WA building company has gone into liquidation, leaving clients facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs to salvage their dreams.

A former elite soldier has told the Federal Court he felt threatened into co-operating with three newspapers being sued for defamation by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith.

The independent panel appointed by the club found the decision to strip Age reporter Sam McClure of the award was flawed and should be reversed.

New footage after the shooting of John Lazzaro, 56, who was gunned down in his Rochedale South home in 2012, has been released as police hope to catch his killers.

Up to 70 per cent of bus drivers in some parts of western Sydney and the inner west took part in a 24-hour strike over pay and conditions on Monday.

The 27-year-old had been charged with assault and one count of wilful damage after the fracas in 2021, but the assault charges were dropped in court.

The Queensland Audit Office has laid bare the impact of the Labor government’s last restructure, saying it had “so many repercussions”.

The weekly COVID-19 surveillance report shows while the rate of case numbers appears to be slowing, it is too early to determine if WA has reached its peak. 

The COVID-19 home construction boom has seen vacant lots snapped up over Perth, but in the long-term developers are running out of land for new estates.

A mother said the ride operators failed to secure a harness around her four-year-old son at the festival on Sunday.

Greens leader Adam Bandt says Queensland and Brisbane will be crucial in the federal election, claiming the party could win four seats across the state. 

The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.