Nathan is the centrepiece of a jigsaw puzzle that is becoming increasingly difficult for the premiers to piece together.

Aussie superstar Stephanie Gilmore says she’ll be riding for her spot on the World Surf Tour when she meets Hawaiian rival Carissa Moore in the quarter-finals at Bells Beach.

A dozen staff were furloughed and emergency cubicles were at capacity on the day a man died after waiting more than three hours in the emergency department of a hospital in East Gippsland.

Melbourne Airport had its busiest day in two years last Friday, and Thursday is expected to come a close second. The rush has sparked chaotic scenes at baggage carousels and security check-ins.

The selected teams for AFL round five, starting with Brisbane v Collingwood.

The award for a report on a controversial AFL training camp was reinstated after an independent panel recommended the decision to strip him of the honour was flawed.

In 2020, Victoria’s fertility rate fell to just 1.43 babies per woman. Not only was it a record low for the state, it was the lowest rate in the nation.

Football Australia says it will take an open mind into talks over the creation of an Asian Super League barely 12 months since a similar idea pushed by Europe’s top clubs was crushed by an avalanche of fan anger.

Provocative comments from a Rugby Australia official have fuelled speculation Dave Rennie’s successor is already set in stone.

Greens leader Adam Bandt was the latest would-be victim of a reporter’s “gotcha” question. But he wasn’t about to take it.

NSW has pushed back a deadline for certain aged care and disability service workers to have their third COVID-19 vaccine over fears it would slash even more staff from the sector.

Foreign workers will be needed to meet the prime minister’s 1.3 million jobs target, Labor is promising to roll out urgent care clinics and the Greens want Medicare expanded to cover going to the dentist.

What’s the best way to reward clubs who develop players? The Eels, who oversee one of the game’s biggest junior nurseries, believe they have the answer.

Voters are paying attention to Anthony Albanese and his daily media conferences are his main stage. He has realised he needs to control them.

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

Master trainer Chris Waller is sending a couple of promising maidens out at Wyong on Thursday.

All you need to find a winner or two at the NSW feature meeting.

Hugh Bowman and Brenton Avdulla will look for another group 1 to finish the carnival on stars Forbidden Love and Fireburn at Randwick on Saturday.

Peter and Paul Snowden have barely dipped their toes into the European market but they’ve already found a good one who they’re convinced has gone to another level.

If you surveyed punters as they went through the gates at Royal Randwick on Saturday, few would know Tofane is probably having her last start. So why hasn’t she got the plaudits she deserves?

One of the greatest ballets of all time is entering a new era at the Australian Ballet. But director David Hallberg had to make a choice: does the swan die?

This year’s Sydney Comedy Festival provides a much-needed excuse to lighten up.

Western Australia recorded 7426 new cases overnight, there are now 215 people in hospital and four are in intensive care.

In the most direct comments from an Australian government minister on the security deal to date, Pacific Minister Zed Seselja cast aside weeks of careful diplomatic language.

Highway police will be targeting speeding and fatigue as warm weather across most of the state lures thousands of Melburnians to the regions for Easter.

The jobless rate is expected to slip below 4 per cent but data shows consumers are gloomier about cost of living pressures, just days into the election campaign.

Bec Goddard, head coach of AFLW expansion club Hawthorn, made no apologies for her active pursuit of big-name players as the Hawks continue their list-build.

Mineral sands miner Iluka will demerge its Sierra Leone mines less than five years after purchasing the troubled assets, as it focuses on Australia and diversifying into rare earths.

The state government taskforce into dangerous flammable cladding has deemed more than 500 buildings a low priority, despite their facades potentially posing unacceptable fire risks.

Andrew McDonald is the antithesis of Justin Langer as a cricket coach.

Welfare groups and charities have criticised Labor’s decision to drop a review of the JobSeeker rate in a bid to head off a clash with the Coalition over unemployment benefits.

Police allege the 48-year-old man from Meadow Heights tested positive for methamphetamine after the collision.

The activists, who live-streamed the protest, parked the truck on the southbound lane of the bridge that veers off to the eastern suburbs. 

In the strongest signal to date that the war will grind on for longer, Putin said Kyiv had derailed peace talks by staging what he said were fake claims of Russian war crimes.

Novak Djokovic returned to the court at the Monte Carlo Masters after a seven-week break from competition. Off target from the start, he scrapped valiantly before fading to lose his opening match.

Greens leader Adam Bandt has called for gender affirming surgery to be available through Medicare as he declared his party’s support for trans rights.

Collingwood have kept the door open for Heritier Lumumba to engage in a truth-telling process due to start in April, despite Lumumba saying he has walked away from discussions with the Magpies.

A quarter-century since the launch of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party, its eponymous leader says she still has at least six years fight left. Maybe more.

The human remains were discovered at a picnic ground in Melbourne’s north on Tuesday night, and police have now determined the death was not suspicious.

Mark Newnham believes Big Parade can prove himself a contender for the world’s richest race on turf in the Hall Mark Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

No one saw it coming. Not her trainer or owner. But Fireburn could become the seventh Triple Crown winner without too much fanfare.

Fans versus favourites is the latest in clever MasterChef reboots, cultivating viewer interest pitting some of the show’s biggest names against some of its most obsessive viewers.

Our critic’s choice of what to watch this week.

She might be a late bloomer but South Korean actor Youn Yuh-jung has made a big impact.

The state government will ease rules for large productions to allow preparations to begin for a return to the stage.

When the new drama Barons set up its “surf” filming unit, they turned to one of the world’s leading surf filmmakers, Taylor Steele.

The embattled playmaker, who has no time for those who have “never played the game,” denies he asked the club for a release last summer.

Two years ago, St Kilda assistant Brendon Lade worked in construction as COVID-19 halted the AFL season. Now he’s back with the Saints and loving it - and on Saturday will be head coach in Brett Ratten’s absence.

Meanwhile, Simon Taylor delivers warm and fuzzy and Alfie Brown baffles with social satire.

The housing affordability virus looks to have spread to the rental market.