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A South Australian police officer accused of assaulting four people while on the job is banned from having contact with 38 police officers after appearing in court.

Fewer than 100 critical care beds are available in New Delhi, a city of more than 20 million people, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says, as social media is flooded with complaints about lack of beds, oxygen cylinders and drugs in the Indian capital.

A 14-year-old motocross rider is the second teenager to die in as many years during a WA motocross competition in what is being described as a “freak accident”.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the vaccine rollout needs to ‘crack on’ using the AstraZeneca vaccine for people over the age of 50 who are most at risk from COVID-19.

Caboolture Magistrates Court hears a man charged with attempted murder after running over a woman’s leg while doing burnouts in the front yard of a property at the weekend had taken ice earlier in the day.

It may have looked like a bargaining chip at first, but the European Super League seems like it may really be happening. So what do we know about this new competition that has sparked such an intense backlash?

The NSW government reveals a new Mad Max movie, starring Chris Hemsworth, and set to be released in mid-2023, will be the biggest ever film made in the state.

Prescribed burns and smaller private property burns leave large parts of Perth blanketed in thick smoke, with an alert issued for areas from Mandurah to Yanchep.

Cleanaway Operations has been found guilty of failing to comply with their health and safety duty over a truck crash in 2014 that killed two people at the base of Adelaide’s South Eastern Freeway. 

A passenger train derails north of the Egyptian city of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities say, in the latest of several rail accidents in recent years.

After the wettest summer in a decade, Australia’s iconic green and gold budgerigars have flocked to waterholes in Central Australia. And the predators aren’t far behind. 

Key cryptocurrency prices stabilise after drops of 15 per cent for bitcoin and 18 per cent for ether over the weekend, while Crown receives a private equity offer to help it buy out James Packer.

A coroner recommends the case of missing Sydney schoolgirl Quanne Diec be referred to the unsolved homicide team less than two years after former nightclub bouncer Vinzent Tarantino was found not guilty of her murder.

As planes begin ferrying passengers between New Zealand and Australia in the first quarantine-free trans-Tasman travel since the pandemic began, the government is eyeing more deals with neighbouring countries.

It’s hard not to feel disempowered when young, but these five leaders are laying the groundwork for their communities and themselves.

Adam Bird, 24, is not in Caboolture Magistrates Court as murder and unlawful weapons charges against him are briefly mentioned and he is remanded in custody.

Stephen Stewart was born before records began, but he is thought to be 109 years old. The bushman, champion horseman and lore-man has been instrumental in improving working conditions for Aboriginal people — but that is just part of his remarkable story.

Two men die after a Tesla vehicle, believed to be operating without anyone in the driver’s seat, crashes into a tree and bursts into flames, authorities say.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton overturns a decision to strip honours from a group of Australian soldiers who served in Afghanistan.

Adelaide’s dedicated medi-hotel Tom’s Court has been used to separate confirmed coronavirus cases from returned travellers, but is now on the market just months after being opened.

British actor Helen McCrory, best known for her roles in Peaky Blinders and Harry Potter, is remembered for her “kindness and generosity”, after succumbing to a “heroic battle with cancer”, aged 52.

The English Premier League’s six biggest clubs, as well as Spanish and Italian giants, reportedly want to join a breakaway European league that has been roundly criticised by football officials and world leaders.

The two major parties pitching for votes in the Tasmania election on May 1 are asking voters to decide on Peter Gutwein’s legacy — but not for the same reasons, writes Alexandra Humphries.

Residents across widespread parts of the city awake to the smell of smoke, with the weather bureau identifying a burn-off in the Adelaide Hills as the likely cause.

Hundreds of passengers are boarding international flights this morning after the travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand opens, enabling quarantine-free travel.

A wildfire raging on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain spreads to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic campus library and forcing the evacuation of students.

MORNING BRIEFING: A Sydney GP calls for more action on vaccine hesitance as his clinic sees a significant drop in vaccine bookings, and rugby league great Tommy Raudonikis is to be farewelled at a public memorial today.

A Darwin builder at the centre of a saga involving more than a dozen potentially dangerous homes expresses sympathy for the residents, but denies he is to blame for the defective houses.

A five-day inquest is commencing today into the death of 18-year-old Alex Braes. It will hear evidence about the care and treatment he received at the Broken Hill Hospital after multiple trips to its emergency department.

Moscow reacts furiously to Czech allegations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were behind an explosion at a Czech ammunition dump four years earlier, which killed two people.

Miriam Allan phoned her father just hours before her stunning performance as the only woman in a four-person choir at Prince Philip’s funeral to tell him she would be singing.

Trucks, cars, buses and bikes; Tasmanian road users are diverse, but they all want the same thing … safer, more-efficient ways to get about.

Pani Hokianga and his family are preparing for a bittersweet return to New Zealand for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic slammed international borders shut and grounded flights.

Health authorities believe the family of three acquired COVID-19 from another family quarantining in an adjacent room in the Adina Apartment Hotel at Town Hall. Follow live.

The Trans-Tasman bubble is now open with the first Australians touching down in New Zealand this morning. Follow live.

A national multi-billion-dollar rail infrastructure project is moving full steam ahead despite Queensland communities refusing to give up the fight for their “scenic” patch.

Brayden Carroll never thought he’d make it through high school but he’s now vice-captain and on the path to completing his HSC thanks to a school program helping many students like him to achieve their dreams.

One of the most complained-about words of the year draws a surprising number of detractors, writes Tiger Webb.

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter will today attempt to become the first aircraft to lift off from the surface of Mars.

Just over a year ago, I lost my memory. Not just for a minute, but for an entire day. Gone. What happened and why remains a total mystery to me.

Paula and Bridgette Powers might just be the most identical twins you will ever meet. Everything from their clothes to their hair is the same and they speak in unison. To most of the world they’re known as “the Twinnies” and their life’s passion has helped save not only wildlife, but themselves.

For generations, Indigenous Australians have thrived in the Torres Strait, but some low-lying islands could become uninhabitable within decades if climate change is not curbed.

In the wake of its best season yet, AFLW still faces challenges that need to be urgently addressed, such as outlining a plan for the competition’s growth, writes Kate O’Halloran.

We’ve bodgied up the numbers to make it appear we are world leaders when it comes to economic growth but we’ve squeezed wages, living standards and productivity in the process, writes Ian Verrender.

The leader of Sinn Fein, the political successor of the Irish Republican Army, has apologised for the paramilitary group’s assassination of Prince Philip’s uncle, Louis Mountbatten.

Queen Elizabeth II reaches another milestone this week, though her birthday is likely to be even more subdued than normal.

Max Verstappen produces a near perfect drive to win a chaotic Emilia Romagna Grand Prix that sees a heavy high speed crash and then clash between George Russell and Valtteri Bottas.

The warning from the US comes as Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny faces an increasing risk of kidney failure after more than two weeks on a hunger strike while in prison.

As they stare down criminal charges, some of those who marched in the US Capitol riots now claim they were there as journalists.

Resetting Australia’s troubled COVID-19 vaccine rollout will be the focus of a National Cabinet meeting today as the nation’s leaders gather to urgently get the program back on track.

The AFLW premiers enjoy their return to Brisbane, with celebrations set to continue following their victory over the Crows in Saturday’s season decider in Adelaide.

MMA champion Ben Askren apologises to the world after suffering a first-round knockout in his highly anticipated bout with 24-year-old YouTuber Jake Paul.

Sprinter Abdoulie Asim, who competed for The Gambia at the Commonwealth Games, wants to represent his adopted homeland of Australia, having faced many hardships before and after seeking asylum in 2018.

Thousands sign a petition calling on businesses to shut their doors to the streaming behemoth as local government officials blast the “offensive” concept.

Tasmania’s major political parties have officially launched their election campaigns, with the Liberals spruiking their handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and Labor promoting its plans to overhaul health and housing. 

When it comes to stacking cups, Jaydyn Coggins can do it faster than just about anyone else in the world — and he has the silverware to prove it.

Just months out from the Olympics, the Tokyo-bound high jumper sets a national record at the Australian track and field championships in Sydney.

The Victorian opposition is pushing for an informal reporting option for sexual assaults, to bring the state in line with the rest of the nation.

Premier Daniel Andrews confirms he will not return to the job until at least June as he makes “slow and steady progress” to recover from a broken verebra and fractured ribs.

A bilateral energy and emissions agreement which will increase South Australia’s gas target and is worth more than $1 billion has been struck between the state and federal governments.

Calls by NSW Deputy Labor leader Yasmin Catley to “play fair” prompt the Nationals’ state office to “relinquish” the domain names of websites discrediting by-election candidates. 

The Victorian government will throw open the doors of its three mass-vaccination hubs for people who have previously only been covered by the Commonwealth’s coronavirus vaccine rollout.  

Former Collingwood vice-captain Sharni Norder says a lack of support continues to turn women away from sport.

The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, have agreed to cooperate with other countries to curb climate change.

Queensland have thrashed NSW by an innings and 33 runs in the Sheffield Shield final at Brisbane.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia is in no rush to open its borders to international travel as he calls on people over 50 to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Kangaroos put up a fight but fall short against the Cats, as the Demons beat the Hawks to keep their winning streak alive and the Dockers get home against the Crows.

The Crows and Dockers meet at Adelaide Oval with a chance to take a real leap forward in 2021, while the Demons and Hawks square off at the MCG. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.

North Queensland is at home to Canterbury, as the Warriors post a 20-14 victory over the in-form Dragons. Follow our ScoreCentre for all the live scores and stats.

St George Illawarra are out to make it five on the trot against the Warriors, before the Cowboys chase their second victory of the season against a winless Bulldogs side. Follow our ScoreCentre for all the live scores and stats.

The Demons and Hawks square off at the MCG, while the Kangaroos face the daunting task of playing the Cats in Geelong. Earlier, the Dockers got home by 12 points against the Crows. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.

Two teams with two wins each, the Crows and Dockers meet at Adelaide Oval with a chance to take a real leap forward in 2021. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.

North Queensland leaves Canterbury winless after six rounds following a 30-18 triumph in Townsville, while the Warriors post a 20-14 victory over the in-form Dragons.

Two teenagers are dead and five injured after their car struck a tree last night in Kalgup, near Busselton, in Western Australia’s south west region.

Loose monetary policy and government spending have supported the economy during the coronavirus pandemic and the banks are smiling.

Detectives have charged a 27-year-old man with attempted murder after he allegedly drove over a woman “repeatedly” in Caboolture overnight. 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the state memorial service will no doubt take place in Andrew Peacock’s “beloved Victoria”.