Fashions on the field are just as important as the on-track racing for some as the ACT gets set to welcome punters back once again for its biggest weekend of racing.
States and territories will move to scrap quarantine for close contacts of COVID-19 cases as soon as possible, leaders agreed at Friday's national cabinet meeting.
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Video: Two "amphicars" were out on the lake on Friday in what you might call a wet run for the national festival of BMW clubs which is being held for four days from today.
First-term Labor senator Kimberley Kitching has been described as an influential operator who was "a cut above the rest" by colleagues who worked closely with her in the years before her untimely death.
Video: Warlpiri Elders have demanded a "ceasefire" in their communities after policeman Zachary Rolfe was found not guilty of murder over the shooting death of Warlpiri teen Kumanjayi Walker.
It's the last tackle. You're down by one point in a race against the clock. Conventional wisdom says you roll the dice on a field goal attempt to level the scores. Jack Wighton isn't a conventional player, though.
Subscriber | Analysis: Two years on from the horrors of Black Summer, the east coast flood catastrophe has again exposed Australia's vulnerability to natural disasters, writes Dan Jervis-Bardy.
Subscriber | Opinion: When Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin, communication was a primary part of the relief operation. Not public relations. Not political spin. Perhaps there's a lesson in that for the PM, writes Jack Waterford.
Subscriber | Tim the Yowie Man: A boyhood love of these charismatic cockatoos has never faded for Canberra's Bruce Thornton who has been feeding his feathered friends every day for 17 years.
Explore Travel: Any overseas travel these days requires more preparation than previously, but Thailand, where Michael Turtle is heading, is still one of the most complicated of the “open” countries.
