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Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass has identified another 17,400 fines that could be refunded after finding councils and agencies might have acted illegally by outsourcing reviews.

The concerns about the AstraZeneca vaccine are misplaced. It makes sense to get a jab.

Planning bureaucrats will take charge of the proposal to redevelop the site after the City of Sydney and the state’s social housing agency failed to reach an agreement.

Chester Alexander Porter QC died at the age of 95 on Monday.

Phones rang hot on Wednesday at clinics named among those delivering the COVID-19 shot to at-risk Australians.

Six people were assessed after the crash at Morayfield on Wednesday afternoon.

News outlets being sued for defamation by Victoria Cross recipient argue they have evidence of more incidents on top of his alleged involvement in six unlawful killings as an Australian soldier in Afghanistan.

Perhaps the biggest threat provided by CBA’s entry is what it will mean for future regulation of buy-now-pay-later operators.

Welcome to the miniature, quirky, gently absurd world of Sydney artist Michael Pederson.

ExxonMobil is preparing to a tap a new gas field in Bass Strait within weeks as it seeks to recover from a bruising year.

Labor has used Uber’s announcement to call on the Morrison government to mandate the same thing in Australia.

No painting by Titian or Raphael has ever fetched as much as Everydays so of course this is big news. But it’s also just one more riotous example of the seemingly unstoppable human urge to commodify everything.

The former soldier travelled to Iraq in 2019 to train nearly 200 emergency and trauma doctors with combat charity Shadows of Hope. But who are Shadows of Hope and what do they do in war zones?

Education Minister James Merlino says reports that Melbourne schoolboys made misogynistic comments on public transport hours after Monday’s March 4 Justice were disappointing, disgraceful and “just beggar belief”.

In the state’s centre, an emergency alert has been declared at Sapphire, about 285 kilometres west of Rockhampton.

The cold case has baffled police for years after the 66-year-old was found dead inside his Ashfield unit 13 years ago.

Rural Fire Service Commissioner Rob Rogers has told staff and volunteers that instances of sexual harassment and violence had been raised with him since he took on the role last year.

Some people took offence to the NRL using the emoji to caption a photo of the hulking Eels prop - but he had a message for those outraged on his behalf.

The tough lockdown measures have sparked anxiety among expats who are still coming to grips with the implications of national security laws imposed by Beijing.

What does Australia’s vaccination timeline look like? And where will you get yours?

Phase 1b of the COVID-19 vaccine program begins on Monday with 337 medical clinics in NSW administering the voluntary vaccinations.

New Chief Scientist Cathy Foley says governments should have faith in science to solve climate change and food security problems.

The couple saved almost $15,000 for “one last hurrah” – a Japan holiday – but it was cancelled by COVID-19 and they are not entitled to a refund.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt responds to complaints about long wait lists as general practitioners in Victoria prepare to start administering COVID-19 vaccines from Monday.

White Riot is a fast-paced collage film chock full of urgent music, charting the Rock Against Racism movement in 1970s Britain.