The Australian’s Adam Creighton says while it feels like lockdowns should work, data from around the world shows “there is no statistical evidence that they do”.

Queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklingtion has told Sky News there is “blatant pork barrelling” happening in order to achieve the state government’s only goal, to get Annastacia Palaszczuk re-elected.

Former prime minister Paul Keating has savaged the Reserve Bank for not doing enough to help the unemployed, saying it is having a "dalliance with indolence".

NSW has reported zero locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the second consecutive day. Six cases were detected among travellers in hotel quarantine and 16,759 people were tested in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday.

It’s been a while between gigs. This concert could have been called The Return of the ASO – and we all fervently hope there will not be a sequel called The Virus Strikes Back.

Melbourne actor and comedian Nikki Osborne and her family have been freed from Queensland quarantine to start a new life to save her children’s mental health.

Music fans are invited to grab some snacks and cash, drive or walk to the addresses, watch performers and donate to the artists who have missed performing to live audiences during pandemic restrictions and lockdowns.

Colac has been abuzz with talk of the seedy gathering. It is unclear whether there is any link between the activity of the participants and the later burst of cases in the town. Hosting a swingers’ event would be in clear breach of Chief Health Officer’s rules aimed at curbing …

The Victorian health department’s top public servant has expressed “profound regret” over the state’s second COVID-19 wave.

States must approach stimulus spending in the same way that the Reserve Bank has historically used monetary policy to stimulate the economy and move away from big-bang projects towards a rolling campaign of targeted spending measures aimed at underpinning jobs,