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FALLING SHORT: Rohan Connolly says the Lions look like coming up short when it comes to the pointy end of the season yet again.
Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Brisbane's record shows that something seems to go awry come September.

Are the Lions simply not tough enough to claim the premiership?

Alize Cornet claims tennis stars kept quiet with COVID-19 during the French Open.

Cornet says players kept quiet with virus

Anhelina Kalinina faces fellow Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko in the second round at Wimbledon.

Ukrainian duo playing their part on court

POOR TIMING: The clash between Geelong and Richmond should have attracted a bigger audience, according to Howard Kotton. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

The AFL made another huge fixturing blunder in not scheduling the Geelong-Richmond game in prime-time.

AFL's classic prime-time fixturing blunder

Former Wallaby captain George Gregan says England can bounce back under Eddie Jones in Australia.

Gregan says England can bounce back

Liton Das made 53 in Bangladesh's first innings of the second Test against the Windies on St Lucia.

Touring Bangladesh improve in second Test

Stefanos Tsitsipas has powered into the final of the Mallorca Championships.

Good omens for Tsitsipas in Mallorca run

Daniil Medvedev meant business en route to beating compatriot Aslan Karatsev in Mallorca.

Medvedev, Tsitsipas advance in Mallorca

Caeleb Dressel has withdrawn from the world swimming championships

Caeleb Dressel pulls out of world champs

BIG LOSS: Melbourne will miss its skipper Max Gawn for the next month or so due to injury. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

For just the fifth time since the advent of the top-eight finals system in 1994, all top eight teams will play one another this weekend.

Stage set for the most mouth-watering round in the AFL for years

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BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER: This year's flu season is on track to beating a five-year case record as vaccination numbers remain low. Picture: Shutterstock

This year's season is a stark difference to the 2021 winter sickness period, which saw very few cases recorded nationwide.

Flu season on track to hitting five year record as vaccination remains low

New track: Alfie Arcuri has just dropped his latest single, Overtime, about his experiences with anxiety. Picture: Supplied

"Anxiety is something that I've had to deal with for most of my life."

The Voice star Alfie Arcuri shines light on anxiety

Abortion rights protesters chant on the steps of the Alabama state capitol building during a rally and march on the capitol in Montgomery on Sunday, June 26. Photo: Mickey Welsh-USA TODAY NETWORK/Sipa USA /AAP Image

Australians have joined in the fight for women's rights with protests set for the major metropolitan cities.

People show solidarity and protest for women's rights

BACK IN THE DAY: Nurses attend to a patient in an iron lung in the United Kingdom, 1949. Picture: Getty Images

The virus has been nearly eradicated worldwide, but traces have been found in London's wastewater, prompting a "national incident" to be declared.

Polio has been detected in the UK: Here's everything you need to know

Varroa mite was detected in beehives around the Port of Newcastle on June 24

Natural beekeepers urge Australia to learn from the mistakes made overseas where bees have become dependent on pharmaceuticals while trying to control varroa mite.

Let them bee: Natural beekeeping teacher says miticides not the answer to varroa parasite

Each year more than 200,000 hives are required for the pollination of the Australian almond crop alone. Photo: File

The news that varroa destructor is on our shores is alarming.

There's more than honey at stake

PAWS THE GAME: Chilean goalkeeper, Christine Elder, called a stop to play when the pup ran onto the field for a tummy rub. 

Chilean goalkeeper, Christine Elder, called a pause - or a paws - to the game while giving the pup a tummy rub.

Dog runs onto international soccer field, demands pats from players

The King: Austin Butler plays the legendary Mr Presley himself in Baz Luhrmann's new film Elvis, rated M, in cinemas now. Picture: Warner Bros

There's no doubt that Elvis is an enjoyable movie, even at two hours and 40 minutes, but it's not as successful a musical biopic as Rocketman or Walk the Line.

Elvis movie is a good time despite it lacking depth

Climate protesters tried to shut down the Sydney Harbour bridge before marching in the city.

Protesters took over the harbour tunnel in Sydney this morning.

Arrests made after climate change protesters block peak hour traffic

The findings reinforce the need for adequate resources for ICUs, especially in times of high demand.

Third virus wave biggest killer: study

An observer watches the take off on Sunday night.

American space agency NASA has successfully launched its first ever rocket from Australia.

See the moment NASA launches a rocket from the NT

Bruno (Damon Herriman) and Laura (Jackie van Beek) go to a new-age retreat to attempt to reinvigorate their marriage. Picture: Supplied

Everyone speaking gibberish may be a way of illustrating miscommunication, but it's radical.

A weird romp words can't describe

Austin Butler electrifies as Elvis. Picture: Universal 

It pulls you up to realise that this is Luhrmann's sixth feature film.

Baz Lurhmann's Elvis is an exhilarating and brilliant homage

Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Mark Paguio in Spiderhead. Picture: Netflix

You understand why Hemsworth would have been attracted to the production.

Hemsworth's Spiderhead is a slick, pacey futuristic thriller

PATIENT OPTIONS: Kirsten Pilatti, BCNA CEO talks with Elizabeth Blane in Latrobe, Tasmania during a Breast Cancer Network Australia event. Picture: Paul Scambler

GPs and advocates want to see the telehealth program extended to provide patients with more options on how they access medical care.

Call to re-instate, expand telehealth services ahead of July 1 cut-off

Director Kyle Balda has been at the helm of a number of others in this franchise and he sure knows what his audiences want.

It's more Minion high-jinks and it aims to please

WHAT TO DO IN THE DARK: It can be tough getting through a black out, but with a bit of planning, it can be made easier. Picture: FILE

As the energy emergency enters another week, we're being told to plan for power outages. So what do you need to get through the dark days?

How to prepare a 'black out survival kit' as the energy crisis continues

STORAGE TECHNOLOGY: LNG storage tanks at a terminal in Yokohama, Japan. Picture: WikiCommons

The country needs more transmission, more renewables, more storage. But how do we get there?

Has the energy emergency forced a re-think in future of electricity production?

SACRED GROUND: Goanna are back to celebrate their 1982 classic album Spirit Of Place. Picture: Martin Stringer

Shane Howard explains why Solid Rock will always matter

Goanna rediscovers their Spirit Of Place

FULL THROTTLE: Herald journalist Madeline Link on board the 222 Offshore powerboat at Lake Macquarie. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

The sun was shining, a severe weather warning hung in the air and I had been to the chiropractor the day before.

I got flung across a lake at breakneck speed in a powerboat

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Free flu shots in extended in NSW

NSW public and private school teachers are striking for 24 hours over staff shortages and pay.

NSW teacher strike, reduced train services

PM Anthony Albanese told NATO Australia has been subject to "economic coercion" by China.

NATO says China is a threat to security

A rise in ambulance offload delays has prompted researchers to suggest urgent action is needed.

Ambulance ramping linked to death risk

Counsel Assisting Elizabeth Bennett SC asked the nurse's ex-manager if she perceived risk he posed.

'Perfect storm' for abuse at Tas hospital

The best of the Southern Tablelands has been put on show as part of a new campaign from Destination Southern NSW. Photo: file

The best of the Southern Tablelands has been put on show as part of a new campaign from Destination Southern NSW.

Did your town make the cut for the new Tablelands tourism campaign?

This school holidays students and youth in the Upper Lachlan will have a feast of activities at their disposal. Photo: supplied

This school holidays students and youth in the Upper Lachlan will have a feast of activities at their disposal.

Here's what kids can get up to in the school holidays

Top L-R: Samantha Larter, Rory Fogg, Georgina Evans, Austin Grace. Bottom L-R: Rubey Williams, Rose Hogan, Elysia Mackay, Hugh Morrison. Pictures: Supplied.

Eight young adults across the Southern Inlands have received Royal Agricultural Society Foundation Rural Scholarships.

RAS Foundation backs regional students in their education endeavours, scholarships announced

Mission Australia recently hosted a morning tea for grandparents in Goulburn. Photo: Sophie Bennett.

Baby Boomers make up more than one quarter of the Goulburn-Mulwaree population, bucking the national trend of Millennials catching up.

Boomers remain dominant generation in Crookwell despite national shift

Nurses from across the region will join the stop work action. Picture: Louise Thrower

Nurses from Goulburn Base Hospital, Bowral and District Hospital, Queanbeyan Hospital and Health Service and Yass Hospital have voted in favour of the stop work action.

Nurses across the Southern Highlands and Tablelands vote in favour to stop work over staff ratios

You can get your wildlife rescue kit through Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital for $69. Picture: Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital

The NRMA has announced a partnership with conservation group Wildlife Recovery Australia to help fund critical programs that rescue, treat, rehabilitate and release native animals.

NRMA wildlife rescue kit to allow drivers to help injured animals

OPPOSED: Upper Lachlan Shire Mayor Pam Kensit says she cannot support the Goulburn to Crookwell rail trail in the current economic climate and given the council's existing challenges. Photo supplied. 

Pam Kensit says there are more pressing things than the Goulburn to Crookwell rail trail.

'If you want a rail trail, put it in your council area,' says mayor

ACTION: Poet and Bannister landowner, Russell Erwin, Christine Hughes and Andrea Strong are members of the HumeLink Alliance Inc, which will host a public meeting at Grabben Gullen Hall on Sunday about TransGrid's transmission project. Photo: Louise Thrower.

The meeting will discuss progress on the TransGrid proposal.

Action group rallies community over transmission line project

Millennials and their young families make up the majority of people moving from the city to the country. Picture: Shutterstock

Millennials and their young families make up the majority of people moving from the city to the country, as regional migration hits a record high.

Crookwell, Goulburn see rise in migration, report finds

More than 100 lambs have been stolen from a district property.

Police urge vigilance after sheep theft from rural property

ADVOCATE: Cr Bob Kirk has been pursuing the Goulburn to Crookwell rail trail proposal since 2014/15 when this photo was taken. He's surprised by Upper Lachlan Shire Council's sudden opposition. Photo: David Cole.

Rail Trail committee chair, Bob Kirk, says Upper Lachlan Council's decision is 'devastating.'

'Short on vision': Rail trail plan runs off track at 'critical time'

The Crookwell railway line just north of Norwood Rd near the Middle Arm Rd. Photo: Darryl Fernance.

The proposed 56km route intends to utilise the old Goulburn to Crookwell rail corridor.

Council make decision on Goulburn-Crookwell Rail Trail support

Goulburn is 'well positioned' according to one property industry leader. Photo: file

Goulburn has joined an exclusive list of property hotspots across the state.

Goulburn 'well positioned' as tree changers flock from the cities

NSW government announces $150 vouchers to help parents pay for kids going back to school. Picture: Shutterstock

It will go towards the costs of school uniforms, books and shoes.

How to claim your $150 back-to-school voucher

THE NSW Police Academy is set to receive training and infrastructure upgrades and an extra 550 students over the next year. Photo: Police Media.

The NSW Police Academy is set for some major additions over the next few years.

Police Academy scores more recruits, facilities in State budget

Goulburn Elders branch manager Ted Goad with Steve Ridley. Photos: Burney Wong. 

Steve Ridley has 'retired' from Elders Goulburn after 47 years.

Steve opts for 'new priorities' after lifetime in rural industry

Broulee's Spiderman: 91-year-old Gordon Wheatley was the first person to receive the anti-venom for the Sydney funnel-web spider.
Picture: James Tugwell

Gordon Wheatley was the first human to receive antivenom for an Atrax robustus - Sydney funnel-web spider - bite.