The limousine driver at the centre of Sydney’s COVID-19 cluster won’t be charged, NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says. Some of the man’s passengers included international airline crew. He had not had a COVID-19 vaccine. He tested positive for the Delta COVID-19 variant on June 16, later that night it was confirmed his wife had also been infected. Since then, more than …

In a Sydney pub with her colleagues, Cathy Ngo thought it would be a normal Friday night out for after-work drinks. Instead, to her shock, she was approached by a male colleague at the company, who picked her up and swung her over his shoulder. Ms Ngo said her now former co-worker shouted to the pub, “I love Asian women!” He later told Ms …

Two women have pleaded guilty to charges related to their attempt to have a baby girl circumcised in Perth. The women, aged 23 and 50 at the time, faced court in March after being charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. They have pleaded guilty to conspiring in Canning Vale to commit unlawful genital mutilation. The baby girl was two weeks old …

Two women have pleaded guilty to charges related to their attempt to have a baby girl circumcised in Perth. The women, aged 23 and 50 at the time, faced court in March after being charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. They have pleaded guilty to conspiring in Canning Vale to commit unlawful genital mutilation. The baby girl was two weeks old …

Reef tourism operators say they are bewildered by a draft recommendation to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”, saying the world’s largest living organism is “healthy” and “beautiful”. The World Heritage Committee, which sits under UNESCO, has proposed moving the reef to the list because of the impact of climate change, and will consider the decision at a meeting in …

The number of COVID-19 cases in Sydney’s Bondi cluster has risen to 21, after NSW Health confirmed 10 new infections in its latest update. The increasing number of cases has led NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to extend the state’s mask mandate for all indoor public venues to 12:01am on Thursday, July 1. “We will extend it to all of Greater Sydney …

A 24-year-old man from Sydney’s south-west has faced court after being arrested for allegedly pledging allegiance to Islamic State. Joseph Saadieh from Chester Hill was arrested on Friday following a seven-month investigation by the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCCT). At Parramatta court on Saturday, he did not apply for bail but is expected to apply next Friday when he fronts court again. …

Scott Morrison says the world has not faced a period of such global upheaval since the 1930s. Then, it was a time of depression, still reeling from World War I, the 1918 flu that had killed more people than the war was still virulent, fascism was sweeping Europe and the world was sliding to another catastrophic conflict. Today we are …

Ash Barty has survived a scare on her return to Roland Garros before she prevailed in a three-set first round victory over America’s Bernarda Pera. Barty eventually won 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in her first match on the red clay of Paris since she hoisted the trophy in 2019 — having decided not to play in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic — but Pera …

Aussie world number one Ash Barty returns to Roland Garros for the first time since her 2019 title. Can she win her second major title after a strong claycourt season? Meanwhile, Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek are defending their championships at the coronavirus-delayed 2020 edition.