The Covid pandemic was most likely caused by a laboratory leak in China, according to a new investigation by a key US government agency.

Australian children will have spent 11,000 hours in the school classroom by 15, thousands more than their international peers yet there’s little evidence showing the extra time is productive.

The Alfred hospital’s intensive care unit is running “at or near capacity” almost every day, with doctors warning demand for beds will only rise.

The race that stops a nation has raced to the front of the field of Australian sporting events that deliver an economic impact to Victoria.