Melbourne's roadmap timetable could run ahead of schedule next month as Victoria's coronavirus numbers continue to plummet.

West Coast defender Will Schofield has announced he will retire at the end of the AFL season, saying the constant battle to earn selection eventually wore him down.

AFLPA president Patrick Dangerfield believes it will be too taxing on players to return to full-length quarters next season, saying a minute more each term is probably the "sweet spot".

Australians in and out of work face a long, hard and bumpy road as the nation recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.

Geelong superstar Patrick Dangerfield has made a record-equalling eighth appearance in the All-Australian team and been selected as captain for the first time.

Almost 90 pilot whales have been saved from a mass stranding on Tasmania's west coast, as authorities make grim plans to dump hundreds of carcasses at sea.

Exasperated Australians in heart-wrenching binds have vented emotional pleas for the government to urgently lift the cap on overseas arrivals.

Three people are lucky to be alive after a car plunged down a cliff, hitting a mother and her baby on a popular Newcastle beach.

Westpac has agreed to pay a record $1.3 billion fine for major breaches of money laundering and terror financing laws.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has moved to temper expectations ahead of announcing eased lockdown rules for Melbourne on Sunday.