Concerns are raised about the number of people flouting advice not to travel this long weekend, with reports holidaymakers are descending on coastal communities south of Adelaide despite police warnings.

An Australian Defence Force plane will head to Vanuatu within days to deliver relief supplies after the country was devastated this week by Cyclone Harold.

The man died in a Newcastle hospital after interstate travel to Queensland, bringing the total coronavirus death toll in NSW to 22.

A Uyghur woman responds to comments made by a Chinese diplomat on Q+A that she and her Australian son prefer to live in Xinjiang instead of Australia.

Nathaniel Clarke speaks of his horror at how his sister and her children were murdered, while a women's legal service warns there has been an increase in calls from women saying their partners have threatened to kill them the same way.

Equinor's decision to scrap its proposed drilling in the Great Australian Bight has come as a shock to supporters and critics alike, with some energy analysts pointing to factors such as climate change as the reason behind it.

It's one set apiece in the blockbuster clash between Nick Kyrgios and Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open, after the local hope claims the second 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena. Follow all the action in our live blog.

Crash investigators return to the wreckage of the C-130 where three US firefighters died, while arrangements are being made for the victims' families to visit the site.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne says the Australian Government is exploring "all opportunities" to help evacuate Australians trapped in Hubei, as the United States and France reportedly try to evacuate their citizens with chartered flights.

Opinion is divided about whether men's Test matches should be reduced from five days to four, but the Australian players don't want to see any change to the traditional format.

A Sydney mother describes how she and her children were forced to flee on foot through the bush as a fast-moving bushfire closed in on the wooden holiday house they were renting.

Firefighters in SA are now contending with a grassfire near Rapid Bay, after more than 120 fires broke out on Monday burning nearly 40,000 hectares.

More than half of Australian nursing homes are understaffed, with residents having less access to qualified nurses than ever before, the aged care royal commission hears.

A 70-year-old man is remanded in custody over a string of alleged child abuse offences uncovered in a joint investigation between NSW Police, Northern Territory Police and the Australian Federal Police.

University of Melbourne researchers have found rates of self-harm among asylum seekers as high as 260 per 1,000 people on Nauru, but say unreported rates are unknown and they expect the real figures to be much higher.