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The sole survivor of a fishing boat tragedy that claimed the lives of six men off the Queensland coast heard his mates' screams as he clung to the upturned vessel's hull in darkness.

A man who hit Britain's opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on the head with an egg in an attack apparently provoked by the politician's stance on Brexit has been sentenced to 28 days in jail.

Australia's major party leaders are deeply concerned by reports Pauline Nation's One Nation asked powerful US lobby groups for $US20 million ($A28m) in funding, in part to help it roll back gun control down under.

William Tyrrell's foster mother has told a coroner she immediately thought "someone has taken him" when the NSW town of Kendall fell quiet and the three-year-old boy vanished without a trace.

A man attacked by a shark in the Whitsundays is recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery.

Two toddlers are fighting for their lives after being found unconscious in a pool in Brisbane's north.

Apple has lifted the curtain on a television and movie streaming service that will allow users of its 1.4 billion gadgets to stream television shows and movies.

A Melbourne teenager who rose to fame for smashing an egg on an ultra-conservative independent Queensland senator's head says the crack has united people.

US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has found no evidence of collusion between President Donald Trump's election team and Russia in the 2016 election.

Michael Daley has quit as NSW Labor leader following the party's poor showing in the weekend's state election, but he's vowed to contest a leadership ballot to be held after the federal poll.