National News

Australian Bali Nine member Renae Lawrence, set to be freed from jail after serving 13 years for drug smuggling, will be able to apply to return to Indonesia, a government official says.

The nine-month-old girl found dead on a Surfers Paradise beach died in NSW, with police now making arrangements to extradite the girl's father from Queensland.

Social media platform Instagram has announced plans to take action against users artificially increasing their follower numbers.

A tight-lipped Jarryd Hayne has said nothing to reporters as the out-of-contract NRL star reported to police to satisfy his strict bail conditions while on a sexual assault charge.

Minister for Women Kelly O'Dwyer believes Scott Morrison regrets comments he made about Pamela Anderson, after the Baywatch star appealed to the prime minister to defend WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

A failed push to soften the Cape Town trio's bans is officially over, having ended amicably as Australian cricket's warring parties start to smoke the peace pipe.

Expansion may still be on the agenda but NRL CEO Todd Greenberg says there is no deadline, balking at adding a fourth Queensland team at the expense of a Sydney club.

Australia's minister for women has a word of advice to younger ladies: don't dwell on your setbacks for long.

A shooting on a downtown Denver street corner on Monday left one person dead and four taken to hospital with bullet wounds, as investigators sought at least one suspect still at large, a police spokesman said.

NRL CEO Todd Greenberg has warned Valentine Holmes he is taking a "big risk" pursuing his NFL dream and dismissed concerns about the Cronulla star sparking a player drain.