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A magistrate has spared Penrith playmaker Tyrone May jail but ensured a lecture about consent in the "Me Too" era is ringing in his ears.

Using and possessing cannabis and MDMA should be legalised in Queensland, the state's regulatory review body says.

Curtis Scott has vowed to fight to his "last breath" accusations he assaulted officers following boozy Australia Day celebrations, with the Canberra NRL star's legal team criticising NSW Police.

Inspired by her own bushfire experiences as a child, Sydney-based cryptocurrency queen Michaela "MJ" Juric has decided to use her skills to help others affected by the fire crisis.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has defended the government's plan to quarantine coronavirus evacuees on Christmas Island, reassuring them they'll receive medical treatment in a high standard facility.

A Chinese man with coronavirus shared a flight from Melbourne to the Gold Coast with 171 others when he was sick.

A second case of deadly coronavirus has been confirmed in Queensland as a 42-year-old Chinese national travelling from Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.

Three Japanese evacuated from Wuhan on a government-chartered flight have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, including two who had not shown any symptoms.