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Federal police have thrown out an investigation into claims historian and author Bruce Pascoe financially benefited by falsely claiming Aboriginal ancestry. 

Sydney residents are waking to a thick blanket of smoke covering the city, while the state mourns three American men who died while fighting fires north-east of Cooma on Thursday.

Follow all the Australian Open action from Melbourne Park, with day five set to feature the likes of Ash Barty, Serena Williams and Roger Federer.

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The 70-year-old pilot made a distress call to flight controllers moments before he and his 52-year-old wife hit the water at high speed on Wednesday.

The man allegedly refused to leave the water for almost two hours. A helicopter, police on land, lifeguards, an off-duty officer and water police were used to detain him.

If children's bedtimes have slipped over the holidays start today to re-establish their sleep routine. 

Sydney's two children's hospitals will continue to provide paediatric heart surgery, after a review found limiting services to one site was not feasible.

The wave of Australians heading to Europe continues with Chloe Logarzo becoming the fourth Matilda to move to the UK.

The famous Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than at any point in its 73-year history because of the growing risk of climate change and nuclear war.

Here are some expert tips to keep in mind when just getting started as a lifter.

"I was punching him. I was kicking him. I was just trying to get him away from me," Annabella Sciorra told the jury.

Chinese authorities have moved to lock down cities with a combined population of more than 18 million in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus.

The four Australians launched an unprecedented combined intervention into Britain's Huawei debate, urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to follow Australia's ban.

Kyrgios was astounded to receive what he felt was an incorrect warning for taking too long to serve, so he impersonated Nadal's pre-serve action.

Bauer Media chief executive Brendon Hill has not been deterred by failed negotiations with Mercury Capital, adamant to get his merger with Pacific Magazines over the line.

Travel and globalisation mean that new infections anywhere in the world can spread to other countries - quickly.

It would be a powerful statement if the state government flew the Aboriginal flag on the bridge every day.

On January 26, the community of Moree in north-western NSW will mark two very different anniversaries.

Tony Abbott says that believers in climate change are akin to religious zealots. Nothing could be further from the truth.