Tesla’s shares fell almost 5 per cent overnight, making it one of the worst performing stocks on Wall Street's Nasdaq index after large gains earlier in the week.

Jennifer Robinson, lawyer to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said he is considering an offer to appear before the US Senate Intelligence Committee to discuss alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

An Australian academic and human rights activist has been detained in the Philippines Manila international airport, being denied entry to the country after arriving on a flight from China.

Tasmanian man Jake Raymond Cleaver was yesterday charged a $850 fine after trying to sell more than 30 Indigenous stone relics on Gumtree in July last year.

Christmas tree growers are warning that because of the drought, this year’s trees won’t be the traditional colour, shape, scent and height everyone usually likes.

A teenage rural fire service volunteer has been charged with lighting several blazes around central Queensland in recent months.

The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake on Thursday as the official death toll topped 300.

More than 4000 firefighters are making progress in controlling California's largest wildfire on record, but the death toll is continuing to rise.