The High court of Australia has upheld a terrorism conviction after ruling that married couples can commit conspiracy together.

Alo-Bridget Namoa and Sameh Bayda were convicted of planning to commit a street attack on non-Muslims during late 2015 and early 2016.

The High Court confirmed there is no longer any principle in Australian common law respecting the single legal personality of spouses.

US President Joe Biden will withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country.

The deadline was previously marked to be May 1 under a peace agreement the Trump administration reached with the Taliban last year, however, President Biden extended the date as he believed an orderly withdrawal of the remaining 2,500 troops would be difficult.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced that Restrictions will ease from 6am tomorrow.

Masks will not be required except at airports or when flying visitors will be allowed in hospitals, aged and disability care facilities as soon they are ready. 

You can also stand up to eat and drink in pubs and clubs, and dancing will be allowed.  Stadiums, theatres and cinemas can operate at 100% capacity, and gatherings of up to 100 people will be allowed at private residences.

Mayors of rural towns in Outback Queensland are calling on Google Maps to update their services after the Town of Eromanga was plotted 85 kilometres away from its actual location. 

Safety concerns have also been raised about Google Maps suggesting ‘bizarre’ routes that direct tourists off main roads and into bushland. 

Quilpie Shire Council Mayor says that it’s best for visitors to read road signs rather than trusting the web-based GPS service.

The RMIT ABC fact checker has looked into the reach of Rupert Murdoch's media empire amid calls by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for more media diversity.

Roy Morgan polling found that News Corp reached more than twice as many people each week than Nine Entertainment did through its print newspapers.

Brittany Higgins will be publishing a memoir of her experiences working inside Australia's halls of power, with half of the profits going to a rape crisis centre in Canberra which she says was a personal "lifeline" in the wake of her alleged sexual assault. 

A national conversation around sexual assault and power was sparked in February after Miss Higgins came forward with allegations of being raped in Parliament House.  Her memoir is set to be published next year.

Labor is pressuring the Morrison government  to allow more than 3000 Myanmarese citizens to stay in Australia once their visas expire.

The push comes after more than 700 civilians are estimated to have been killed in violent crackdowns since the February 1 military coup.

There are more than 3,500 temporary visa holders from Myanmar in Australia, about half of them students.

A voice actor who played Apu in The Simpsons has issued a public apology and says he regrets playing the role.

Hank Azaria, a white man, worked on the show for 10 years and voiced a number of characters including Apu, an Indian-American convenience store owner. 

Azaria left the show in 2020 after the character’s representation was heavily criticised for reinforcing potentially harmful racial stereotypes. 

Queensland's coronavirus restrictions are set to ease tomorrow from midday with state health officials to confirm the details this morning.

It's likely there will be no legal requirement to wear masks indoors when you are grocery shopping, taking public transport, or in restaurants and pubs when not eating or drinking.

Weddings and funerals will likely be allowed to have 200 guests and 100 people will be allowed in a private residence.

Covid-19 has been detected in the princess Alexandra hospital ward 5D even after it had received a deep clean.

The hospital was locked down twice in recent months, after two workers in the 5D ward contracted the virus from a positive returned traveller.

Griffith University Infectious diseases expert, Professor Nigel McMillan says “The most likely scenario is that somewhere in the air conditioning there's a failure or an issue”.