Thai police have confirmed the death of Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones, who became ill after drinking tainted alcohol during a backpacking holiday in Laos.
Premier Chris Minns said the government has agreed to run as many 24-hour train services as possible this weekend and intensive negotiations with the rail union will be held over the next two weeks to hammer out a long-term deal.
The government has introduced its bill to ban children and younger teenagers from social media to parliament, revealing some of the platforms that will be captured under the changes.
Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire behind Queensland's controversial Carmichael coal project, is charged in the US over an alleged multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme.
The next eight weeks leading up to Donald Trump's January 20 inauguration will be both dangerous and decisive in terms of the future of the Ukraine war.
