Prince Charles has been approved as the successor to Queen Elizabeth as head of the Commonwealth at a meeting of the group's heads of government in Windsor, Sky News reports, citing unnamed sources.

The footage of a teenaged Dylan Voller tied to a restraining chair in a spit-hood prompting a Royal Commission has culminated in the Northern Territory government committing $229.6 million to fix its broken detention system.

Barnaby Joyce and his partner Vikki Campion have welcomed their baby boy.

North Queensland coach Paul Green has snapped at suggestions his side's poor form is related to their dramatic path to last season's NRL grand final.

A north Queensland man bitten on the arm by an eastern brown was holding it and asking neighbours what species it was when he collapsed and died.

The body of a gyrocopter pilot has been found in central Queensland after a teenage boy spotted it flying very low, it's engine apparently failing.

Almost 170,000 Australians with welfare debts racked up through false claims are being warned to sign repayment plans or cop interest charges.

Lance Armstrong has reached a $US5 million settlement with the federal government in a whistleblower lawsuit that could have sought $US100 million in damages from the cyclist.

Plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds could be banned in the United Kingdom, but Malcolm Turnbull stopped short of backing a similar ban at home.

Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have made Time's list of 2018's 100 most influential people alongside an eclectic group including US President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, soon-to-be member of the British royal family Meghan Markle and Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman.