A man feared missing after he was not seen or heard of after moving his yacht to avoid Cyclone Yasi has arrived back at Port Hinchinbrook.

Records may seem to come and go in the fledgling A-League but Brisbane Roar coach Ange Postecoglou believes his side's incredible unbeaten run won't be broken "in a while".

Olympic and Commonwealth champion Anna Meares, who just broke the women's sprint Australian championship record, is now on track to reclaim the national crown.

A Federal Court judge will consider whether it is desirable to hear all legal actions against banks over managed investment schemes run by Storm Financial in the same court.

A Perth judge has deferred sentencing of an Afghan refugee for the murder of another refugee so he can hear from psychiatrists whether mental health problems contributed to the crime.

The coronial inquest into the death of Mullumbimby High School student Jai Morcom has been told he was repeatedly punched to the back of the head after falling to the ground during a schoolyard bra

A pilot has survived but two passengers died when a helicopter spiralled in the air before hitting the ground and busting into flames.

A Victorian truck driver who killed two children when he ran a red light has been jailed after an appeals court found his wholly-suspended sentence "manifestly inadequate".

Australians trapped in Egypt can evacuate aboard a government-chartered Qantas flight on Wednesday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says.

Squally winds and high tides are expected when ex-tropical cyclone Bianca hits Western Australia's southwest region, while 9000 homes are still without power in the Wheatbelt as a result of severe