A one-week-old baby girl and four children have been taken to hospital after their mum crashed the family car in NSW's central west.

North Queensland's Chris Payne has played his last game for the A-League club with the striker to undergo surgery next week.

For Kim Clijsters, the new Australian Open champion, it's next stop Paris, then Wimbledon, the 2012 London Olympics and perhaps finally another baby or two.

Following an exhausting but successful international search for his young son, Australian Ken Thompson is due to face the media for the first time since returning from Europe.

A 31-year-old NSW man has been charged after a woman was knocked down and killed in southeast Queensland.

The cricket world, the banking world and the federal government are pledging more funds to help Queensland's and Victoria's flood victims.

Australians have been told not to travel to Egypt because of rising tensions and civil unrest.

Oppn calls in watchdog over milk debate

NSW wins thong challenge at Bondi Beach

A nagging leg injury is undermining Kim Clijsters' Australian Open quest, with the raging title favourite requiring pain-killers to reach the semi-finals on Wednesday.