A man has been arrested after police found a body in the back seat of his car when they pulled him over in Newcastle.

A "land grab" by internet retailers is to blame for the one-in-four Australians unhappy with their national broadband network connection, its chief says.

One of the men who helped rescue fisherman Ruben McDornan from turbulent seas off the central Queensland coast says his survival is nothing short of remarkable.

Australian actor Judith McGrath, who starred in some of the country's best loved television shows, has died aged 70.

Keeping a lid on Tonga's Rugby League World Cup expectations may seem as challenging as stopping their controversial recruit Jason Taumalolo one-on-one.

His coach Brad Fittler may still need some convincing but Lebanon captain Robbie Farah says the Cedars are confident of a giant killing run at the looming Rugby League World Cup.

Two Rebels bikies have been removed from a Qantas flight at Hobart Airport by police.

Tasmanian police are investigating an alleged assault at a Rebels bikie clubhouse.

Police divers have found no trace of four men, lost at sea when their fishing trawler overturned, after searching the sunken wreckage off the Queensland coast.

Two people have been arrested after a man stormed an Adelaide deli and threatened staff with an axe.