A meteor shower in the Northern Territory outback has been captured on camera over the towns of Alice Springs and Tennant Creek.

Scott Morrison is getting back to work after his election victory over the weekend.

The federal science minister has warned the Queensland government to "have a serious rethink" about its failure to approve Adani's coalmine, saying the issue cost Labor dearly in the weekend's election.

The reinstated Morrison government is pushing ahead with its plan to support new baseload power, as questions hover over its approach to climate change.

After drawing the curtain on a glittering 16-year NRL career, Cooper Cronk has promised to write his name in the history books one last time.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison looks likely to win 77 seats, allowing him to appoint a Speaker and govern in majority.

A billionaire technology investor has stunned the entire graduating class at a US university when he announced at their commencement he would pay off their student loans, estimated at $US40 million ($A58 million).

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have marked their first wedding anniversary with a photo montage on Instagram.

Paul McGregor has threatened to wield the axe at St George Illawarra after the Dragons slumped to their fourth straight loss at the hands of Newcastle.

A 60-year-old man is behind bars charged with fatally stabbing his wife before she was found near a hospital in Sydney's eastern suburbs.