ABF Commissioner Michael Outram said all foreign cruise ships who asked for permission to stay in local waters had their requests knocked back on Saturday.

The Perth schoolgirl sent a touching tribute to her supporters from a hospital bed on Wednesday morning before going back into the operating theatre with Dr Teo.

Maureen Preedy, 70, and her husband, Barry, were infected with COVID-19 in early March while on a cruise in Italy.

Alexandra Cearns, a photographer from Perth, curated Perfect Imperfection, which collates heart-warming snaps of pooches and felines living with disabilities.

Dr Charlie Teo's 'miracle girl' Amelia 'Milli' Lucas, from Sydney, has miraculously defied the odds to walk and talk after undergoing a gruelling eight-hour brain tumour surgery.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard revealed that 42 per cent of all cases within the state are now under the age of 40, with those aged 20 to 29 making up the majority.

Rhodri Lloyd Thomas, 31, from the town of Mandurah in Western Australia, was pulled from the pool in the villa he shares with his girlfriend in the idyllic resort of Canggu on April 9.

Perth chef Rob Nixon whipped up the indulgent dessert in a TikTok video last Tuesday, calling it 'cheap and easy to make, but delicious' to taste.

Dr Luke Torre risks his health every day he goes to work at Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. He is part of the team treating critical patients suffering from the illness.

It is the second consecutive day that WA has found no new cases of the disease, but residents were warned of a potential spike when hundreds of Australians arrive from overseas.

An Australian dating expert has conducted a poll to find out which physical quality in a woman men like the most, and the results may come as a surprise.

Rat infestations are cropping up around Perth's suburbs as the rodents shift to residential areas to fill their bellies.

Four boys were allegedly near Cottesloe's Il Lido Italian Canteen in Perth's western suburbs at about 9.30am on Thursday and spotted smashing the windows of parked cars with an axe.

The boys, two of whom are younger than ten years-old, could be seen running riot during the Cottesloe crime spree.

Laurie Yeeda, 52, will go to jail for nine and a half years after pleading guilty to raping and abusing four children in West Australia's East Kimberley region between 1994 and 2017.

A school girl and her family are devastated after their little pet dog Indy was savagely mauled to death by an 80-kilo canine while its owner 'got away with murder'.

A dating expert has polled a group of more than 200 Australian women about what their two favourite physical qualities are in a man, and the results aren't as obvious as you might think.

The Block's El'ise and Matt's passion for renovation certainly hasn't dwindled since their stint on the popular Nine show. 

The petition on change.org was launched three days ago and pleads with the newly-elected independent Zali Steggall to keep promise for climate change action by putting up wind turbines on Sydney beach.

Tony Abbott is wondering what to do next after losing the parliamentary seat he held for 25 years to a former Olympic skier in last month's election.

Tony Abbott has reportedly visited convicted paedophile George Pell in a Melbourne prison on Monday.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been spotted in his firefighting gear battling blazes south of Sydney for the second time this week, as Scott Morrison faces criticism for his family holiday.

Tony Abbott joined the NSW Rural Fire Service in 2000 while he was a minister and skipped cabinet meetings to help his Sydney brigade fight fires or clear storm damage, his captain said.

Former PM Tony Abbott spoke of going up against 20m walls of flame, leading crews into the inferno, and what inspired him to join, telling his story along with three other NSW RFS members.

Speaking at an event at Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney on Tuesday night, Mr Abbott said lower birthrate figures among the middle class were a 'real problem'.

Tony Abbott said he believes Australia's response to the pandemic has been 'better' than other countries as the government has been thinking of a scenario such as this for many years.

Six years ago, when the original Frozen film was released, I was one of many, many adults who absolutely loved it.

Film noir - that knowing mix of murder, a crumpled private investigator in a brimmed hat and always, but always, a deadly dame - is one of my favourite genres.

My mother, a former actress, adored Little Women and read the book aloud to my sisters and me, with different voices for each of the March sisters.

I first saw Bombshell a few weeks ago, and when I told people what a treat they had heading their way, they naturally wanted to know what it was about.

Whisper this softly, but we might just be falling out of love with film awards. The television ratings for last weekend's Bafta awards were the lowest for 12 years.

By and large, I rather admire the film career carved out by Steve Coogan, an actor to whom there's always been more than the admittedly ridiculously funny Alan Partridge.

Kanchamaiporn Saithong, 35, was found sprawled on the floor of his room lying on top of the two phones after he failed to turn up for work in the city of Chonburi.

The beauty, 24, shared several short clips of her chatting about trying out a new hair do on Instagram on Wednesday night, but wrote on one of her posts: 'I'm a really ugly blonde'.

Sydney will now host the Matildas' matches against China, Taiwan and Thailand after Asian Football Confederation moved games away from Nanjing due to coronavirus outbreak.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Si Racha Zoo in eastern Thailand put on the 'tiger chasing piglet show' so visitors could watch the the tiny animals being chased by female tiger Saimai.

With a sheer floral shirt revealing a bright yellow bra the Love Island star brought the sun to an otherwise rainy night as she stepped out for a sushi dinner at Amazonico, in Mayfair, London.

The unnamed holidaymaker in his 30s (pictured) called emergency services in the notorious red-light city of Pattaya, while yelling incoherently down the phone on Saturday night.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A giraffe was found dead today in swamp in Chachoengsao province,Thailand(left), just two days after it escaped from a truck bound for a zoo.

The footage was recorded in Phang Nga, southern Thailand, on Wednesday morning. The 8-foot-long male snake was found with his 7-foot-long female counterpart before they were eventually freed.

The footage was recorded by hygiene officials who visited the factory in Nong Khai, northeast Thailand, on Tuesday. The workers raise the chicken to their mouths and begin tearing at them with their teeth.

Jennelle Gordon, 37, from California, was a victim of sex trafficking at the age of 19 and faked her own death to escape. She has since bounced back thanks to tantra and now helps other victims.

The GoPro footage was recorded by Oliver Nordin in January after he and a friend snuck past security to gain access to the abandoned skyscraper in Thailand's capital.

Two elephants were travelling through Nakhon Sawan, northern Thailand, on a heavy-load lorry when it stopped at a red light on Saturday. They reached out to grab bunches of sugar cane.

The ship, MS Westerdam, has 650 Americans on board and has finally been allowed to anchor down in the port of Sihanoukville this afternoon.

Prime Minister Hun Sen presented red roses and embraced hundreds as they joyously poured from the vessel at the Cambodian port of Sihanoukville on Thursday.

Amanda Drish-Adolf, 30, decided to get a large intricate Mandala-style design while visiting Bangkok during an action-packed 'bucket list' trip to Thailand with husband Nick.

Dashcam footage filmed in Krabi, southern Thailand, shows how the truck turns a corner, throwing cement all over the road, and causing a huge cloud of dust to cover a woman's car.

American tourist Roderick, 31, and his girlfriend Kata, 22, had been staying illegally in the country for 256 days without a visa.

The body of Wang Jun, 30, was found in a black suitcase floating in the Ping river, central Thailand. Police are still searching for his wife Zhu Bing, 28, who is missing.