As protests continue across the US, President Donald Trump says he's finalising an executive order advising police departments to adopt national standards for the use of force.

The Australian Tourism Industry Council says research it commissioned shows interstate border closures are costing the nation 702 jobs a day and $84m.

Emergency departments in major hospitals across the country have seen patient numbers steadily increase as the COVID-19 crisis eases.

In Adelaide, the Government has given the go ahead for almost 2500 people to watch the state's two AFL teams go head-to-head tomorrow night.

The Prime Minister gets tough, telling protestors to stay home and not risk spreading COVID-19 at demonstrations.

Protestors are shrugging off warnings not to go ahead with planned rallies after the Prime Minister warned they pose an 'unacceptable risk'.

New Treasury figures show the areas of the country where most applications have been lodged for the JobKeeper payments.

Streaming services and broadcasters around the world are re-assessing their content because of racist depictions of characters in film and television.

A prominent education agent is warning Chinese enrolments in Australian universities are likely to drop.

Jurisdictions in several districts of the US are moving towards changing the way policing is performed, after more than two weeks of nationwide protests over George Floyd's death in police custody.