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

Modern slavery watchdog Walk Free Foundation is urging businesses and governments to help reduce COVID-19 risks for vulnerable workers.

Myles William Taylor, 34, is accused of bludgeoning his mother Lesley to death then attacking his father Michael in a domestic dispute at their Perth home on April 26.

Perth Modern School's Craig Andrew Donovan, 56, has been charged after officers allegedly uncovered child abuse videos on his mobile phone and desktop computer.

A Sydney accountant who used a corkscrew to poke a Tony Abbott supporter has avoided jail time. 

One Nation's co-founder unleashed on Pauline Hanson in his new book Before You Judge Me, saying it's hard to find any redeeming features in the firebrand politician.

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.

At first glance, 1917 seems a strange film, a First World War picture that arrives three years too late for a centenary, three months too late for Remembrance Day.

As nomination season for the big film awards comes to a close, it is clear there are both winners - basically Joker, 1917, The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - and losers.

There are 117 nationals from Wuhan in Bangkok, Thailand, and a further 100 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, who are understood to be desperate to get back to the coronavirus-stricken city 'as soon as possible'.

The Good Spa Guide reports a steady increase in UK spa-break bookings in general but particularly in breaks offering a taste of Thailand or a massage Moroccan-style.

In a series of text exchanges seen by Daily Mail Australia, Chinese students admit rushing to 'visa-free' countries to get around the ban - and enter Australia as soon as possible.

Stefan Eiriksson Andersen, 30, from Denmark, jumped from the plane after it took off from an airfield in the Sri Racha district of Chon Buri, eastern Thailand on Saturday afternoon.

Dean Rowland, who is thought to have spent two weeks 'exploring' the coronavirus-hit nation, posted a picture to Instagram of him wearing a facemask at Basildon University Hospital.

Bobby Watson (pictured right as a baby) died on Sunday afternoon after falling into a pool at the bottom of a water slide at a water park in Phuket, Thailand, while on a day out with his parents.

Actor Sid Owen has undergone emergency surgery on his jaw after a golf ball thwacked him in the face and knocked out six of his teeth.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Gory pictures of the actor, 48, unveiled the gruesome aftermath of the golf incident, with huge gaps on one side of his mouth where teeth are now missing

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.

William Watson, 35, took his family to the Blue Tree Water Park in Phuket, Thailand, on February 23. But just hours later his son, Bobby (pictured), drowned after falling into a plunge pool.

A crafty mother has used stickers related to her children's favourite shows and characters to encourage them to eat fruits and vegetables throughout the day.

The Love Island star, 20, returned home to Manchester from Thailand on Monday, where she was gifted with a bouquet of flowers, new House Of CB clothes and Nando's from beau Tommy, also 20.

Molly-Mae Hague has self-diagnosed herself with gout.

The reality star, 26, set pulses racing as she donned a black bikini and joked in the caption that she was 'washing away the corona'.

The British men were among nine foreigners and five Thai women partying in Phuket, Thailand, on Wednesday night. Pictured: Scenes inside the apartment after the police bust yesterday.

Professional pilot Dennis Michael Flynn, 62, was using the machine with friends in Chonburi on Wednesday morning when he lost control shortly after takeoff.

Footage from the Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo, on the outskirts of Bangkok, shows the chimp swerving around on the bike as disinfectant sprays out of the tank at the back.

Bill Patterson's CCTV cameras filmed the man dressed in a white protective suit on their property in Haberfield in Sydney's inner west on Monday.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 67, is believed to be back at the four-star retreat in southern Germany (pictured) after returning from brief visits back to Thailand.

The soap star, 48, was spotted out and about in Chigwell, Essex, on Friday and appeared to be on the road to recovery.

The experiment would have seen the Saturday qualifying replaced with a sprint race, in which drivers lined up in reverse championship order, with the leading driver starting at the back.

Lewis Hamilton has reignited a row with David Hockney (pictured) over an £18million west London home that the Formula One champion has allegedly never set foot in.

Red Bull racing chief Helmut Marko has revealed his unusual plan to arrange a 'Corona Camp' in a bid to ensure that the Formula One season is not blighted by the coronavirus outbreak.

The most powerful figure in the Catholic Church took to social media to share a cryptic tweet in the hours after the Victorian Supreme Court turned down Pell's appeal against sex abuse convictions.

Speaking in Rome on Friday, Pope Francis said it's 'a duty' to introduce 'the sin against ecology' to the Catholic Church's teachings as a way to protect 'our common home'.

In a new document issued by the Vatican on Tuesday, Francis decreed that information in abuse cases must be protected by church leaders to ensure its 'security, integrity and confidentiality'.

Pope Francis also sought to remind cardinals, bishops and priests that the church does not enjoy the authority it once did, as he spoke in the Sala Clementina, Vatican City.

During his weekly audience at the Vatican, Pope Francis showed his solidarity with those suffering from the global outbreak of the coronavirus as he kissed people in the crowds.

The footprints mark where people should stand to avoid close contact under the one-yard rule - which Italians were taking to heart by carrying rulers into bars and shops today.

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis has today issued a new decree, stating that some of Rome's churches will stay open, despite his initial order to close all of the religious sites just a day ago.

Speaking to daily Italian publication La Repubblica on Wednesday, the Pope said he had asked God to stop the epidemic in Italy 'with his hand'.

Some 5,476 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus across Italy, with more than 59,000 cases of the deadly virus confirmed.

Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, from Casigno in Italy's hardest-hit Lombardy region, died from coronavirus last week - but locals say he did not give up his respirator as was first reported.

Pilgrims have been barred from retracing Jesus's steps in the Holy Land, with flights grounded and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed for the first time since 1349.

Michael Dale Hudson, 56, was captured on surveillance camera bursting through the entrance of the supermarket on Gibsonton Drive, narrowly avoiding an elderly shopper.

The culprit, later identified to be Philip Attey, 55, admitted walking into the sporting goods section of a Port St. Lucie Walmart on Wednesday and posing the question - but says he wasn't being serious.

Employees were sent were sent a memo on Thursday, which circulated online, instructing them to 'immediately' remove 'aggressive' displays, including hunting videos and combat games.

Richard D. Clayton, 26, of Winter Park, Florida was arrested on Friday after authorities said he posted, '3 more days of probation left then I get my AR-15 back. Don't go to Walmart next week,' on Facebook.