A man is jailed for circling a family in his car and hurling anti-Islamic abuse at them on the New South Wales south coast last year.

Gail Baker's dying wish has been granted, with her sister allowed a travel exemption to fly to Australia from New Zealand to care for her in her final days.

A mental health initiative that became a national success story is forced to innovate in the coronavirus era with Zoom walks and online check-ins.

Sam Davis and Spencer Austad getting ready to motor down the Manning River.

49-year-old Amber Christie walking past Hotel Illawong on Oak Street, Evans Head around 4:00pm on Sunday May 3, 2020.

Amber Christie, 49, has been reported missing by her family and friends after failing to return to her Evans Head home from a Sunday afternoon walk.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian says school size matters when it comes to planning students' return.

Managing Carmen is a light-hearted parody of football's excesses, says 720 cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie.

Searching for Sugar Man is an engaging documentary centred around the quest by two middle aged South Africans to discover the fate of the enigmatic Rodriguez, the greatest 70s rock icon who never was.

Two South African music fanatics embark on a life-changing journey to uncover the story behind one of their country's favourite, but enigmatic artists.

Neither the people in favour of Polanski being granted unconditional liberty nor the moral guardians and self righteous accusers are likely to have their opinion much altered as a result of this superficial, yet devastatingly powerful record of an extraordinary life.

The franchise groans under the weight of big set pieces and a growing collection of villains, but Robert Downey Jr continues to save the day.

It's an American classic. A masterpiece of modern theatre. Written by one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century Arthur Miller.

Briony Kidd takes a look at the latest Superman film.

The Superman reboot is a grand, epic, comic-book opera, but lacks a sense of magic and wonder.

The wintry weather dampens spirits in this performance from an artist whose music is 'quintessential summer'.

'Brief Encounter' serves as a poignant little reminder of the volcano ready to erupt beneath the cover of a mediocre suburban life.

Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton unleash their girl power in this predictable comedy that gets by on the charm and chemistry of its leading ladies.

A self-described experienced horse breaker has been fined and sentenced to a community correction order for a "silly decision" to use a lasso to strangle a brumby.

Australia may be on the cusp of electric cars, but could the production of environmentally friendly vehicles take a heavy toll on the Clarence Valley?

Australia's first liquid natural gas import terminal will be built at Port Kembla, south of Sydney, with hopes it will secure thousands of jobs and meet the bulk of the state's gas needs.

MORNING BRIEFING: The Rural Fire Service says it will begin assessing the full extent of the bushfire damage in northern New South Wales today, and a man is charged after a robbery in 2003.

A man is charged with two counts of murder after a woman and a young boy are found dead in a Tamworth house fire that police believe was deliberately lit. Two other people are in hospital with burns.

Two men are arrested over the disappearance and suspected murder of a New South Wales man who has been missing for almost a decade.

As Tasmania brings in tough new controls to limit coronavirus infections, tourism and hospitality industries are "hanging on by a thread" and operators are urging locals to support them.

The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in Tasmania jumps to 16, with five cases being diagnosed on Saturday, the director of public health says.

Rowena has been in and out of jail a handful of times — she says she is doing her best to stay out, but adds "when something bad happens on the outside, you just want to run back to jail and be safe".

There are now 22 people in Tasmania who have tested positive for coronavirus, with five people being diagnosed today, the director of public health says.

Tasmanian public schools will remain open "for the time being", while pubs, clubs, sporting venues and churches close from midday.

The Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein says public schools will remain open, but parents who wish to keep children home may do so.

Gaming business Federal Group says it will not have jobs for about 1,500 of its 1,930 Tasmanian workers because of restrictions on the operation of hotels and casinos introduced to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Tasmania records six new cases of coronavirus, with four of those infected being passengers who returned to the state after disembarking the Ruby Princess cruise ship.

Gambling giant Federal Group is demanding Tasmanian pub owners continue paying rent on leased poker machines, even while hoteliers have been forced to close due to coronavirus — a move blasted by Senator Jacqui Lambie as "trying to make a quid" during a "wartime scenario".

Authorities say Tasmania is one of the last remaining jurisdictions in the country not to record any confirmed cases of coronavirus via community transmission. Has the state been spared and will it remain that way?

Tasmania confirms eight more cases of coronavirus, bringing the state's tally to 36, as another college ends classroom teaching, citing "mixed and uncertain medical health advice within the community and from various public health authorities".

Health authorities say a person in their 20s is among the latest positive cases of coronavirus detected in Tasmania taking the state tally to 42.

Authorities say two children are confirmed amongst the latest coronavirus cases in Tasmania, as the Government confirms it will refund public school levies, freeze water prices and cap electricity prices as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response.

Union calls to sack a council on Tasmania's east coast are growing louder, with the news its most senior staff member has resigned.

Public health officials are investigating the recent movements of a worker at Latrobe's Mersey Community Hospital, in the state's north, who has caught coronavirus.

Tasmania's economy was just picking up as coronavirus restrictions sent thousands of people out of work — but some help is out there.

All non-essential travellers who arrive in Tasmania after midnight on Sunday will be placed into a Government-operated facility, Premier Peter Gutwein announces.

A continuing investigation into an infectious health worker at the Mersey Hospital in Tasmania's north-west reveals the person was only at work for 30 minutes before they felt unwell and went home.

As Tasmanian health authorities say they are yet to learn how two people in the state's north-west contracted coronavirus, four new cases are confirmed.

A young Tasmanian father is dead and five people are in custody after police are called to an altercation in Ritchie Avenue in Burnie early on Sunday morning.

Four men and one woman appear in court charged with murder over the death of a 23-year-old man in Burnie, in Tasmania's north west, early on Sunday morning.

Tasmania records its first coronavirus death after a woman in her 80s dies in hospital in the state's north-west, with the state's case tally rising by three to 69.

Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has announced the state's first coronavirus related death.