The 222 Australian citizens and 28 New Zealand nationals and permanent residents are scheduled to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday.

Nigerian student Kelechi Emeh, 33, avoided a jail cell after pleading guilty to his role in a sophisticated scam which defrauded Queensland woman out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

House Rules: High Stakes premiered on Monday night and it's not the impressive size of the building that has viewers in a tizz, but it's the strapping contestants. 

Like many other Australians, Rebecca Lobie has been hunkering down at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Home Affairs Minister tested positive to the virus on March 13 and was admitted to hospital in Brisbane that night.

Virgin Australia fleet engineer and Brisbane dad Tony Hill believes he'll struggle to find another job in Australia's embattled aviation industry if the airline can't survive the coronavirus crisis.

A Queensland woman has lifted the lid on Australia's rogue beauticians, revealing many in the industry are operating illegally from home in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown.

The 27-year-old utility, who had his sights on playing in the NRL, was found face down in the swimming pool at his parents' home in Brisbane on Friday.

Westpac senior economist Justin Smirk is expecting average petrol prices in Australia's biggest cities to plunge by a fifth by the end of June. This would see unleaded sell for less than 75 cents a litre.

Sales of mints and gum have gone down ever since the Australian government introduced strict new social distancing rules.

West Ham have announced that their planned pre-season tournament in Australia, which was also due to feature Crystal Palace, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Australian jockey Luke Tarrant has been given a six-month ban after head-butting fellow rider Larry Cassidy during an altercation at Doomben racecourse on Wednesday.

The origin of MasterChef Australia fan favourite Poh Ling Yeow's unusual nickname, 'Train Tracks', has been revealed.

Tough social distancing measures and fears of contracting the deadly illness have been the driving force behind the sudden spike in the number of homebirths in Australia.

Two prisoners have died in separate incidents 12 hours apart at Woodford Correctional Centre north of Brisbane.

Australians hoping to fly home during the coronavirus pandemic have been given new options with Qantas announcing limited flights to Melbourne from Los Angeles and London.

Bernie Ryan flew back to the country on Sunday from his job as a mining contractor in Brisbane after hearing his wife's cancer had aggressively returned and she had only hours to live.

Kemi Badenoch, 39, from Wimbledon who is a pro-Brexit conservative minister, revealed the challenges of campaigning to be re-elected as MP for Saffron Walden in Essex, with a newborn.

Conservative former MP Zac Goldsmith is to stay on as Environment Minister and will be made a life peer, Downing Street has announced today.

Measures to ensure that 'minimum service levels' are maintained during rail strikes are included in the Queen's Speech.

Australia's share market lost another $107billion after Prime Minister Scott Morrison banned indoor gatherings of 100 or more people. A top economic professor fears a recession rivalling 1930s.

More than one million Australians will lose their jobs from the economic crash caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre predicts.

Financial comparison website Finder's survey of 11,118 consumers found 19 per cent of them would barely have enough savings to last a week if COVID-19 took their job.

One in two Australian workers could soon be receiving a $1,500 fortnightly wage subsidy to be kept in work. Daily Mail Australia looks at the services jobs coronavirus has destroyed overnight.

Griffith University politics lecturer Paul Williams said even a Coalition government would have to consider raising taxes on high income earners to fund job creation programs for COVID-19 victims.

Almost a third or 27.4 per cent of Australians are either unemployed or searching for more work as coronavirus shuts down the economy, market researcher Roy Morgan has found.

The global lender said the national economy would shrink by 6.7 per cent in 2020 - the largest contraction since the Great Depression - and Australia would be one of Asia's worst-affected countries.

Mind Medicine Australia (MMA) has urged the Government to create a mental health taskforce for COVID-19.

More than one in ten cats exhibit behavioural issues when apart from their humans - with such often seen in single-pet households and those with no cat toys, experts from Brazil found.

Mr Turnbull revealed he fell into a depression after his first ousting as the Liberal Party leader in 2009.

Australia is set to experience the 'biggest contraction' in national output and income since the Great Depression as it grapples with the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Australia's second largest bank is providing relief to individuals who have either lost their jobs or had their hours cut as a result of the COVID-19 shutdowns.

To combat against feeling emotional while in isolation, Australian presenter Emma Vosti, 30, has been focusing her attention on the needs of others.

The Business Council of Australia, which represents powerful chief executives, fears one in five Australians could be jobless unless COVID-19 restrictions are eased in coming weeks.

2,000 unemployed people were given a €560 (£490) handout every month in a two-year trial, but Finland's PM Sanna Marin (pictured) does not plan to introduce such an income.

Hailey, 23, said she began seeing major improvement after Justin began taking the right medication and changed his diet. Justin agreed, reflecting on how sugar contributed to his mental health.

Ally Brooke arrived at the dance studio in a pair of jean shorts she'd previously worn to show off just how much weight she's lost since starting the series in back in mid-September.

Kim Kardashian busted out her cool mom dance moves on Monday morning when she shared a video with her daughter North from their TikTok account.

KIERAN GILL: 'It has been a long journey to get here,' said Danny Drinkwater on the day he signed for Chelsea in 2017, 'but I am very happy and looking forward to helping the club win more trophies'.

Billionaire Vladimir Chernukhin, 51, of Fitzrovia, central London, is alleged to have lied in High Court proceedings by stating he was the beneficial owner of Compas View Ltd.

The proposals include a monument and education centre in Victoria Tower Gardens which sits next to the Palace of Westminster in London.

BLACK DOG: As he prepares to emerge from his shepherd's hut and break his silence on Brexit with the publication of his delayed memoirs, David Cameron can expect some flak.

For the past three years Mr Cameron has been in self-imposed purdah, writes RICHARD KAY. The man who triggered the EU referendum has been desperate not to be seen as a back-seat driver.

SIMON WALTERS: When I interviewed David Cameron a few days before the 2015 election, I was taken aback (pictured with Boris Johnson in 2015).

Former PM David Cameron insisted that the cuts had been necessary and suggested he should have forced them through faster.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The image of David Cameron and Ivan sledging near their home in Oxfordshire, can be revealed ahead of the publication of the former PM's memoir.

HARRY COLE: Sir Lynton Crosby may have masterminded Boris Johnson's successful bids for City Hall and helped to put him in No 10, but I hear he will not be running his Election campaign.

David Cameron's government had predicted the development of a £33billion industry with 64,500 jobs with 20 frackign wells operational by mid 2020.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Rishi Sunak's first Budget confirmed what we had suspected. Boris Johnson's Tories are not the party of Margaret Thatcher, or even David Cameron.

The loved-up couple looked cosy, with the former Bond gazing adoringly at his wife while heading into the star-studded party in their finery