National news

It's a big day in the men's draw, with Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka in action, while Angelique Kerber takes on Coco Wanderweghe on the women's side.

Politics is the new black for big investors, with economics as a driver of market sentiment becoming somewhat passé.

Daria Gavrilova wins a three-set marathon against Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open for the second-straight year.

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

A man dies after being swept off rocks with four other fishermen at Tathra on the far south coast of New South Wales.

Northern Territory

At any given moment in a clattering Darwin workshop, locksmith Ben Simmons can be found cracking open an old rusting safe.

A teenage boy who escaped from a cell at Darwin's Don Dale centre says he told guards he was giving up, but then shot a fire extinguisher at them, before they deployed teargas on him and five other children.

Queensland

Jamie Maclaren comes off the bench to break the deadlock late as the Roar snatch all three points against the Phoenix.

South Australia

Tasmania

The family of Tasmanian mother Sarah Paino says today will be "full of emotion" as family deal with the one-year anniversary of her death.

Shaun Marsh finds form with the bat to help steer the Perth Scorchers to a home BBL semi-final with a seven-wicket win over the Hobart Hurricanes.

Victoria

It's a big day in the men's draw, with Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka in action, while Angelique Kerber takes on Coco Wanderweghe on the women's side.

Daria Gavrilova wins a three-set marathon against Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open for the second-straight year.

Western Australia

Shaun Marsh finds form with the bat to help steer the Perth Scorchers to a home BBL semi-final with a seven-wicket win over the Hobart Hurricanes.

Small, sustainable egg farms are being hampered by government policies designed for large-scale factory farms, a farmer says.