Australia deploys drones to Nepal as death toll passes 1,200

Police have charged a ninth person with murder over an attack on a 21-year-old man at a house party in Logan.

Changes to a law allowing the transfer of government land into Indigenous ownership have passed NSW parliament, creating a new barrier to land claims that peak bodies have described as a "regression."

Queensland police will be given expanded powers and penalties for domestic violence offenders, increased under legislative changes expected to be introduced to parliament this week.

There will be a full-time Australian rider in motorcycle racing's premier class for the 43rd consecutive year, with 21-year-old Senna Agius signing to race for KTM Tech3 next year.

An Aldinga Beach man has been jailed for more than 12 years for sexual offences involving children.

Seven months after she went missing, Yvonne Whear's car has been found submerged in a river less than 10 kilometres from her home in northern NSW.