Foreign Minister Penny Wong urges Australians in New Caledonia "to exercise a high degree of caution" and says the government is working with authorities to regain order in the island nation.

The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is providing consular assistance to an Australian in the wake of several gunmen opening fire in the city of Bamyan. 

An Australian man has been arrested and charged with alleged drug offences in Bali, local authorities have confirmed.

The singer of shock rock band Jimmy and the Boys is best known for the hits I'm Not Like Everybody Else and They Won't Let My Girlfriend Talk To Me. 

NSW shadow minister Matt Kean says nuclear energy is "hugely expensive" and not the path to cheaper electricity as his federal Liberal colleagues campaign for it.