The Queensland government is unlikely to close the border to NSW but is waiting to learn whether or not a Sydney patient caught coronavirus in the community.

Two men missing in waters off Kangaroo Island have been found.The pair had left Cape Jervis, south of Adelaide, on Thursday afternoon heading to Cape Willoughby, on the island's east coast, to go fishing.

Victoria's streak of no new coronavirus cases is up to 35 days.

The online shopping boom means a record week for Australia Post ahead of Christmas, with parcel deliveries up about a third compared to this time last year.

The career paths of NSW high school graduates will be tracked to get a better understanding of how schools can prepare students for workforce success.

German divers searching the Baltic Sea for discarded fishing nets have stumbled upon a rare Enigma cipher machine used by the Nazi military during World War II which they believe was thrown overboard from a scuttled submarine.

About 29,000 chickens will be slaughtered in Germany after bird flu was found on another poultry farm, authorities say.

Calls are growing for more support for South Australia's hospitality sector and for COVID-19 restrictions to be eased as businesses continue to struggle after the state's short-lived lockdown.

This year is on track to be the second hottest on record, behind 2016.

Qantas boss Alan Joyce expects the number of people flying overseas will not improve until mid-next year, when a significant part of the world's population has been vaccinated for the coronavirus.