The Latest Breaking News from Adriane Reardon

The elderly woman is in a critical condition after an altercation with police, who had been called to the Cooma aged care facility by staff.

It's been three years since the Black Summer bushfires where nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed in the Bega Valley, Eurobodalla and Snowy Monaro shires, but for some the full extent of the mental trauma has only recently hit.

Space experts say more pieces of space junk, belonging to the SpaceX Dragon aircraft, could still be found.

A SpaceX representative says a team will travel to Australia after the recent discovery of a large piece of space junk on an outback property, saying the incident is "within the expected analysed space of what can happen".

Convicted paedophile Neil Duncan has had his sentencing delayed and bail extended so he can undergo surgery for prostate cancer and tests for possible bowel cancer, a court has heard.

The origin of space junk that left NSW sheep farmers scratching their heads has been confirmed as residents are told there could be more out there.

The discovery of the pieces could be the largest space junk find in Australia since parts of NASA's Skylab space station fell to Earth in Western Australia in 1979.

Sheep farmers in the Snowy Monaro may have stumbled across the largest pieces of space junk found in Australia since NASA's Skylab space station came plummeting back to Earth in 1979.

Neil Duncan was convicted in the Queanbeyan District Court on June 2 on eight counts of sexually touching girls under the age of 16 and is due to be sentenced next month.