Retired tennis icon Ash Barty and husband Garry Kissick have welcomed their first child, a boy named Hayden.

Kissick announced the news with an adorable photo of the newborn alongside the caption, "Our beautiful boy. Welcome to the world, Hayden!".

The couple announced Barty's pregnancy in January, each sharing a photo of their dog, Origi, lying next to a pair of baby shoes via their respective Instagram accounts.

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"2023 set to be the best year yet. We are so excited for our new adventure," Barty captioned her post.

"Origi already the protective big sister."

The news came six months after the tennis star and the golfer married in Queensland.

Barty and Kissick tied the knot in July 2022, the wedding coming six years after their chance meeting at the Brookwater Golf and Country Club in Queensland.

The couple kept their relationship out of the spotlight for months before going public in 2017.

Prior to her retirement from tennis in 2022, Barty spoke fondly of Kissick's support throughout her stellar sporting career.

"He's the best person to have around in the sense of switching off from tennis and being able to bring the fun and laughter when we are training and not be so serious all the time," she told Vogue.

"I certainly wouldn't want to share this journey with anyone else."

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Australian psychiatrists are now able to prescribe MDMA and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) to patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in a world-first.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) authorised doctors to prescribe doses of the psychedelics for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder on July 1.

However, the TGA has warned it might be "some time" before psychiatrists can begin prescribing due to the safeguards and approvals in place.

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There are also "strict controls" on the importation and supply of the products, which could contribute to delays in access.

Here is everything we know about the new treatments.

Who is eligible?

The TGA said eligible participants will need to have "specific mental health conditions" and have been "resistant to approved treatments".

"Before patients for whom approved medicines are not effective can receive MDMA or psilocybin treatment, psychiatrists must carefully assess whether the benefits are expected to outweigh the risks in those patients," the TGA said.

If patients meet the criteria and are seeing an approved doctor, they will be able to be prescribed the "controlled drugs".

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What can the psychedelics be used for?

The doses of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, can be prescribed by doctors to treat people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

The psychoactive ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, psilocybin, can be given to people who have depression.

Both mental health disorders will have to be categorised as "hard to treat".

A scientist told the Associated Press it puts Australia "at the forefront of research in this field".

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How will people be prescribed?

Doctors will need to obtain approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee and then be approved by the Authorised Prescriber (AP) under the TGA's scheme before they are able to prescribe the medicine.

"As psychedelic-assisted therapies are not well established, the controls under the AP scheme will ensure the safe and appropriate use of MDMA or psilocybin," the TGA said.

"Psychiatrists will need to show they have the necessary training, competency and robust evidence-based treatment protocols that appropriately control the risks to patients."

Patients will be able to take the drugs as part of therapy in a controlled clinical setting, which can last up to eight hours.

How much does it cost?

The Associated Press has reported the drugs will cost about $10,000 per patient for treatment.

The Sydney Morning Herald previously reported it was likely to cost between $25,000 and $35,000.

Researchers told the Herald the drugs themselves would cost between $1000 and $2000, plus the clinician fees.

The TGA has not stated how much the drugs or treatment is likely to cost.

It could be subsidised in the future to give more people access to the treatment.

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Family and friends of a "top bloke" who has suffered a brain haemorrhage while on holiday in Bali are raising money to get him home to Melbourne.

Respected business consultant Raj Jayarajah, 43, collapsed on the holiday island on Friday and underwent emergency brain surgery.

He's in an induced coma and needs to be flown home to Australia.

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While he has travel insurance, his friend Andrew MacQueen – who is also on holiday on the island – said the company has not yet approved the huge costs of his treatment or emergency flight home.

MacQueen, who has launched a fundraiser, said Jayarajah needs to get back to experts in Melbourne as soon as possible.

"We need him on a medevac plane to Australia as quick as we can," MacQueen told 9News.

"He needs to be in an intensive care ward at The Alfred.

"The insurance company is dragging their feet, this is life or death, we need him back in Australia."

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Jayarajah is on holiday with wife Emma and son Ari, eight.

He had a seizure in his villa in Nusa Dua and collapsed, hitting his head.

Ari called for help as Emma was out for a walk and Jayarajah was rushed to hospital unconscious.

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After scans, Jayarajah went into surgery to have some of his skull removed to relieve pressure on his brain.

MacQueen said he was lucky to be close to a hospital.

"Time was of the essence. If he was somewhere else on the island or stuck in traffic or snorkelling with us as we had been, I'd say he wouldn't be around," MacQueen said.

"He's a great guy, a family guy. He's just a top bloke."

With more than $150,000 raised as of this afternoon, the family is more than halfway toward a fundraising target for a special medevac flight.

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Garbage truck drivers are calling on residents to dispose of lithium batteries correctly after an increase in rubbish fires across Sydney.

Lithium batteries are found within e-waste components such as vapes, phones, laptops, electric toothbrushes, power tools and solar power back-up storage devices.

The disposal of these devices in general waste is sparking fires in trucks across the city daily, putting drivers and the public at risk.

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City of Canterbury-Bankstown garbage truck driver James Whitby said it was quite nerve-racking to drive with "a fire basically behind you".

"You are just trying to go through your mind where can you tip it, how can I get out of the truck," Whitby said.

"It doesn't take long for it to go from a smouldering little fire to a whole load on fire.

"We are here to do a job and pick up garbage bins – next minute our trucks on fire."

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There are hundreds of spots in Sydney where you can recycle batteries for free, including at Bunnings, Woolworths, Aldi, Officeworks and Big W.

The City of Canterbury-Bankstown will launch a campaign next week to explain to residents why it is important to do the right thing.

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Friends and family have paid tribute to an "extremely loveable" victim of the Hunter Valley bus crash at an emotional funeral in Sydney's north.

Zach Bray, 29, was among the 10 wedding guests killed in the horror bus rollover following a reception at Wandin Valley Estate on June 11.

Today, dozens gathered at Macquarie Park to pay their tributes and respects to Bray.

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"My eyes will never dry until we meet and laugh and love again and plan our next adventure into the wide blue skies," his father Adam said during the service.

Bray's love of flying was noted throughout the service.

It was the young man's happy place he shared with loved ones by taking them on joy flights.

"You even taught me to fly up there and gave me wings, you've grown your wings now," Bray's girlfriend Georgia Copeland-Proctor said.

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Bray was remembered for his infectious zest for life after beating bowel cancer earlier in his 20s.

"The last time we spoke was the day before you left this earth and I can still hear the happiness in your voice and picture the huge smile on your face whilst you talked excitedly about Mitch and Maddie's wedding," Bray's mother Jacqui Varasdi said.

Mourners found strength in Bray's ever-happy attitude – including his friend Mitch Gaffney, the groom at the centre of the wedding tragedy, who spoke to honour his Singleton Roosters teammate.

"He became affectionately known as the labrador, or lab, as they're affectionate dogs, they're extremely loveable but no matter what they do, they do it with that big goofy smile," Gaffney said.

"Although you will never get to pull the jersey on again, you'll always be there by our side."

Many of the mourners will farewell more of their friends in the coming days with more funerals for those who died in the crash.

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