Western Advocate'Catastrophic' fire danger looms in NSW9news.com.auNSW could experience its hottest February day on record this weekend with emergency services staying on high alert for catastrophic fire conditions. A state-wide total fire ban has been declared for Saturday as the mercury soars past...

dailytelegraph.com.auSydney heatwave: State due for hotter temperatures as records fall and sport stopsdailytelegraph.com.auRESIDENTS in parts of NSW could be forced to leave their homes tonight with a 'catastrophic' fire declaration expected amid worsening fire conditions never seen before in NSW t...

The AustralianTop-brass NSW cops face clear-out threatThe AustralianA leading contender to take over as head of the country's biggest police force, the current Australian Border Force commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg, would if appointed conduct a sweeping review of senior ranks in a bid to end years of...

The Sydney Morning HeraldCatholic education system under a cloud after child sex abuse commission findingsThe Sydney Morning HeraldMark Fabbro remembers most vividly the flowering callistemon and blue sky outside the window of the small room tucked behind the priest's office. Everything else – the...

Courier MailStrachan inquiry finds restrictive union work rules part of problems at Queensland RailCourier MailAS PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk faced the media over the damning results of a probe into how the wheels came off Queensland Rail, it wasn't long before an uncomfortable question lobbed: �...

Courier MailMr Harbourside Mansion barb pushes Malcolm Turnbull over the edgeCourier MailAN ENDURING mystery from last year's long election campaign is why Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten laid off what many insiders regarded as their respective greatest weaknesses. Turnbull and the Coalition didn'...

The Sydney Morning HeraldWet and wild weather cancels Perth's weekend plansThe Sydney Morning HeraldAs weather warnings come in thick and fast from WA emergency services, the state appears to have come to a standstill with a number of events planned for the weekend cancelled. Flood warnings have bee...

Herald SunBikie members charged after police raids in Geelong areaHerald SunANTI-BIKIE detectives have seized three high performance cars, boats and trailers during million dollar raids in the Geelong area. A member of the Rebels was one of those arrested when members of the Echo taskforce and detec...

Washington PostThoughts on the appellate court ruling against Trump's immigration orderWashington PostThe Ninth Circuit federal Court of Appeals recently issued a ruling against President Trump's executive order barring refugees, visitors, and migrants from seven Muslim-majority nations. The decisio...

ABC OnlineConman Peter Foster tells Gold Coast court 'even God can't change sins of the past'ABC OnlineConvicted conman Peter Foster has pleaded for bail on fraud charges over a 2013 betting scam, arguing his life is at risk in custody and admitting to a "shameful" past while insisting he is a chang...

The Sydney Morning HeraldIslamic State fighter Khaled Sharrouf is first Australian stripped of citizenship: reportThe Sydney Morning HeraldAustralian Islamic State fighter Khaled Sharrouf has become the country's first dual nationality individual to be stripped of Australian citizenship under anti-t...

The Sydney Morning HeraldCommando Steve's Sage Institute of Fitness goes into voluntary administrationThe Sydney Morning HeraldA fitness college network that has been promoted by Biggest Loser star Steve "Commando" Willis has gone into voluntary administration following the federal government's crac...

The Sydney Morning HeraldRSL pokie punters rewarded for gambling up to $300000 a yearThe Sydney Morning HeraldOne of the largest RSL clubs in NSW is under fire for offering loyalty incentives to patrons who gamble up to $300,000 a year on its poker machines. Anti-pokie campaigners Tim Costello and i...

NEWS.com.au60 Minutes to reveal new woman in Joanne Lees' life helping her cope with NT murder of FalconioNEWS.com.auJOANNE Lees has revealed she was faced with a terrifying choice to “either run or be raped and killed” by the same man jailed for murdering her boyfriend Peter Falconio. The deran...

NEWS.com.auBelgian backpackers desperate text message home saved her lifeNEWS.com.auA Belgian tourist, allegedly abducted east of Adelaide, managed to get a desperate message to her family who alerted police, leading to her rescue and an arrest, it has been revealed. A 52-year-old man will be charge...