NSW

Firefighters in New South Wales continue their battle on Sunday after a harrowing day of bushfires left twelve homes in ruins.

Nearly a dozen homes have been destroyed as more than 50 bushfires tear across New South Wales amid record-breaking heat and dangerous winds.

A woman was found dead in a parked car outside a police station in New South Wales’ Illawarra region on Friday afternoon.

The 27-year-old allegedly hacked the university’s system to get discounted parking and change grades.

The M1 Pacific Highway has been shut in both directions as firefighters battle a grass and bushfire in heatwave conditions.

Final planning approval has been given for the trouble-plagued Inland Rail connecting Melbourne and Brisbane so less freight is transported on the Pacific Highway.

Panic has gripped Sydney’s southwest after gunmen opened fire in a Gregory Hills car park, sending workers and shoppers scrambling for cover.

An intense early-summer heatwave is driving temperatures above 40C across multiple States, prompting severe warnings and raising the risk of bushfires as hot air drifts east.

Bystanders had worked to try and save him before police and paramedics arrived.

A Christian charity executive who wrote the book Daddy's Little Toy says her novel referred to infant role play by adults rather than child abuse.

A man is due in court after an alleged deadly shooting and a linked roadside incident as detectives launch a major homicide investigation.

Chaotic scenes are playing out in far northern NSW after two men were shot, one fatally, another was seriously injured in a car crash, and another is on the run.

A former childcare worker has admitted assaulting a young boy after difficulties managing his behaviour, as the sector remains under a national spotlight.

Ex-rugby league international Trent Merrin has appeared in court for the first time over the serious accusations.

The lawyer for former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann says he is an "inspiration" and the loss of his appeal does not signal the end of his fight for justice.