South Wales fire service experiencing 'unprecedented demand' amid wildfires
This evening, the service said: "Today, Control has already received 736 calls, compared to an average of around 300 calls. Since Monday, they have answered 6,854 calls."
The New South Wales premier apologized for mistakenly saying that a missing hiker had been found alive. The 18-year-old hiker's body was recovered from a dense bushland in a remote national park near Sydney, more than a week after she went missing
Australia’s New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says, part of the national response to a shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival in Sydney, the state capital.