Fire crews have gained the upper hand on blazes burning across northern NSW but predicted strong winds and hot conditions mean total fire bans have been declared once again.

The federal agriculture minister has savaged Coles and Aldi for retaining their cut-price milk lines and urged customers to boycott them.

Shaun Fensom still sees a place for himself in Brisbane's best side despite the wealth of emerging NRL forwards he's found himself competing with for a spot.

A former Sydney police officer who accessed intimate photos on the phone of a woman he'd arrested and shared them on social media has been spared jail time.

Scott Drinkwater has been rewarded for a huge off-season with first crack at Billy Slater's vacant Melbourne Storm fullback jersey.

An unexploded World War II bomb that caused the evacuation of thousands of people in the German city of Nuremberg has been safely detonated.

The ACT government will allow pill testing at this year's Groovin' the Moo music festival in Canberra.

A Sydney father who confronted an intruder who subsequently died had previously commented that he had no sympathy for thieves who were caught in the act.

The hole left in North Queensland's squad following Ben Barba's sacking has been filled by New Zealand international Jordan Kahu.

North Queensland residents are on "crocwatch" as wildlife officers try and recapture reptiles displaced by catastrophic floods to return them to the Ross River.