National News

Robbie Farah has issued a riposts to Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire's detractors, denying he's a merciless task master who pushes his NRL players too far.

Des Hasler's return to Manly is being built around defence and his players are feeling the brunt physically and mentally.

Police divers and a helicopter will join the search for a man who went missing in the Hawkesbury River after falling off a jetski.

Fellow miners have been using their bare hands to remove debris in an effort to free about 40 goldminers who have been trapped for a week, a spokesman for Liberia's disaster management agency says.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder after an older man was stabbed to death in Maryborough.

A teenage girl is in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed in the face and neck in Brisbane, allegedly by her mother.

A man is accused of crashing into a car, spitting at police and refusing a roadside breath test in Sydney's south.

Victoria Police will be armed with 600 new high-powered rifles worth $25 million under an escalation of anti-terror capabilities.

Two men have been charged after they allegedly stole a luxury car that was for sale under the pretext of taking it for a test drive in northwest Sydney.

The driver of a B-double truck has led NSW police on a 70km pursuit along the Pacific Highway on the north coast, sideswiping a police vehicle and resisting arrest.