SHE’S five months old and sleeps on a wet mattress in a tent. In any other situation, she’d be taken into government care. The travesty is, this is government care.

HOW great are our cops? A police officer shot in the face during the Martin Place siege says he’ll be back at work tomorrow. He’s just one of many who have excelled during this ordeal.

INCREDIBLE scenes are unfolding close to the scene of the siege at the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. Hundreds of well-wishers have laid floral tributes to Katrina Dawson, a 38-year-old mother of three enjoying a coffee with barrister colleagues when Man Haron Monis burst in, and Tori Johnson, 34, a ca...

LAWYERS for an Australian man facing 20 years’ jail in Indonesia this afternoon hope the court will take his marijuana dependency into account.

FORMER Prime Minister John Howard has hit out at Australian actor Cate Blanchett labelling her speech at Gough Whitlam’s funeral “outrageous”.