Emergency Services Minister considers quitting as firefighters stoush deepens and other top stories.

• Emergency Services Minister considers quitting as firefighters stoush deepens

  

  Leaning in: Premier Daniel Andrews and Emergency Services Minister Jane Garrett. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer Victoria's first-term government has been rocked by the prospect of losing its second minister in a year - this time over Premier Daniel Andrews' determination to push through a controversial deal that has outraged thousands of CFA volunteers.After weeks of internal unrest, Emergency Services Minister Jane Garrett is considering quitting cabinet rather than ..

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• Four arrested over 140kg meth bust

  

  Four arrested over 140kg meth bust

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• Labor takes lead over Coalition in latest poll, though Turnbull still preferred PM

  

  For the first time since Malcolm Turnbull defeated Tony Abbott to become prime minister, Labor is ahead of the Coalition in the latest Fairfax-Ipsos poll, with one month to go until polling day. The poll of 1,359 people taken this week shows Labor leading the Coalition 51-49 on the two-party preferred vote, a rise to Labor of two points compared with a fortnight ago. Newspoll and Essential polls from earlier this week showed Labor leading by the same margin. Related: Asylum seekers: Greens us..

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• Xenophon to announce gambling plan

  

  An independent senator looking to gain the balance of power in the next election will push for more checks and balances in the gambling industry.Senator Nick Xenophon will announce his plan on Saturday to stop problem gambling, which will include changes to poker machine regulation and online gambling."We need to have controls where people are losing so much money - in online gambling, can you lose your home without having to leave it," Senator Xenophon told the Seven Network.

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• NSW weather: Wild storms hitting Sydney and much of state, 20000 without power

  

  NSW weather: Wild storms hitting Sydney and much of state, 20,000 without power Updated June 04, 2016 20:52:18 Heavy rain and gale force winds have hit Sydney and NSW as a strong upper trough moves south from Queensland, with the weather bureau warning conditions are expected to worsen with flooding, damaging winds, heavy rainfall, abnormally high tides and damaging surf. Authorities have warned the weather is expected to become more severe throughout the evening and in..

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• 'Tsunami like' wave kills new bride

  

  Perth woman killed in Bali on her honeymoon0:24The ambulance, containing the body of Lestari Williams, going onto the ferry to bring the body home to Nusa Penida this afternoon Lestari Williams, from Perth, was swept away by a freak wave on her honeymoon with husband Brad Williams. Picture: Channel 9.Cindy Wockner and Komang ErvianiNews Corp Australia NetworkTHE body of Perth woman Lestari Williams was last night returned to her grieving husband and family after the couple’s Bali honeymoon ende..

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• Police chase ends with car crash

  

  A car which crashed into another vehicle on Friday night with four innocent passengers inside had been stopped by police moments earlier. Picture: Stewart AllenA CAR which crashed into another vehicle on Friday night with four innocent passengers inside, including a two-year-old child, had been stopped by police moments earlier.The crash happened just after 7.30pm when Mirrabooka Detectives spotted a blue Holden Commodore on Mirrabooka Avenue with a stolen numberplate attached.The detectives pul..

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• Hanson dismisses anti-racism protesters at campaign launch

  

  Pauline Hanson has disregarded anti-racism protesters who tried to derail her Queensland Senate campaign launch, saying they are trying to stifle freedom of speech. The launch, held at a bowls club in Brisbane on Friday night, was targeted by about 50 protesters who chanted and jeered outside as guests arrived. Protester Carl Jackson said the group wanted to stand side by side with "all the people who bear the brunt of the kind of racism that Pauline Hanson and her motley crew whip up". Inside,..

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• Surfer dies after losing leg in Australian shark attack

  

  AFP on June 4, 2016, 1:50 pm Surfer dies after losing leg in Australian shark attack Sydney (AFP) - A surfer who lost a leg in an Australian shark attack has died in hospital, police said Saturday, saying his injuries were too severe for him to survive.Ben Gerring, 29, was with a group of surfers at Falcon Beach in Western Australia when a suspected great white pounced on him on Tuesday, ripping off his right leg above the knee and snapping his surfboard in half.Fellow surfers rus..

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• Qld croc contained 'human remains': police

  

  Human remains found in crocodileThe search for New Zealand-born photographer Cindy Waldron has reached a grisly conclusion with human remains found inside a euthanased crocodile in far north Queensland.The 46-year-old, a long-term NSW resident, was dragged under after venturing into water with friend Leeann Mitchell on Sunday night at Thornton Beach, north of Cairns.Ms Mitchell is traumatised after desperate attempts to rescue Ms Waldron.Search crews have spent the past five days scouring a stre..

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