Excited partygoers dressed in tutus, feathers and all colours of the rainbow to support LGBTQIA+ communities at Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras parade on Saturday.

Members of the public called police after witnessing the alleged act of animal cruelty in the car park of a registered club, in Mittagong, in NSW’s Southern Highlands, on Saturday. 

There was no shortage of Christmas spirit along Sydney’s Bondi Beach as beachgoers donned Santa – despite the mercury rising to a scorching 30C.

A wave of the virus was first confirmed at a rescue centre in Wychbold, 40 minutes from Stratford-upon-Avon where an expert said several birds have since died as a result of the outbreak

‘Hello literally everyone’ was the tongue-in-cheek message from Twitter tonight as it took a lighthearted approach to its rival Facebook suffering a worldwide outage.

Thousands of footy fans have made their way to Suncorp Stadium on a historic night for the NRL.

Sweltering Sydneysiders who live within 5km of the city’s sun-drenched beaches flocked to the shores of Bondi and Coogee on Sunday, as the mercury hit 30C.

Temperatures in the city are forecast to hit a sweltering 29C on Saturday and Sunday and despite NSW recording another 1,599 new cases, residents were keen to get out of the house.

The Young Farmers Community organised the event to ‘provide an unrivalled social occasion to let off steam’ three years after it was scrubbed by the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs.

JOHN HUMPHRYS: It was hard to know who to feel more sorry for: the British shepherd who wanted to buy the old shepherd’s hut or the businessman who outbid him.