Police have received another offer from the government for sworn staff to vote on, after rejecting an offer earlier this month that was labelled "insulting".
Divers have recovered the remains of two of the six workers who were tossed into Baltimore Harbor from a bridge that collapsed when a faltering cargo freighter rammed into the structure.
Children in Alice Springs will not be allowed outside at night after the state government mandated an emergency curfew to curb escalating violence in the red centre.
The mother of two children who sustained horrific injuries and the man accused of wounding one of them have both pleaded not guilty during their first appearance in court.
A high school teacher has admitted he sent a female pupil naked pictures of himself, gave another a sex toy and bragged about sexual relationships with former pupils.