The Australian
Scott Morrison has been thrown an electoral lifeline, despite a string of senior ministers declaring they will quit politics at the May election, with the Coalition returning to its highest poll ratings since the removal of Malcolm Turnbull.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard wants emergency specialist medical teams installed at every "high-risk" music festival across NSW, with the costs to be borne by event organisers.
Yang Hengjun, the Australian writer being held by Chinese authorities in Beijing, has pleaded for forgiveness for concealing his previous 2011 arrest, in a secret letter he asked to be released if he were detained again.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia risks tumbling into a recession under a Labor government in a new pre-election strategy that also promises to eliminate $350 billion in debt and revives a jobs pledge once championed by Tony Abbott.
Energy giant AGL has escalated its attack on the federal government's planned power company breakup laws, arguing they will drive up power prices and make the grid less reliable.
The Herald Sun
A group armed with baseball bats has targeted young men of African appearance in an alarming escalation of Melbourne's gang tensions. Weapon-wielding Caucasian youths descended on Wyndam Vale train station yesterday, looking for African- Australians who had assaulted and robbed two teens travelling home from the movies on Sunday night.
