Members of a Doncaster family have told how they were terrorised by a gang of armed men who forced their way into their home.

A man has been arrested in Italy as part of the investigation into the 1977 murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett at their home on Easey Street, Melbourne.

A street at Toongabbie became a crime scene this morning, after shots were fired into a home.

A man has been shot dead while hunting in the state's high country near Mount Baw Baw.

Hundreds of homes are without power after the Sunshine Coast was dealt its first dose of volatile spring weather.

The out-of-control bushfire in Sydney's north has been downgraded to watch and act level.

Oscar McInerney signals to the bench immediately with a shoulder injury.