The man accused of going on a stabbing spree through Sydney's CBD casually took a selfie in a laneway just moments after allegedly slashing the throat of a 24-year-old woman.

A 21-year-old Sydney man with a history of mental illness is believed to have killed a woman of around the same age in a residential unit before going on the rampage across the city centre.

Proud mum-to-be Jesinta Franklin has been getting out and about in Sydney.

Former Home & Away Actor Joel McIlroy is behind bars, accused of punching and shoulder-charging a female police officer in Surry Hills yesterday. 

Grace Poo, 23, was arrested at the Midnight Mafia music festival in Sydney's Olympic Park last May when sniffer dogs detected her trying to enter with the $50,000 worth of ecstasy tablets.

Joel McIlroy, 46, allegedly punched the senior constable multiple times and shoulder-charged her as he intervened in the arrest of another man in Sydney's Surry Hills on Tuesday.

The body of Bernard 'Butch' Gore, 71, was found in Sydney's Westfield Bondi Junction in January 2017, three weeks after he walked into a stairwell and disappeared.

Angela Gore, surrounded by her children, cried silently as an inquest heard how her husband's body was found kneeling forward in the stairwell at Westfield Bondi Junction in early 2017.

Actor Joel McIlroy, 46, allegedly repeatedly punched a 29-year-old policewoman during a scuffle in the inner-city of Sydney, putting the senior constable in hospital.

The suburbs most directly at risk of fire are near the bushland areas around the city such as Hornsby in the north, Penrith in the west and Camden and Sutherland in the south.

The smog has blown over from a huge fire at Gospers Mountain in the Hawkesbury region. The Rural Fire Service is controlling the fire, which covers more than 160,000 hectares.

Stipe Lozina, 43, has been refused bail after being charged with affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm over the alleged attack on Church Street, Parramatta on Wednesday night.

The 31-year-old woman, who is 38 weeks pregnant, was with friends at Bay Vista cafe on Church Street, Parramatta, at 10.30pm on Wednesday when she was set upon.

High-tech cameras that can capture clear images of drivers illegally using their mobile phones will go live on Sunday in 45 unknown locations across New South Wales.

NSW drivers who threaten lives by using mobile phones behind the wheel risk being caught by unmarked cameras as new technology rolls out across the state today.

High-tech cameras are set to ear $350 million per year generating fines. 

The 31-year-old woman was 38 weeks pregnant when she was set upon by a stranger while with friends at Bay Vista cafe on Church Street, Parramatta.

Every day Australian drivers are caught on camera using their phones eating, reading and even doing drugs at speeds of up to 100km/h.

The photographic collection from the State Library of New South Wales showcases festive celebrations across the state from as far back as 1918.

She's the former Home and Away star who is known for her incredible bikini body.

Sydney went ahead with its multi-million dollar New Year firework display at midnight on Tuesday, despite calls for it to be cancelled as much of Australia is devastated by wildfires.

NSW Rural Fire Service has urged holidaymakers to flee the area from Batemans Bay down to the Victoria Boarder as conditions could be as bad as New Year's Eve.

Towns are running out of fuel and water, shops are selling out of basic supplies and more fatalities are expected as fires raging across southern Australia are set to get worse by Saturday.

Authorities are preparing for conditions to worsen again by Saturday in NSW and Victoria, where thousands of properties have already been razed and at least 18 people have lost their lives.

A seven-day state of emergency has been declared in NSW, as officials warn residents and holidaymakers to flee the fire-ravaged east coast.

Remote areas are already on the brink of a severe humanitarian crisis caused by contaminated water and low food and fuel supplies with many also cut off from medical help.

Satellite images taken on Saturday showed wildfires burning around East Gippsland and Kosciuszko National Park.

Australia's worst bushfires in living memory aren't just leaving a trail of devastation in New South Wales and Victoria. They are also threatening to push the economy into a recession.

AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver has said the bushfires engulfing Australia could wipe off up to 1 per cent of the nation's GDP growth this year - a staggering $13billion.

Elton John told a crowd of thousands he had donated $1million to help bushfire victims during his Sydney concert on Tuesday night.

Staff from New South Wales Health will help federal biosecurity staff to monitor travellers following an outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus which is believed to have spread from Wuhan.

Joel McIlroy, who could face seven years in prison if convicted of assault a young policewoman, was granted $10,000 bail in the New South Wales Supreme Court on Monday.

Two Sydney mums have been charged after a bizarre online spat over the coronavirus allegedly ended in a wild brawl.

One international student from Wuhan, who asked not to be named, said he was quizzed by officials on the way in to the airport and a group of doctors wearing masks asked him if he was unwell.

Amid the record-breaking deluge, Wahroonga on Sydney's upper north shore received 164mm of rainfall over the course of Sunday alone - compared to an average February rainfall of 117mm.

A Sydney man who flaunted his extravagant lifestyle on social media is now facing life in prison for plotting to bring $150million dollars of cocaine into Australia. 

An Australian mother invented a makeup removal pad two years ago that now sells every 30 seconds around the world.

Vera Zinger was pulled over in Barangaroo on November 29 and police searched her car where they allegedly found two grams of drugs and $2,150 in cash.

New South Wales Health said the outbreak of the virus, which has infected more than 450 people nationally, had further raised demand already sitting at record highs at the end of last year.

A young mother-of-two broke down in tears at a pharmacy in Sydney's Bondi Beach on Tuesday after discovering that coronavirus hoarders had bought all of the Children's Panadol Baby Drops.

Vera Zinger, 23, was pulled over by police in Barangaroo near Sydney's CBD, on November 29 where officers allegedly found four bags containing 2kg worth of drugs and $2,150 in cash.

Dimitri Moskovich, one of Bondi's most recognisable citizens, has renewed his campaign to rid the beach of mounted police, claiming they treat the world-famous landmark as a 'horse toilet'.

Dominic Grieve is one of a number of former Tories telling people to vote 'tactically' to stop Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the EU on January 31, writes DOMINIC LAWSON.

DOMINIC LAWSON: Boris Johnson is getting all the plaudits and Jeremy Corbyn all the blame. That's what you'd expect after an election in which the Conservatives gained a more crushing victory.

DOMINIC LAWSON: Florence Widdicombe opened a pack of Tesco charity Christmas cards and found on one a note from a prisoner in China declaring that he had been forced to do this work.

DOMINIC LAWSON: A lot of us feel a bit grim at this time of year. But we just get on with it. That's not so true of our near neighbours in France and Germany.

DOMINIC LAWSON: As if Labour doesn't have enough problems with alienating Britain's Jewish community, it now seems intent on becoming a hostile environment for Catholics, too.

DOMINIC LAWSON: Within days, we are told, the Government will 'decide' whether to award the Chinese firm Huawei the contract to develop and maintain this country's vital electronic network.

DOMINIC LAWSON: Lord Lucan is alive! Or so claims a building contractor called Neil Berriman. And why should we listen to Mr Berriman? Well, he is the son of the Lucan family nanny.

DOMINIC LAWSON: This was meant to be bad news, and in a way it is: Storm Ciara (easier to write than to pronounce) has swept across the United Kingdom.