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A HEROIC passenger came to the rescue of a man who was on fire after a molotov cocktail was hurled through the window of a bus last night.

POLICE are investigating a fire which caused about $3 million damage to a shopping centre east of Melbourne.

TWO women are dead and a man earlier pursued by police critically injured following a head-on crash in a suburban area.

POLITICAL unknown Nathan Rees admitted yesterday Labor had let down the people of New South Wales but promised a "red-hot go" to turn the state around.

THE West Australian Government is in danger of becoming the first Labor administration to fall in more than a decade

THE Federal Government was red-faced after the first petrol commissioner Pat Walker walked out of his job yesterday, four weeks sooner than expected.

AUSTRALIA'S iconic tourist destinations Port Douglas and the Daintree are in the grip of a health scare with officials yesterday revealing the region has a contaminated water supply.

THE nuclear family image of the typical Aussie dad raising 2.3 kids with one life partner is more elusive than ever, new figures suggest.

A SCHOOL lollipop man has licked his local council after complaints his friendliness with drivers was causing noise pollution.

AN illegal pit bull terrier trade is flourishing in Victoria, with brazen breeders posting advertisements for banned pups on the internet.

THE devastated father of a teenager killed by Thomas Towle has settled his million-dollar claim against thefatal driver.

A BLACKOUT has plunged a city's show celebrations into darkness, causing chaos and trapping frightened revellers on rides.

A FORMER garbage collector, Nathan Rees, was elected Premier of NSW yesterday after Morris Iemma's once loyal backers turned on him and forced him to quit, leaving the little-known Mr Rees to declare: "I'll have a red-hot go."

MORRIS IEMMA was beaming as he entered the caucus room at 12.40pm yesterday, flanked by his departing deputy, John Watkins.

NATHAN REES yesterday used his first public statement as the new Premier to guarantee that he would devote every "waking hour" to restoring faith in his beleaguered Government, admitting taxpayers had been left bitterly disappointed with Labor's efforts.

The new Premier has touches of another Labor leader born and raised in Sydney's western suburbs, report Matthew Moore and Gerard Noonan.

Michael Costa was never going out with a whimper, but his big bang was soon overshadowed by a perfect storm, writes Andrew West.

IT was known a little girl was at risk in the care of a drug-addicted couple years before a car crash that has left her fighting for life.

A CRITICALLY wounded Australian soldier's evacuation from Afghanistan to Germany has been delayed because he's unfit to fly, defence says.

THE West Australian Liberal party leads Labor in key marginal seats and could win government at tomorrow's state election, according to internal polling by both major parties.