Beveridge Primary School in lockdown after suspicious man sighted and other top stories.

• Beveridge Primary School in lockdown after suspicious man sighted

  

  Police are still searching for an armed man whose presence outside a primary school north west of Melbourne led to students being locked in classrooms. Students have been released from Beveridge primary school, where pupils earlier reported seeing a gunman who was dressed in black and wearing a ski mask.Victoria Police confirmed students had been collected by their parents following the scare.Staff are also believed to be heading home but police remain at the school, near Whittlesea, which has ..

  >> view original



• Crime scene in Qld yard over toddler

  

  Crime scene in Qld yard over toddlerNeighbours have left flowers at a Queensland house where police have set up a crime scene in relation to the disappearance of a NSW toddler.NSW forensic officers have been at the home on Wagawn Street at Woodridge, south of Brisbane, since Thursday morning."State Crime Command Homicide Squad is conducting inquiries into the disappearance of a 22-month-old boy who has not been accounted for since 2007," a NSW police spokesman said."NSW detectives are being assi..

  >> view original



• Numan Haider inquest: AFP officer feared he would be beheaded by knife-wielding teenager

  

  Numan Haider inquest: AFP officer feared he would be beheaded by knife-wielding teenager Updated March 17, 2016 17:20:24 A federal police officer has told an inquest he believed a knife-wielding teenager would have "cut my throat and cut my head off" if his colleague had not shot the 18-year-old dead in a confrontation outside a Melbourne police station. Key points:Officer A fired on Haider when he attacked "in a split second"Officer B feared his throat would be cut, h..

  >> view original



• Pyne: Trump's rise 'terrifying'

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Pyne: Trump's rise 'terrifying' Christopher Pyne on The Morning Show sharing his feelings on Donald Trump's push for the White House. Vision: The Morning Show, Seven Network. PT0M42S 620 349 One of the Turnbull government's most senior ministers, Christopher Pyne, has waded into the US presidential contest, saying the popularity of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is "terrifying" and is making American democracy look "kind of weird".It is unu..

  >> view original



• Jackie Trad refers herself to ethics committee

  

  Deputy Premier Jackie Trad has referred herself to the Parliamentary Ethics Committee, following weeks of turmoil over claims she "bullied" Cairns MP Rob Pyne.Pre-empting further Opposition attacks, Ms Trad took the extraordinary step of referring herself on Thursday morning, in the wake of statements from Mr Pyne he had "no intention" of making a complaint against Ms Trad. Jackie Trad has moved to head off Opposition attacks over the Rob Pyne saga. Photo: Bradley Kanaris One of Mr Pyne'..

  >> view original

Up Cups finds feet after bumpy trip .	Gaza siblings killed in Israeli air strike .
Want to Try Android N? Google is Offering $150 Discount on Pixel C Tablet .	Cracking show in southern skies .