The federal government should avoid short-term funding cycles for welfare programs, a parliamentary committee suggests.

Scott Morrison says he won't be drawn into a political "slanging match", as he remains under pressure to preference One Nation last at the next federal election.

Scott Morrison's big immigration policy announcement has been coming for months but it finally landed in an awful week to make it.

Relocating a Sydney team to Queensland won't work, Ipswich-based Western Corridor NRL bid chairman Steve Johnson says.

Despite a booming economy and record infrastructure spending, NSW is facing political deadlock as voters struggle to decide between a relatively uninspiring premier and an at-times bumbling opposition leader.

The 50 Muslim worshippers "gunned down like sheep" at New Zealand mosques could have limited the carnage if they were carrying their own firearms, a leading American gun supporter said.

NZ mosques not ready for Friday prayersTwo mosques at the centre of the New Zealand terror attacks that resulted in the deaths of 50 people won't re-open in time for Friday prayers.

The largest evacuation before a cyclone in the Northern Territory's history is underway with Cyclone Trevor due to make landfall on Saturday.

Stopping Michael Morgan will be a key to victory against North Queensland on Friday, according to Brisbane coach Anthony Seibold.

A salmonella scare has prompted a recall of some egg brands across four states and the destruction of hundreds of thousands of hens.