A public health alert has been issued for meningococcal disease after a man who attended Splendour In The Grass died with the infection.

A tight-knit community in far North Queensland is in mourning after a triple murder in Bogie. 

NSW Liberal MPs are spending the weekend on the phones ahead of a vote for the Deputy leadership of the party next week. 

And our Commonwealth Games swim team is back on home soil after a stellar campaign in Birmingham.