THE NSW Liberals will meet to decide on a replacement for Barry O'Farrell, who resigned yesterday after misleading a corruption inquiry.

A MAN charged over the abduction of a three-year-old girl is due to face the Bundaberg Magistrates Court again on Thursday.

A WOMAN is due to appear in court on the Sunshine Coast for allegedly kidnapping her daughter from the girl's father in the US two decades ago.

PRINCE William and Princess Kate will visit towns in NSW's Blue Mountains on Thursday, and the locals are hoping many tourists will follow.

A POSTER in a London barber, which pokes fun at Kim Jong Un's undercut hairstyle with the slogan "Bad Hair Day?", has attracted the ire of Pyongyang.

A US federal judge has ruled that a North Dakota law banning abortions when a foetal heartbeat is detected is "invalid and unconstitutional".

Peter Hartcher: There is fear that the big trawl net of the ICAC could accidentally ensnare much more marine life in the Liberal pond.

The media knew about the $3000 bottle of Grange that brought down premier a month ago. ICAC wants to know how.

It was 9.17am when the death warrant for Barry O'Farrell's political career arrived ... written in his own handwriting.

Four years ago, Nick Di Girolamo appeared to have it all.

By Thursday afternoon NSW will have a new premier after the shock resignation of Barry O'Farrell.

Google spells out, in no uncertain terms, what we had suspected.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will head to the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, today on the second day of their Australian tour.

New South Wales may have a new premier by this evening, with the Liberal Party hoping to put up a consensus candidate to replace Barry O'Farrell when it meets today.

Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian and Treasurer Mike Baird are considering their options, and the Minister for Family and Community Services, Pru Goward, may also put herself forward for the top job.

Mr O'Farrell announced his shock resignation yesterday in the wake of a "massive memory fail" when giving evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Tuesday.

At least six people are dead and hundreds are missing after a ferry sank off the southern coast with 462 passengers and crew.

South Korea's coastguard has confirmed 179 have been rescued from the sinking ferry; however, it said hundreds are still unaccounted for.

Coastguards and navy divers have resumed the search for around 280 people still missing in the early hours of Thursday morning.

They will also be seeking answers to many questions surrounding Wednesday's accident, notably what caused the Sewol vessel to list and then flip over entirely, leaving only a small section of its hull above water.

Rescue efforts on Thursday could be be hampered by difficult weather conditions, amid forecasts of rain, strong winds and fog.

A criminal defamation case against two journalists in Thailand is set to begin on Thursday, despite calls from the United Nations for the charges to be dropped.

There has been a drop in the number of young people under youth justice supervision but Indigenous young people are still over-represented, according to a recent report.

The judge overseeing Oscar Pistorius's murder trial has granted an adjournment until May 5, citing scheduling concerns raised on behalf of the state.

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A man has been jailed for sexually abusing three boys more than three decades ago.

The NSW Liberals will meet to decide on a replacement for Barry O'Farrell, who resigned yesterday after misleading a corruption inquiry.

A convicted sex offender who's been on the run since Monday has handed himself in to Queensland police.

Forests Minister Leon Bignell has confirmed Forestry SA is keen to cut almost 100 jobs in South Australia over the next two years.

Prince William and Princess Kate will visit towns in NSW's Blue Mountains on Thursday, and the locals are hoping many tourists will follow.

Three men and two boys have been charged over a theft of a valuable collection of opals and fossils from a motel at outback Coober Pedy.

Labor can defeat Abbott at the next election, Gillard says

A woman who fell from a cliff in southeast Queensland may have tumbled 40 metres.

Halfway through the media launch of Sydney's first connection to the network, it cut out.

British actress Keira Knightley has married singer James Righton in a discreet ceremony in the southern French village of Mazan, according to the mayor.

A fun day at the beach turned sour for a Sydney grandfather and his six-year-old granddaughter after somebody saw the little girl swimming naked and called police.