BOXING Day bargain hunters will spend a record amount across Australia this year, with NSW leading the ­retail resurgence.

KEY Liberal candidates for the March election may not be preselected until well into January after the party erupted over a botched deal to get gender parity in the upper house — despite Premier Dominic Perrottet insisting he wants more women in the party.

GANGSTERS have become so sophisticated at hiding weapons in vehicles that NSW police are having to use X-ray equipment to detect firearms in hidden compartments.

AUSTRALIA’S  Tim Tszyu will have to wait even longer for his shot at world title glory after opponent Jermell Charlo suffered a broken hand in training, forcing the postponement of their January 28 bout in Las Vegas.