Joe Biden’s last-minute decision to cancel his trip to Australia and Papua New Guinea is a major blow to America’s standing in the region, experts have warned, and has forced the cancellation of the Quad summit in Sydney.

THE truck driver charged over Monday’s horror school bus crash has said he saw a light “flicker” between the trees moments before the crash that caused “life-changing” injuries for multiple primary students.

An army of 400 helpers are on their way to save NSW’s most overworked public school teachers from their crippling paperwork duties in one of the most significant financial investments to reduce workloads in recent memory.

Fixing the spiralling housing and homelessness crisis engulfing Queensland has been handed to the youngest MP in cabinet, in a major frontbench shake-up that has thrown the Labor government into turmoil.

Fears of property damage at a new climate change protest on Thursday has put authorities on high alert in the wake of a chaotic – and universally condemned – city stunt.