Good morning and welcome to the Morning Buzz for Friday, February 24. Be prepared for a chance of a possible shower today: temperatures are expected to hit 28 in the city and up to 32 degrees in the west.
News Buzz
ABBOTT’S PLAN: Tony Abbott has laid out a five-point plan for the Coalition to have a chance at the "winnable" next election, including cutting back immigration and scrapping the Human Rights Commission.
CEO RESIGNS: Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour - who was criticised by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for his $5.6 million salary - has resigned from the job after seven years.
PENALTY RATES CUT: Hundreds of thousands of Australians who work on Sundays will have their take-home pay slashed after a landmark ruling by the national workplace umpire | Who gains, and who will be hit the hardest.
M7 CRASH: Four people were injured in Thursday afternoon’s crash on the M7 Motorway, which involved a truck and multiple cars.
INSTANT WINNER: A woman who went out to buy her groceries in North Rocks on Thursday morning returned home as a millionaire.
SYDNEY HOMELESS: There are fewer people sleeping rough in Sydney than last year's record high, but there are still significantly more homeless people than any other year since at least 2010.
SPEAKING OUT: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has come out against the government's current $4 billion omnibus savings bill, pointing to paid parental leave measures that she says risk abuse by parents who will have children purely to get the payments.
TRUMP MEETING: Planning is under way for Malcolm Turnbull to stand side by side with Donald Trump on the deck of a battleship in New York Harbour to affirm the solidarity of the Australia-US alliance.
MAN CHARGED: A man has been charged with murder after an inner-west cafe owner was shot dead in a late-night ambush.
EGG DIES: A pet pug dog whose mysterious disappearance sparked a search across Sydney has died, detectives say. The 14-week-old puppy, named Egg, died at his owner's home and his "body was disposed of", a NSW Police spokeswoman said on Thursday afternoon.
Sports Buzz
LEE BECOMES A SHARK: In the space of two weeks, former Canberra Raiders winger Edrick Lee could go from training in lime green to playing against the Green Machine after he signed a two-year deal with the Cronulla Sharks on Thursday.
RULES BREACHED: The AFL has fined Sydney and stars Lance Franklin and Luke Parker a total of $30,000 for breaches of the league's strict treatment rules.
BOON FOR FOOTBALL: Victorian sports minister John Eren is confident Brazil and Argentina will bring their strongest squads to Australia, when they face each other and the Socceroos at the MCG in June.
RENSHAW HALTED: Matt Renshaw's promising start to his international career in India came to a sudden halt when he sensationally left the field in the first Test on Thursday.
