For police, medical staff and domestic violence workers, the Christmas-new year period is no holiday at all. Instead, it is one of their busiest periods, one that consistently registers higher rates of violence against women.

TWO children and a fuel tanker driver are dead, with six others injured, after a fuel tanker collided with three cars yesterday afternoon, and rolled over an embankment of the Princes Highway near Batemans Bay.

THE NSW holiday road toll has already surpassed last year's total - even with six days until the police operation finishes.

You have to feel a little sorry for Nathan Rees. Pursued all over NSW by the media while he tries to take a holiday with his wife, working 17 hours a day for the thanks of being called an “idiot” and a “clown” in letters pages, ignored by the electorate..read more

The benefit of you being able to work seven shifts in a row is pretty much outweighed by the probability that you will one day flip, grab a knife and become Mr Stabby. From a staff-wanted ad for the New Zealand burger chain Murder Burger, discouraging ice addicts from applying.