Duncan Storrar to spend crowdfunding money on children's education, 'toaster' for charity and other top stories.

• Duncan Storrar to spend crowdfunding money on children's education, 'toaster' for charity

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Australia needs more toasters Audience member Duncan Storrar stole the Q&A show, while Kelly O'€™Dwyer was keen to extol the virtues of expensive toasters for small businesses. Vision: ABC. PT2M7S 620 349 After a rollercoaster ride from hero to "villain" - at least according to some sections of the media - infamous Q&A questioner Duncan Storrar​ has found a way to disperse the $60,000 he never asked for.On Friday, the man behind a GoFundMe campa..

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• Warming times: How Sydney and much of Australia is caught in a hot spell

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. 2016 'virtually certain' to break climate records Professor Matthew England examines why the recent slew of record-breaking hot weather has climate scientists alarmed. PT1M57S 620 349 May, and autumn, will come close to setting warmth records for Sydney, the state and the rest of Australia as the giant El Nino added a hot overlay to temperatures that are rising in the background here and in most parts of the world.While a flurry of recent cold f..

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• Consumer Affairs orders 'wellness blogger' Belle Gibson to apologise

  

  Disgraced blogger Belle Gibson could be forced to publicly apologise for claiming to have cured her terminal cancer with healthy food and natural therapies.Victoria's consumer watchdog has launched Federal Court action against Gibson, saying she falsely claimed she had healed herself naturally when promoting her Whole Pantry app and book.Consumer Affairs Victoria want Gibson to pay a fine and publish in newspapers an apology that acknowledges her lies and advises cancer patients to seek advice ..

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• Election 2016: Labor surges in the polls as campaign focus turns to economic credentials

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Election 2016: Treasurers' face off Scott Morrison and Chris Bowen offered up economic body blows during a fiery Treasurer's debate. Courtesy ABC News. PT1M34S 620 349 Economic management will take centre stage when Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten go head to head in a crunch debate on Sunday, as voters continue to drift towards Labor.At the end of the third week of the 2016 campaign, Labor surged to its largest lead of the contest to date in a..

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• Jalal brothers apologise for prank videos, say court action was a 'good wake-up call'

  

  Jalal brothers apologise for prank videos, say court action was a 'good wake-up call' Updated May 27, 2016 17:30:11 Two Melbourne brothers who filmed a series of prank videos including fake drive-by shootings and suicide bomb stunts have been ordered to attend a six-month diversion program. Key points:Brothers pleaded guilty to behaving in an offensive manner in publicFilmed prank videos of suicide bomb stunts, drive-by shootingsApologised in court for creating fear in..

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• Sixth in custody after terror tinnie raid

  

  A sixth man is in custody over the so-called "terror tinnie" case, accused of buying a boat five other Melbourne men allegedly planned to use to flee Australia to join Islamic State.Islamic preacher Musa Cerantonio, Shayden Thorne, Kadir Kaya, Antonio Granata and Paul Dacre were arrested near Cairns last week towing a seven-metre vessel en route to Cape York.Police allege the five men planned to travel by boat to Indonesia and then on to Syria to join IS fighters.Murat Kaya, 25, was not with the..

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• Police commander Mark Jenkins questioned over possible Lindt siege errors

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. 'Training deficiencies' a factor in Sydney siege A senior police negotiator in the Lindt Cafe siege tells an inquest he wished he had more resources. Courtesy Network Ten News. PT1M32S 620 349 In the final minutes of the Lindt cafe siege, gunman Man Haron Monis fired a shot as seven hostages made a dash for their lives.The terrified escapees told police outside that Monis had shot at them. CCTV showed the glass shattering behind them. A police l..

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