CFA chief Russell Rees has spent days giving evidence with lawyers' blow-torches to his belly. Much of what has come out of his own mouth has been damning: he didn't know fire experts were doing predictive maps in a back office, he can't explain why communications broke down between two..read more

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During a school trip to the remote indigenous community of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory, the year 10 students of Mount Evelyn Christian School (pictured) took part in The Darkness Activity. On a moonless night, they headed from their camp and into the bush with a torch, a stool, a..read more

BINGE drinking is sort of the new black these days, isn't it? Well, being against it is. K07 starts throwing money towards campaigns to wean baby-faced teens off fizzy peach-flavoured liquor sherbets and the next minute you know every man and his dog have decided to wave a flag denouncing..read more

Not only handy for reading the Melway, torches are essential in the car glove box or boot for all sorts of jobs and emergencies in the dark. Jenny Lamattina sheds some light on what's available.