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A man is due to face court after being charged with the domestic violence murder of the woman whose body was found in bushland in northwest Sydney.
Police found the body believed to be that of missing mother Shereen Kumar, in bushland near Laurie Rd, Dural, about 5.50pm on Saturday.
Officers had been searching bushland in the region with dogs and helicopters any sign of the 43-year-old, who was reported missing on Thursday morning.
About six hours after finding the body, police arrested Vincent Carlino at a home on Taylors Rd, Dural.
The 37-year-old has been charged with domestic violence murder and refused bail.
Carlino is due to appear in Parramatta Bail Court on Sunday.
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Two people have died following a house fire in the southwestern Sydney suburb of Hinchinbrook.
Emergency services were called to a home on Rottnest Avenue about 5.40am on Sunday
Six people including a child were evacuated from the property and treated by paramedics.
Two people died at the scene, with both yet to be formally identified.
The child was transported to Westmead Children's Hospital in a serious condition.
Officers from Liverpool Police established a crime scene, which will be examined by specialist forensic police.
An investigation is under way and the cause is yet to be determined.
Reports will be prepared for the coroner.
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Young Australians are being urged to become organ and tissue donors as part of a national campaign dubbed DonateLife Week.
Studies show a single organ donor can save up to seven lives and help many more through eye and tissue donation.
While four in five Australians support donation, around 13 million people over the age of 16 are not organ donors.
Data released at the kickoff of DonateLife Week on Sunday shows new donors soared in 2021, with an increase of 87 per cent over 2020 registrations.
However, the push for donors remains urgent, with around 1750 seriously ill people on Australian wait lists hoping for a potentially life-saving organ transplant.
Another 13,000 people remain on dialysis hoping for a kidney transplant.
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care Ged Kearney said the problem is not that Australians do not support organ and tissue donation.
"It's that they don't know how to register, don't think they're healthy enough, or simply haven't got around to it," the minister said.
"Any Australian aged 16 and over can sign up online - it doesn't matter how old you are or how healthy you are, you can still register as an organ and tissue donor."
A recent survey found people aged 18 to 25 are the least likely to have registered or discussed becoming a donor.
The YouGov Galaxy survey found while 88 per cent of people in the younger age group said they were keen to be donors, only 14 per cent had registered.
While 37 per cent confessed they had not got around to registering, another 37 per cent admitted to being put off by common myths, including that some people can't donate because of their lifestyle choices such as smoking or drinking, or because they are too old.
"This latest research suggests there could be around one million young Australians who are keen to register but haven't," Organ and Tissue Authority chief executive Lucinda Barry said.
For more information, or to register as a donor, visit: donatelife.gov.au
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More than 11,100 Australians have died with COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
The country's death toll rose by more than 100 on Saturday, with Victoria recording the most fatalities at 44.
NSW reported 41 deaths, while Queensland recorded eight, South Australia and the ACT three, and Western Australia two.
Tasmania reported one death of a person with COVID-19, while the Northern Territory recorded none.
The daily toll pushed the country's coronavirus deaths since the pandemic to 11,134.
As of Saturday, a little more than 71 per cent of Australia's eligible population had received three or more doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
That was an increase of more than 9500 people on the previous day, with booster coverage among aged care residents at 95 per cent.
About 55 per cent of eligible Indigenous people have received three or more doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
As for fourth doses, about 31 per cent of the eligible population aged 30 and over have received their winter boosters.
That figure hiked up to more than 65 per cent for those aged 65 and over.
It represented an overall daily increase for all eligible groups of nearly 91,500 people.
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