Sydney has been left under a thick haze with winds pushing smoke from bushfires burning on the NSW Mid North coast.

Sydneysiders woke to a thick haze of smoke which blanketed the city following fires on the NSW Mid-North coast.

Sydneysiders woke to a thick haze of smoke which blanketed the city following fires on the NSW Mid-North coast.

Two men have drowned and a pregnant woman has been taken to hospital after getting into trouble in a river on the NSW Mid North Coast.

A man has been hospitalised after another shark attack along NSW coast

A man has been hospitalised after another shark attack along NSW coast

A plume of thick smoke could be seen from the air as a bushfire headed towards homes.

A health warning is issued to Melbourne residents as the city is covered in smoke from a bushfire burning in the Otways, in Victoria's south-west....

A health warning is issued to Melbourne residents as the city is covered in smoke from a bushfire burning in the Otways, in Victoria's south-west....

A third dam on the Mid North Coast has been scrutinised for unauthorised construction.