Here's what you need to know this morning.
Boat blaze in Pittwater
Fire crews are working to extinguish a boat fire in Sydney's north this morning.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) said a boat went up in flames just after 8:00am, about 100 metres offshore at Morning Bay in Pittwater.
Authorities said no-one was on board the cruiser, which was moored to another boat.
FRNSW and a crew from the Rural Fire Service are working to control the fire, with booms to be placed around the vessels.
Three charged after police pursuit
Three men have been charged following a police chase through Western Sydney allegedly involving a stolen vehicle.
Just before 9:00am on Monday officers in Jordan Springs began pursuing a black Toyota Camry because it failed to stop, police said.
The chase was called off due to safety concerns, but the vehicle continued to travel through the suburban area at high speeds, despite one of its front wheels falling off.
At an intersection in Kingswood, the vehicle hit a parked car and the three occupants fled on foot, police said.
Later, police arrested three men, aged 21 to 27, who were charged with several offences relating to reckless driving, property damage, aggravated break and enter, and driving during a disqualification period.
They have all been refused bail to appear at Penrith Local Court today.
Powerhouse Museum overhaul
The Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo will receive $500 million in the upcoming state budget for a major overhaul.
A decision to close the museum was reversed by the state government last year and instead it will now be revamped with a focus on fashion and design.
It's expected a design competition will be held this year to reorient the building's entrance with a public square connecting it to Pyrmont and Darling Harbour.
The total spend so far on both the Ultimo and Parramatta sites is now about $1.4 billion.
Ben Roberts-Smith back in witness box
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith will return to the witness box today as his defamation case against three newspapers continues.
The 42-year-old is expected to give some of his evidence in closed court, as it relates to national security.
He previously told the Federal Court in Sydney that being awarded the Victoria Cross made him a target for jealous colleagues, and that he was disgusted by allegations he committed murder in Afghanistan.
He is suing the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Canberra Times and three journalists over allegations of murder, war crimes, bullying and domestic violence.
The newspapers' truth defence will include 21 soldiers from Australia's most elite military regiment.
Bondi students relocate after fire
Hundreds of students from Bondi Beach Public School will travel to a neighbouring primary school for the next few weeks after a fire seriously damaged the top floor of the school building.
Police are still investigating the cause of the blaze that resulted in dozens of children being evacuated from the school grounds last Wednesday evening.
Children, along with a staff member, will be bussed more than a kilometre to and from Bellevue Hill Public School, where they will be taught for the rest of term two.
Depending on the assessment of the fire damage, the Education Department said it was working to have the school return to full on-site learning and teaching at the beginning of term three.
Reward increase for murder leads
Authorities will today announce a $500,000 reward for information relating to the murder of Paul Summers, who was fatally shot more than two decades ago.
On September 22, 1999, several gunshots were fired into the front of the Gosford chapter club house of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) at Yandina Road, West Gosford.
Three of the bullets struck and killed Mr Summers, then aged 31, while he was asleep on a lounge inside the club house.
In 2003, the NSW Government announced a $100,000 reward for information relating to his death.
Selective high school stoush
State Education Minister Sarah Mitchell insists plans are on track to build a new selective high school for south-western Sydney.
Her response comes after new Labor leader Chris Minns said the government had ditched its promise to do so.
Mr Minns yesterday questioned whether the government still intended to deliver on a June 2019 announcement for a new selective high school for one of the fastest growing regions in the state.
"We haven't seen anything, it's not on the government's priority list for school funding and my great fear is that the education minister has let it fall off the table and it's not a promise that they intend to keep," Mr Minns said.
But in a statement to the ABC, the Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said the government did intend to deliver, and was investing more than $1 billion in new and upgraded schools in south-west Sydney.
She said the project was in "the early stages of planning" and her department had "identified potential land opportunities for the school".
Laws protected AN0M app users in US
Users of an encrypted app in the United States had their messages protected from a global police sting that brought down hundreds of alleged Australian criminals, a US court document has revealed.
Operation Ironside — known internationally as Trojan Horse used encrypted messaging service AN0M to lure criminals into revealing their secrets to police in a three-year global collaboration between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The app was used by organised crime gangs around the world to plan executions, mass drug importations and money laundering.
A document filed in the US District Court showed the FBI — with help from Australia and an unnamed third country — was spying on millions of messages in over 90 countries as part of the operation.
However, FBI agents were not allowed to download or read any messages sent from AN0M accounts in the United States because of privacy laws.
President of the NSW Council of Civil Liberties Pauline Wright said the US had "pretty strict protections around human rights and privacy" which Australia did not have.
