Sydney news

A man is killed in a car rollover in Adelaide's foothills, while a teenage pedestrian is being treated for internal injuries after a separate crash in the CBD.

UFC superstar Ronda Rousey has become the first woman to grace an Australian cover of Men's Fitness magazine.

Former Treasurer Joe Hockey has given his blessing to Trent Zimmerman to replace him in the seat of North Sydney.

The Liberal Party is set to raise the temperature in the fight over the China Free Trade Agreement, with attack ads that accuse "ratbag unions" of stoking racism against the Chinese.

The Vatican has sacked a gay priest after he came out as gay on the eve of a major meeting of bishops where the Church's stance on homosexuality is expected to be discussed.

The NRL decider between the Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys should have every fan excited. Read Grandstand's comprehensive grand final preview.

Canberra's winemakers are hoping new weather stations will provide more reliable data for the region.

Dick Smith says Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will be "ratting on typical Australians who pay their tax" if the Coalition goes through with plans to shield large private companies from having to disclose how much tax they pay.

She answers 000 calls for a living, but this firefighter believes she has contributed to saving more lives through counselling workmates, their partners and friends about suicide prevention.

Brisbane great Steve Renouf believes it's a fear of failure that drives Broncos master mentor Wayne Bennett.

Everything you need to know aboutthe 2015 NRL grand final match-ups.

A 10-year-old child died from an allergic reaction after drinking a "natural" coconut drink imported by a Sydney firm.

A rock fisherman, who police say was not wearing a life jacket, drowns after being swept into the water south of Sydney.

Ghenoua Fadel survived a horror road smash weeks out from giving birth. Then footage emerged of the collision - which left everyone reeling.

It was 4.34pm on Friday when a triple zero emergency call was made by a woman stating a man "is shooting people" outside the NSW Police State Crime Command in Parramatta.

The teenage gunman who shot dead a NSW police employee was 15-year-old Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar.

Bad acoustics, brain fade and glitchy technology are becoming more common at the grand final pre-game show than meat pies.

Go to an air-conditioned cinema and watch the movie Everest.

​Chilling footage has emerged capturing the moments when a teenager, who shot dead a NSW Police Force employee, entered into a gunfight with officers before being killed.

The Turnbull government has rejected the need for federal laws to clamp down on unscrupulous middlemen at the heart of a network of foreign worker scams, with new employment minister Michaelia Cash opting instead for industry self-regulation.

His Twitter account reads like that of a young child, not an extremist who is capable of carrying out a "politically motivated" attack.

A 63-year-old Chinese national has died after being swept into the ocean while fishing south of Sydney.

Islamic State has used its official Twitter account to claim responsibility for the shooting death of a Japanese man in Bangladesh on Saturday.

The US-led coalition that is waging its own air war against Islamic State called on the Russians to halt strikes on targets other than Islamic State.

The honeymooning couple had flown in from Beijing for golden week aiming to buy a home, but lost out to some Australian Chinese who lived around the corner.

More than 600 asylum seekers detained on Nauru will be able to move around the island 24 hours a day, with the Nauru government poised to scrap the curfew at its Australia-funded processing centre.

Japan added another Rugby World Cup scalp to their shock win over South Africa by beating Samoa 26-5 on Saturday to give themselves a chance of their first ever quarter-final.

Injured former Newcastle Knights player posted a video on his Instagram account on Saturday evening that reveals encouraging progress in his rehabilitation from a "devastating spinal injury".

Matt Scott was smart enough to be a doctor or a lawyer.Corey Oates grew so fast he needed to have a year off footy.

A menu for the last luncheon served to the first-class passengers aboard the ill-fated Titanic has sold for $124,000 at an online auction.

Ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli may be able to win Argentina's presidential election in the first round, after an opinion poll published on Friday showed he had widened his lead over his closest rival.

A team of paleontologists have unearthed the remains of a woolly mammoth near Chelsea, Michigan, after a farmer's big discovery in his soy field.

Commuters are being asked to change their timetables when construction on Sydney's new light rail system starts on Tuesday.

Resilience, humility and humanity – those were the qualities Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson said made him proud of his 2015 premiership team.

More than one casual observer has been quick to point out Gai Waterhouse's team has hardly sprung into spring. In fact, the jumbo usually full of spring winners is probably still waiting for the late arrivals to board.

Humanitarian workers deported from Nauru last year following unsubstantiated claims they encouraged asylum seekers to self-harm and fabricate stories of abuse are yet to receive an explanation – despite being promised one by the Australian government.

Former Labor minister Kate Lundy has said figures on the capital's worst crash intersections back the Canberra Liberals' argument for a flyover of the Barton Highway.

The remains of a missing 18-year-old have been found in the chimney of an abandoned cabin in the US - bringing a grim end to a seven-year-old cold case.

Liberal senator says Canberra will be spared the major brunt of the move of 600 federal jobs to the Central Coast. 

Robin Williams' widow and his three children from previous marriages have reached a settlement in their legal fight over the late actor's estate.

At just 15 years old Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad from Parramatta is part of a growing trend worldwide – that of teenagers radicalised at decreasing ages.

Mamamia writer Rosie Waterland, who rose to fame writing recaps for The Bachelor, put the "me" in media last week.

Key moments in the grand final on Saturday.

Hawthorn playmaker Cyril Rioli was a popular winner of the prestigious Norm Smith Medal, voted best on ground by a panel of five judges at the 2015 AFL grand final.

The chant for Cyril Rioli broke out eight minutes before the siren sounded to celebrate Hawthorn's third successive premiership and lift his football team into the rarefied air of sporting immortality.

Gabrielle and Stephen Whitehead have wired up the forest surrounding their cabin with surveillance cameras, but it is a futile defence against the men who come with utes and guns.

Police are hunting a hit-run driver after a woman was knocked off her bike at Toolern Vale, about 40 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.

It takes a lot of red tape to become clothing optional.

Alastair Clarkson deserves to be considered one of the AFL's coaching greats according to one of his best Hawthorn recruits, Jack Gunston.

Hawthorn wins its third consecutive premiership, beating the West Coast Eagles by 46 points in the grand final at the MCG.