Sydney news

A fire at the rear of a bridal shop in the inner Perth suburb of Highgate causes damage estimated at $600,000, much of it in smoke damage to gowns.

ABC South East's resident cricket blogger Rob Courtney swaps his banking clothes for cricket whites and a baggy brown each weekend and writes about the experience.

A 19-year-old from the Illawarra will face court after an alleged attack on an 81-year-old on the street in an attempted robbery.

Several people are injured when a bus crashes into a wall at Chatswood train station on Sydney's lower north shore.

Water treatment plants in the Central Darling Shire are under scrutiny, with their condition being assessed ahead of potential upgrades.

A man is killed when his four-wheel drive leaves the Sturt Highway and rolls east of Waikerie in South Australia's Riverland.

Aboriginal traditional owners on Cape York Peninsula are locked in a bitter stoush over a multi-million-dollar deal for mining royalties.

Water use in Perth households has been steadily declining over the past decade, but in the months from July to December the city recorded an unprecedented spike in consumption.

The teaching of the Barkindji language at far west schools has come under fire from an Indigenous elder, who's arguing other regional languages are at risk of disappearing.

Queensland will look to lift its renewable energy target in the wake of the Paris agreement to tackle climate change, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

A four-year-old girl is taken to hospital in a serious condition after receiving burns to her face in an accident at a Japanese restaurant in Sydney.

A bus crashes into a wall at Chatswood train station on Sydney's lower north shore, trapping a woman and injuring thee other people.

A Brisbane school girl is airlifted to safety after becoming ill while bushwalking in Tasmania.

Two Aboriginal-owned hotels in Western Australia's Kimberley are accused of unfairly targeting Indigenous patrons with breathalysers upon entry.

A 52-year-old Inverell man remains in a Sydney hospital in a critical but stable condition after suffering burns in an explosion in the northern New South Wales town at the weekend.

Fire crews finish fighting a blaze which started on Friday in an industrial area west of Belconnen in Canberra's north.

A pearl producer from Western Australia has defended his industry's safety record amid a national review of commercial diving practises

A new social enterprise is aiming to help save the Great Barrier Reef by inviting people to drink its craft beer.

Queensland catchment authorities call on people to continue their fight against the introduced cat's claw creeper, currently in flower.

A three year deal to see chia grown in Western Australia's Ord Valley hit shelves in more than 750 Coles supermarkets across Australia.

The Armidale office of the New South Wales Trustee and Guardian will close despite efforts to keep it open.

Drivers are advised to avoid Pittwater Road after two of three northbound lanes were closed at Dee Why due to a truck accident at Warringah Road.

Family support workers say the domestic violence problem plaguing towns like Raymond Terrace is being exacerbated by a lack of refuges.

Newcastle Jets coach Scott Miller says players will learn from a loss to Melbourne City.

An early morning brawl at a Lake Macquarie service station has ended with four teenagers being charged.

Gloucester residents have criticised IPART's CSG recommendations.

NBL ladder leaders Perth Wildcats prove the ultimate party poopers as they inflict a 87-69 loss over last-placed Sydney in the Kings' final game at their home venue.

A suspicious fire has destroyed a Stockton service station at the centre of a legal dispute.

The arrival of a fleet of road ambulances could be expanded to support the Royal Flying Doctors' Service in the western region.

The head of the Lachlan Local Area Command says he is confident there are adequate local services to help deter young people from committing crimes.

Police are investigating the death of a man, hit by a train at Scone.

The Canberra Liberals release an artist's impression of what Northbourne Avenue could look like if the ACT Government's proposed light rail project goes ahead.

Lake Macquarie boaties have welcomed pre-Christmas dredging in the Swansea Channel.

A state parliamentary inquiry is recommending extra support be given to communities with high social needs including four towns in the western region.

In Yackandandah, in regional Victoria, Saturday night old time dances have not gone out of fashion, as the town's seniors regularly get together to "ward off Alzheimer's" while raising money for charity.

Fire crews warn people to avoid an area in Melbourne's west after a blaze in a large pile of rubbish sends smoke across the city.

A man is facing charges after police allege he was caught travelling at 200 kilometres per hour on a road in Tasmania's north.

Canberra's visitor information centre near Civic will relocate to Regatta Point beside Lake Burley Griffin in the first half of next year, the ACT Government says.

The seat of Robertson, on the New South Wales Central Coast, has a new Labor candidate for next year's Federal election.

The Western Sydney Wanderers sign discarded Central Coast Mariners goalkeeper Liam Reddy for the rest of the A-League season.

Brisbane Heat score wins over the Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers, while the Hobart Hurricanes easily account for Adelaide on a busy day in the Women's Big Bash League.

Aaron Mooy and Bruno Fornaroli both double up as Melbourne City continue their unbelievable form with a 4-0 drubbing of Newcastle at Hunter Stadium.

Our first cast this morning comes from Andy Thomsen. Andy's Youtube fly fishing videos have recorded 4 million downloads and counting.

Brisbane Heat coast to a nine-wicket win over the Sydney Sixers, while the Hobart Hurricanes easily account for Adelaide Strikers on a busy day in the Women's Big Bash League.

Runaway leaders Melbourne City move to within touching distance of the premiership with an unusually sluggish win over Newcastle Jets.

A three-day women's festival to be held in March next year is criticised for not allowing transgender women to attend unless they have undergone gender re-assignment surgery.

Dunalley rallies to raise money for those impacted by last month's devastating fires in South Australia.

Christmas comes early for thousands of children in Brisbane with the 21st annual Special Children's Christmas Party.

ABC Grandstand commentator Jim Maxwell delivers his player ratings for the Australian line-up after the first-Test demolition of the West Indies in Hobart.

Bushfire-impacted communities north of Adelaide enjoy a picnic atmosphere at a fundraising event after the Pinery blaze.