Sydney news

Ten people including four children have been injured in a multi-vehicle crash near Gatton in the Lockyer Valley.

An exhibition showcasing the works of Australian photojournalists and Nikon-Walkley Award finalists in 2015 begins at the Adelaide Festival Centre on December 16.

Melbourne Victory's doctor revealed veteran Carl Valeri is been diagnosed with an inflammatory brain condition.

Union members at Broken Hill's Perilya mining company will vote this month on whether to forego a pay rise next year and roll over their current employment conditions.

A two year-old girl is in a serious condition in hospital after almost drowning in a swimming pool at a home south of Perth.

The city of Sydney is praised for its response to the Martin Place siege, with New South Wales Premier Mike Baird paying tribute to the outpouring of hope in the face of adversity.

A 27-year-old man is charged with murder after a 54-year old man is stabbed to death at a home south of Brisbane.

The board of the Far West Local Health District will put itself under the spotlight early next year, conducting an audit of its governance.

A man believed to be behind a series of indecent assaults in the city's northern suburbs since mid-November strikes again, Darwin police say.

A dry spell in WA's north is starting to severely affect one of the few remaining breeding grounds for the endangered freshwater sawfish.

Trainer Peter Moody has blamed a hoof treatment for illegal levels of cobalt found in one of his horses and pleaded not guilty to charges against him.

Deputy Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce is not ruling out going after an additional Cabinet seat in the wake of Ian Macfarlane's failed bid to join the party and says he was surprised the move was blocked.

Hemp Embassy calls for changes to roadside drug tests

The NSW Aboriginal Legal Service is trying to change the high incarceration rate among young Indigenous people by helping them make films about the consequences of crime.

While online shopping is blamed for declining retail sales on some small towns, rural businesses are being encouraged to get online and engage potential customers.

Botanists have been travelling far and wide across Queensland for more than a decade to create the first seamless map of the state's regional ecosystems.

A two year-old girl is on life support in hospital after almost drowning in a swimming pool at a home south of Perth.

A father is dead and his son is fighting for life after a crane collapsed at the bustling inner Brisbane precinct, Gasworks.

A man integral to Australia's military campaign in Afghanistan remains stranded in the country and fearing for his life.

Police fire shots and two people are taken to hospitalone in a serious but stable conditionat a siege in Melbourne's south.

An irrigated agriculture trial at an Indigenous owned and operated cattle station in Western Australia's far north is attracting interest from international investors.

The Queensland Government will deliver its mid-year update today with $1 billion in debt to be transferred to government-owned corporations.

Upper Hunter shop owners say social media has transformed their businesses.

A project to eradicate all feral animals from WA's largest island is close to achieving its goal.

About a quarter of the Tasmanian devils released in Tasmania's south-east last month have been killed on roads.

A Newcastle man has been charged with assault after allegedly punching a paramedic in the face.

A Tomago company has been ordered to get a thorough contamination assessment

Loud bangs are heard outside a house where a man armed with a knife is keeping police at bay in Frankston, in Melbourne's south-east.

A man is dead and another is fighting for life after a crane collapsed at the bustling inner Brisbane precinct, Gasworks.

Air quality in coal mining regions of the Hunter Valley will come under scrutiny today at a meeting of the nation's environment ministers.

The Rural Fire Service says a large grassfire is now under control after it burned more than 200 hectares near Bathurst.

South Australia's police force will recruit equal numbers of men and women from next year, aiming to better reflect the wider community.

Concerns are being raised about how a proposed nuclear waste facility in the Bathurst district could threaten the neighbouring Lithgow community.

A Hunter-based disability advocate says he is worried students with Autism Spectrum Disorder are being let down in schools by a lack of resources.

Inspectors will target the Hunter's licensed venues in the weeks ahead.

The Parkes Shire Council plans to make a planned heavy vehicle bypass a federal election priority.

Louisa Hope says a year on from the Sydney siege, she still vividly remembers that fateful day but refuses to hate the killer Man Haron Monis.

The ABC takes a look at the questions that have been answered, and those that remain a mystery, one year after Sydney's Martin Place siege.

A twilight ceremony will be held to remember the victims of the Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney's Martin Place, 12 months since Man Haron Monis took 17 people hostage.

Dungog Council has recommended a proposed poultry facility at Torryburn be approved.

Northbourne Avenue could have dedicated bus and cycle lanes carved out of its median strip, under options being considered by the Canberra Liberals in their push against the Government's light rail project.

A plan has been put forward to construct a sandstone quarry in the Upper Hunter.

Government dumps waste levy request

Heywire 2015 winners announced - brave and honest stories from young regional Australians

A 55-year-old Mannum woman is arrested and charged with assisting an offender in relation to the disappearance and murder of South Australian woman Jody Meyers.

One man is dead and another critically injured after a crane falls over at a construction site in Brisbane's inner-city.

A hooded man claiming to be acting for the Islamic State group attacked a nursery school teacher with a knife.

Australia's 2015 Bachelor Sam Wood and his winning bachelorette Snezana Markoski are engaged to be married

Ian Macfarlane's failed bid to defect from the Liberals to the Nationals has revealed the residual tensions – and long memories - that exist in the sometimes still uneasy marriage between the conservatives in Queensland.

Former Australian Test all-rounder Shane Watson says he has no doubt Mitchell Marsh will turn his poor batting form around.