Sydney news

A fleet of boats, kayaks and jet skis take to the water to urge the Queensland Government to encourage development on Great Keppel Island.

A teenager is killed and another seriously injured after being hit by a car in Sydney's south-west.

The Tasmania Fire Service issues a bushfire watch and act alert for Weavers Creek and Foons Road, near Nunamara, east of Launceston.

A drink-driver who had three young children in the car is arrested after other motorists reported him asleep at the wheel in traffic.

Australian coach Darren Lehmann will miss the Twenty20 series against India after being hospitalised with deep vein thrombosis.

Ana Ivanovic's coach Nigel Sears collapses in the stands at the Australian Open, causing her match to be temporarily suspended.

Britain's Andy Murray beats Portugal's Joao Sousa in four sets to reach round of 16, apparently unaware of a medical emergency involving his father-in-law.

Troy Cassar-Daley scoops the pool at this year's Golden Guitar Awards in Tamworth, winning male artist of the year and album of the year.

About 200 people attend a candlelight vigil in Hobart's CBD to remember the 24-year-old mother killed in Friday morning's horrific car crash.

An unbeaten century from Manish Pandey gives India a six-wicket ODI win over Australia at the SCG to avoid a series whitewash.

Western Sydney Wanderers leapfrog Brisbane Roar to go top of the table after 2-1 win over Central Coast Mariners.

Ana Ivanovic's coach Nigel Sears collapses in the stands at the Australian Open, causing her match to be temporarily suspended.

Police find the body of an Irish man who fell overboard from a houseboat on the Murray River.

Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy will spend their first night at The Lodge after renovations were finally completed.

A 23-year-old Perth man remembers nothing of an alleged one-punch attack which left him with brain and head injuries, until he woke up with pieces of his teeth in his mouth.

Number 13 seed Milos Raonic dedicates his third round win over Viktor Troicki to the victims of the Canadian school shootings.

Victoria's Wye River bushfire that destroyed more than 100 homes along the Great Ocean Road would have been "far worse" without a controversial back-burning strategy, an independent investigation finds.

Australian cyclist Richie Porte wins stage five of the Tour Down Under in South Australia after a gruelling climb up Willunga Hill.

A bushfire which claimed two lives and almost wiped a small Western Australian community off the map is finally extinguished.

A heritage railway turntable at Goulburn spins once more, after a derailed train caused massive damage to the 80-year-old structure in 2013.

Andrew Gordon and his son William work on restoring carriages together (23 January 2016)

Residents take to the streets over a controversial high-rise building approved to go up next to Brisbane's heritage-listed Customs House.

A baby prematurely delivered after a horrific car crash that killed his mother remains in intensive care, but is now in a 'stable' condition, as donations for his family pass $70,000.

Some 185 Port Augusta workers facing the axe at Alinta Energy's power stations are told they may be required to stay longer due to a larger-than-expected coal stockpile.

An Australian invention to reduce marine pollution is set to go global after becoming a viral sensation, attracting more than 120 million views online.

Close to 200 people take to the streets of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland, in a march to launch a campaign against violence and anti-social behaviour and support assault victim Melissa Abdoo.

A woman is charged with the murder of her son after his body was located in a home near Wyong by emergency services.

Tasmania's Human Services Minister describes as "unnacceptable" a child protection worker's decision to provide a tent to a teenager in care.

A man sustains serious injures to his head, ear and arm in a boating accident on Queensland's Darling Downs.

A baby prematurely delivered after a horrific car crash that killed his mother remains in intensive care, but is now in a 'stable' condition, as donations for his family pass $60,000.

India wins the toss and sends Australia in to bat in the fifth and final ODI of the series at the SCG. Follow Grandstand's live blog.

A teenager injured by lightning that killed a man in the Adelaide Hills during a severe storm is discharged from hospital.

For most, bridge is a mystifyingly complicated game relegated to the realm of retirees, however the 44th Summer Festival of Bridge in Canberra is seeing more than its fair share of young competitors.

Six people are in hospital, one in a critical condition, after a stolen pizza car being chased by police crashes on the New South Wales Central Coast.

Barbora Strycova has sent number three seed Garbine Muguruza from Spain tumbling out of the third round of the Australian Open in straight sets at Melbourne Park.

A man reported missing after swimming across a canal on the Gold Coast early this morning is found safe and well.

A bushfire warning for an uncontrolled fire near Mawbanna in Tasmania's north-west is upgraded to watch and act.

A 21-year-old man is charged with intent to murder, after a stabbing attack on his parents in Sydney's west on Friday morning.

Police and volunteers search for an Irish man who was reported to have fallen overboard on a houseboat on the Murray River in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Queensland Police are working to identify the remains of a person who died after the car they were driving went off the highway, crashed into trees and burst into flames in Brisbane.

A 62-year-old Victorian tourist becomes the latest to get stuck at Kakadu's notorious Cahill's Crossing, after locals wanting a lift convince him his vehicle can make it through the crocodile-infested stretch of water.

A man who travelled 12,000 kilometres to live in central Queensland wants to teach his African culture and traditions to encourage diversity and multiculturalism in the region.

The Maritime Union of Australia has its sights set on the federal seat of Fremantle following sitting member Melissa Parke's announcement she plans to quit the safe Labor seat.

Catch up with the latest podcast of Saturday Talkback Gardening with Jon Lamb and Ashley Walsh.

Support is pouring in from around Australia for a the family of a Tasmanian newborn who was delivered after his mother was killed in an horrific car crash.

The Tasmania Fire Service warns easing weather conditions do not reflect an easing fire front, amid a four-day statewide total fire ban.

Nick Kyrgios labelled the performance of chair umpire James Keothavong as "unprofessional" following his third-round exit from the Australian Open on Friday night.

A vote for the University of Sydney to shrink its number of faculties from 16 to six and cut elected positions from its senate was made in a "secret meeting" late last year, critics say.

Daria Gavrilova beats Kristina Mladenovic 11-9 in the third set in an epic third-round encounter at the Australian Open.

Goldfields Aboriginal elder Trevor Donaldson is haunted by his nephew's suicide and wants a safe house set up to help troubled youths.