Sydney news

A woman is dead after a car and truck collided on the Bruce Highway at Howard, west of Hervey Bay, this morning.

Inmates at Perth's Bandyup Women's Prison could soon be forced to sleep on mattresses on the floor, according to the WA Prison Officers' Union.

Inmates at Perth's Bandyup Women's Prison could soon be forced to sleep on mattresses on the floor, according to the WA Prison Officers' Union.

Ten charges are filed against the Hazelwood coal mine operator over a fire that covered towns in Victoria's south-east in acrid smoke and ash.

More than 1,000 love locks could be removed as an Adelaide City councillor seeks to investigate the structural effect of the padlocks' weight on the bridge.

Gas giant AGL pulls out of a controversial coal seam gas project in Gloucester, north of Newcastle, and announces plans to sell natural gas assets in Queensland.

Children being held in onshore detention are suffering serious mental health problems, with doctors who treated them describing them as the most traumatised children they have seen in 50 years.

A 58-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after he and his wife are stabbed outside their Maidstone home with the woman's purse, containing thousands of dollars in takings, stolen.

Bull sharks not only spend a lot of time on coral reefs, they can swim surprisingly long distances down Australia's east coast in summer to give birth in the river estuaries and coastal areas, radio tracking of sharks living on the Great Barrier Reef shows.

A NSW Parliamentary committee that is coming to the western region says it's looking into current removals of Aboriginal children as well as reparations for the Stolen Generations.

The New South Wales Government says 30 per cent of its $1.1 billion social housing fund will go to new homes in regional New South Wales.

A 35-year-old Lalor man who allegedly stole women's underwear hung out to dry in Melbourne's inner east is charged with theft and stalking.

Animal rights group calls for a suspension of all live animal shipments after dozens of cattle die on a ship bound for Victoria.

Churches across Australia are invoking the historical concept of sanctuary, opening their doors as sanctuaries to asylum seekers facing removal back to offshore detention centres.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton is under increased pressure to allow asylum seekers to remain in Australia following claims the overwhelming majority of former child detainees are at risk of serious mental health issues.

The Bathurst Regional Council urges the Federal Government to immediately remove Hill End from the shortlist of sites for a nuclear waste facility.

With news that two mothballed coal mining projects in the New South Wales Hunter Valley could go ahead, there are concerns the revival will benefit one industry but potentially harm another.

A year after the New South Wales Government rejected a wind farm in southern New South Wales, it has recommended it be given the go-ahead but the number of turbines would be almost halved.

Newcastle Jets coach Scott Miller has moved to reassure fans his team is made up of more than just one player, and they should not be dismayed by losing David Carney.

Newcastle Knights forward Robbie Rochow says he is honoured to be named co-captain for this weekend's Auckland Nines tournament.

A councillor who attempted to bring a no-confidence motion against Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun and CEO Carl Wulff, citing their "mismanagement" of asbestos contamination in the region, is expelled from a fiery meeting.

A New South Wales resident says the destruction of crucial wildlife habitat to make way for a $50 million industrial business park at Port Stephens is unacceptable.

There is further proof the New South Wales mining sector has been in freefall, with a new report saying mining exploration expenditure has more than halved since 2011.

Some regional petrol stations in New South Wales are failing to drop their prices in line with other providers across the state.

Bank customers could be eligible to be reimbursed hundreds of millions of dollars in credit card late payment fees if a challenge in the High Court in Canberra today succeeds.

Despite a report claiming up to 10 Emerging Origin players defied new coach Kevin Walters, Queensland Rugby League boss Peter Betros considers their probe into a curfew controversy closed.

Fire destroys another house at Primrose Sands, south-east of Hobart, the ninth house razed in the coastal town since July.

A man and woman aged in their 60s are stabbed outside their Maidstone home in Melbourne's west, with the man suffering critical injuries and being rushed to hospital.

Former Mr Fluffy residents wanting to buy back their old blocks and rebuild may be in for a rude shock, as cleared sites are being offered back to the people who once owned them at inflated prices.

Clive Palmer says he does not know if he authorised a hefty donation from Queensland Nickel to the Palmer United Party in January last year.

Clive Palmer joins Lateline to discuss the fate of his troubled Queensland Nickel refinery.

Tony Jones speaks with Clive Palmer on the Gold Coast about the complex business set up behind his stricken Queensland Nickel operation.

Lateline visits three Townsville families who've been directly affected by the sackings at Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel plant.

The Territory Opposition Leader says Labor's three priorities are job creation, investment in children, and restoring trust in government.

A man has had his freedom of movement taken away by thieves who stole his wheelchair from the front of his unit block in inner Sydney.

Death cap mushroom season arrives early again in the ACT, with authorities warning the deadly fungus has been found at several locations following recent wet weather.

Chairs designed and constructed in Alice Springs are set to feature in one of the most recognised exhibitions of international architecture, the Venice Architecture Biennale.

A Melbourne man described by the FBI as one of the most prolific child sex offenders admits encouraging a Russian paedophile to kidnap, rape, torture and murder a five-year-old girl.

The Senate votes to ask the auditor-general to investigate the funding behind the $1.6 billion Perth Freight Link, also known as Roe 8.

An inspired opening spell from Test quick Peter Siddle has helped bundle Tasmania out for just 241 in their Shield match against Victoria.

A 43-year-old man has died in a workplace accident in Adelaide River, Northern Territory police confirm.

Seven adults and a young child who were feared missing in floodwaters in outback Queensland are located safe in Mt Isa.

A woman who was held in detention on Nauru before giving birth to a son in Darwin last year after complications during the pregnancy says the prospect of being sent back is a nightmare.

Former Archbishop of Adelaide Ian George tells the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse he should have done more to help victims of paedophile Robert Brandenburg.

As numbers in the WA town of Kambalda dwindle, its football club calls an emergency meeting to discuss the possibility it might be forced out of the Goldfields competition this season.

Former national security adviser and ex-SBS executive Peter Khalilwins pre-selection as the Labor candidate in the Federal seat of Wills.

A Darwin paediatrician says children at the city's immigration detention centre have the worst mental health problems he has seen, telling the story of one girl who has drawn images of her own funeral.

Five years on from the devastation of severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, far north Queensland farmers have rebuilt and recovered.

Former backpackers fear the opportunity for travellers to possibly fall in love while working in regional Australia may disappear with a proposed tax hike.

A six-year-year girl who was removed from her father by authorities after police thought he was homeless says she is "so happy" to be back in his care.