Sydney news

Tim Wilson resigns as Australia's Human Rights Commissioner to seek Liberal preselection for Andrew Robb's Victorian seat of Goldstein.

South Australia's nuclear royal commission is set to release its tentative findings this morning, with experts from both sides of the debate predicting an outcome in favour of a nuclear dump.

The Northern Territory Country Liberals parliamentary wing will meet today to decide on its sixth deputy chief minister since winning office three-and-a-half years ago.

A man is dead after being run over by senior police officer in the far north Queensland city of Cairns.

A man who allegedly made threats while armed with a knife is taken into custody after a five-hour stand-off with police at his East Perth unit.

Emerging artist Josh Muir says he is overwhelmed that his works focusing on the struggles of Aboriginal Victorians will be projected onto the walls of the state's National Gallery for White Night Melbourne.

The vice president of the peak body for volunteer bushfire fighters in Western Australia says that the language of a Climate Council report on climate change further highlights the divide between the cities and the regions.

A woman who recorded a potentially deadly alcohol reading of more than six times the legal limit was driving with an unrestrained child in the back seat, NSW police say.

Victoria's lettuce industry is concerned it could take weeks for consumer confidence to return after a salmonella link earlier this month.

The man in charge of policing in north west Queensland, Superintendent Russell Miller, is hanging up his hat after 40 years as a police officer.

Melbourne Victory are likely to be slapped with a show-cause notice today after their supporters ripped flares and wreaked havoc at AAMI Park on Saturday night.

Police investigate a drive-by shooting in Glenroy in Melbourne's outer north this morning.

One of Tasmania's newest tourism ventures loses the support of an environmental group amid claims the project has significantly deviated from the original plan.

A fortnight after winning the Australian Open final to claim her first grand slam title, Angelique Kerber is still waiting for her trophy to join her in Germany.

Life in Rockhampton is peaceful for Mohammad Azad and his family, a world away from Afghanistan.

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

Prison authorities are launching an investigation into how a prisoner was able to escape from a jail in far west New South Wales on Sunday.

First cast this morning is by Greg French, the Fly Fisher King of Tasmania, this time from Argentina where he is chasing the 20 pound plus Sea trout of Teirra del Fuego.

The SA Opposition claims residents of homes being compulsorily acquired in the Adelaide suburb of Darlington are not being offered adequate compensation, but the Transport Minister says landlords have refused to provide tenants' contact details.

A man hit and killed by a car in Reservoir in Melbourne's north becomes the fourth pedestrian to die on Victoria's roads in the past six days.

Irrigators using water to grow food and fibre in southern New South Wales look set to start the 2016-17 water year with no or very small water allocations due to ongoing dry conditions.

Three Queensland homes are destroyed in separate fires in Logan, Brisbane and near Barcaldine in the state's central west.

Unleaded petrol prices in Perth are at an 11-year low, with most sites selling the fuel for under $1.

The Hobart-based CSIRO research ship Investigator is returning from the Southern Ocean earlier than planned after a scientist on board became ill.

The 2016 National Multicultural Festival attracted a record 280,000 people across the weekend according to early reports, the ACT Government says.

A road train carrying 110 bales of donated millet hay has arrived in the western Queensland town of Barcladine.

Byron Bay's Main Beach was the first location to host One Billion Rising dancers who gather on V-Day across the world to end violence against women.

Adelaide United defeats Central Coast 3-2 in Gosford to move up to third after round 19 of the A-League.

The receivers of Hunter mine services company SubZero say the business is trading as normal.

Port Stephens residents say they are angry and scared by a proposal to amalgamate Port Stephens and Newcastle councils.

A $246 million pilot nanny program is an expensive failure and in need of an immediate overhaul, regional Queensland families say.

Perth Wildcats coach Trevor Gleeson will be offered a multi-year contract extension at the end of the current NBL season.

A defence analyst says a "bizarre" logistics system could ground Joint Strike Fighter jets headed to the Williamtown Air Force base, even if the planes are fit to fly.

A man's rampage through Melbourne, stealing cars and threatening to kill a mother and her children, ends after he takes a BMW owner's keys but cannot work out how to drive the vehicle, Victorian police say.

Tasmanian fire crews are bracing for erratic gale force winds today as they continue to battle dozens of bushfires across the state, reinforcements are coming from interstate.

Los Angeles filmmakers Spencer Susser and Daniel Cloud-Campos win this year's Tropfest short film festival for their animated work Shiny.

New South Wales batsman Ed Cowan is still suffering from headaches after being hit on the head by a ball, according to coach Trent Johnston.

Some of the biggest names in Australian cricket are calling for a stand to be named after Barry "Nugget" Rees, an inspiring man who has been integral to the team for more than five decades.

An increasing number of refugees from Myanmar are finding homes in South Australia's South-East, with more families due to arrive this week.

Kangaroo management is a big deal in the ACT, so when kangaroos in one city park started showing up with elaborate collars, the community began to ask questions.

The remarkable story of Barry 'Nugget' Rees, who rose from the most unlikely circumstances to become friend and trusted confidante of generations of Australia's elite cricketers.

Plenty of wickets fall with the pink ball on first day of day-night Sheffield Shield round, but Tasmania's Beau Webster and the Blues' Daniel Hughes buck the trend with centuries.

Two Queensland homes are destroyed in separate firesone in Logan and one near Barcaldine in the state's Central West.

Adelaide United defeats Central Coast 3-2 in Gosford to move up to third after round 19 of the A-League.

The Western Sydney Wanderers are stunned at home by the Phoenix, with a brilliant Blake Powell scoring four of Wellington's goals in their 5-2 win.

Police in far west New South Wales search for a prisoner who has escaped from jail in Broken Hill.

Killers who refuse to help police find the remains of their victims could be denied parole in WA, under legislation sparked by a petition from the parents of Hayley Dodd, who disappeared almost two decades ago.

The president of WADA warns Essendon players not to expect a quick turn around in their appeal against the Court of Arbitration for Sport's findings made against them.

An Australian medical research team launch a trial aimed at increasing the number of hearts available for transplant.

A Victorian man is facing more than 25 arson and sabotage-related charges over a train derailment and numerous other offences including fires and burglaries.