Sydney news

Melbourne strip club Kittens is rocked by an explosion and subsequent fire, in the third attack on the adult entertainment provider in months.

Prosecutors have been told to pay the legal costs of three alleged members of the Rebels motorcycle gang who were facing charges a magistrate described as "doomed to failure".

Newcastle Jets forward Morten Nordstrand says coach Scott Miller is keeping pressure on the team to perform well.

Investigators are planning to re-enact the death of a Longreach man run over by a senior policeman in what appears to be a tragic accident.

An investigation report into a fatal plane crash on the NSW south coast finds the left wing separated from the plane mid-flight due to an undetected fatigue crack.

Five people flee their burning home near Adelaide during a spate of property fires overnight that cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages.

A man is charged over the alleged murder of his eight-year-old son in the Gungahlin suburb of Jacka last night.

Police question a man after officers investigating the attempted theft of a Bobcat witness a van crash into a dam near Penrith in Sydney's west.

Regional New South Wales is set to benefit most from a rollout of additional specially-trained domestic violence police officers.

A school in the New South Wales Blue Mountains finds a new way to teach students about economics and sustainability, becoming the first to have fair trade uniforms.

A solar energy company believes the western New South Wales city of Griffith has the potential to market itself as a renewable energy hub.

After weeks of warm and dry weather there has been a sprinkling of snow in Tasmania's Great Lakes district and on Hobart's Mount Wellington/kunanyi.

Mine safety inspectors in the Hunter Valley and across New South Wales report a busy period, with 40 safety incidents in the past week.

Researchers survey students at the University of Newcastle in a bid to enhance their health and wellbeing.

A Newcastle nursing home tells regulators it has overhauled diabetic medication management processes, in the wake of two alleged insulin-related deaths.

Meat processor Teys Australia reduces output and staff at its southern New South Wales processing plant in response to a drop in cattle supplies.

Police question two men after officers investigating illegal dumping witness a van crash into a dam near Penrith in Sydney's west.

Former speaker Bronwyn Bishop's preselection chances are dealt a blow, with Tony Abbott and NSW Premier Mike Baird writing references in support of a Liberal Party official expected to run against her.

A crime scene is established at Kittens Strip Club in Melbourne's south after an explosion and fire at the adult entertainment venue.

Former speaker Bronwyn Bishop's pre-selection chances are dealt a blow, with Tony Abbott and NSW Premier Mike Baird writing references in support of a party official expected to run against her.

The condition of a sick scientist on the CSIRO research ship Investigator improves as the ship makes a return journey to Hobart.

Carlton will have a new-look leadership group in the 2016 AFL season, with captain Marc Murphy and Bryce Gibbs the only survivors.

The artworks poke fun at public figures and politicians. (12 February 2016)

A blaze at a business at Guildford in Sydney's west leads firefighters to discover a hydroponic cannabis set-up.

An agreement reached between the SA Government and police officers restoring full workers compensation to those injured on the job must be extended to other public service workers, the Public Service Association says.

A Mission Australia survey identifies a series of risk factors pushing Australia's teenagers onto the street, including family conflict and concerns over stress.

A man dies after an alleged family violence incident in the northern Gungahlin suburb of Jacka.

The Victorian Government should introduce mandatory kilojoule labelling for fast food, the Cancer Council and Heart Foundation say, after a survey finds most fast food chains do not provide enough nutritional information.

Extensive damage to state-owned pine plantations after the Waroona bushfire is set to cost the WA economy up to $50 million in lost revenue.

Kim Mickle remains hopeful of being on the dais at the Olympic Games in Rio, despite the javelin champion battling to be 100 per cent after a shoulder reconstruction.

Victoria and Queensland take the advantage over South Australia and Tasmania on day two of the day-night Sheffield Shield round.

Police admit they cannot place a man accused of murdering a 23-year-old woman at the scene of the attack, a court has heard.

A Pakistani national aged in his 20s dies while snorkelling off Cairns in far north Queensland.

A 75-year-old Singaporean man who claimed he was set up by online scammers is found not guilty of bringing up to $6 million worth of the drug ice into WA in a suitcase.

Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) will have to cancel dozens of surgeries per week due to a massive shortage of staff in the anaesthetics department, a leaked email reveals.

Prehistoric claw marks inside a Western Australian cave help Adelaide scientists find out more about an animal that before going extinct was Australia's top predator.

NSW emergency services issue a snake bite warning after the death of a young girl bitten by a brown snake in the state's north west.

A bushfire warning in the Western Australian coal town of Collie is downgraded to a watch and act.

The head of the Australian Defence Force's Catholic diocese Max Davis is found not guilty of sexually abusing five students more than 40 years ago at New Norcia, north east of Perth.

Manly will continue their 70 year association with Brookvale Oval after coming to a lease agreement over the famous ground with Warringah Council.

Education Department officials allegedly bought shares in and took jobs with the company that won the contract for the failed Ultranet computer system project for schools, Victoria's corruption watchdog hears.

Recreational fishers and environmentalists fear Tassal's announced expansion of fish farm operations on the state's east coast will threaten the surrounding marine environment.

Stephen Dank is taking on two Sydney newspapers that published stories saying the death of star footballer Jon Mannah may have been accelerated by substances the sports scientist administered.

The Australian Federal Police's claim to have seized more than $1 billion worth of ice in push-up bras and craft supplies imported from Hong Kong is under scrutiny, with officers admitting they used an "upper range" figure to make the valuation.

A young bullocky from Edith Creek is organising an Australian bullockies get together at Stanley.

The Country Liberals choose another former policeman to be the Deputy Chief Minister, replacing Willem Westra van Holthe who quit on Valentine's Day.

A little known bush food from the Top End of Australia has caught the eye of international fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue.

Police use capsicum spray to subdue a man holding a toddler after he was involved in three car accidents and made threats against the one-year-old child.

A new review of into the stillborn crisis at Melbourne's Bacchus Marsh Hospital reveals that a further seven babies have diedbringing the total number at the maternity unit to 18.

As the Federal election closes in, more MPs are deciding they don't want to spend another three years on the backbench. The former resources minister, Ian Macfarlane, has announced his retirement today. He says if he's not in Cabinet he would be a passenger - so he will hand over his seat to the next generation.