Sydney news

Construction workers walk off the new Royal Adelaide Hospital site after the death of a colleague in a scissor lift accident at the weekend.

Four of the five NSW firefighters injured in a crash in north-west Tasmania are released from hospital with plans to return home.

Defence projects using Australian steel and workers could boost Whyalla's struggling economy but the Federal Government needs to start making decisions, the SA Government says.

BlueScope Steel more than doubles its first-half profit on cost-cutting, a lower Australian dollar and the revaluation of its now 100 per cent-owned North Star business.

BlazeAid volunteers enjoy the new skills they gain and the friendships they make as they help farmers recover after fire.

Offering everything from resistors to magazines and light fittings to a 'thingo' that can magnetise your screwdriver, the Discovery Science and Technology Centre drew a crowd of the curious and the covetous.

North Queensland wins a fiery World Club Challenge match over Leeds with Rhinos prop Mitch Garbutt sent off for punching James Tamou.

There is an angry reaction to a NSW Government decision to allow irrigators to extract additional water from one of the Menindee Lakes in far west New South Wales.

A jazz club is being added to Mount Gambier's James Morrison Academy of Music with hopes of attracting more international musicians.

The managing director of mining company Perilya says its Chinese owners have had to chip in to keep the mine afloat.

Newcastle Knights coach Nathan Brown says it was difficult for the team to come back from their poor start to the trial match against the Canberra Raiders in Orange.

The Maritime Union says the risk of another Pasha Bulker incident is increased by further opening domestic trade to foreign flagged ships.

This week we talk about the authentic Aussie tackle shop, with some great stories from both sides of the counter. Our first cast is with Big Bob, from "Big Bob's Bait and Tackle".

A major police operation targeting the M1 between Newcastle and Sydney last Friday and Saturday nights has seen almost fifty people charged with drink driving.

Newcastle's iconic Bogey Hole rock pool will remain closed indefinitely due to serious cliff instability directly above the swimming hole.

Australian comic artists are tackling some heavy subjects in their work, including depression and war history.

An Israeli judge rejects a plea to drop the extradition case of a former principal accused of molesting students at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne.

Baby Asha has been transferred from Lady Cilento Children's Hospital to community detention, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says.

The prospect of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling a double dissolution election looms over the return of Parliament today, as Labor draws level with the Government in the latest poll.

A last ditch attempt by the Greens to stop the trial of a cashless welfare card in the South Australian town of Ceduna is almost certain to fail, the Mayor says.

Five people are charged after an alleged online child pornography ring is uncovered operating in Sydney.

Nick Kyrgios wins his first ATP World Tour title beating Marin Cilic in the final of the Marseille Open.

Male teachers are a rare sight in primary schools across Australia and as the number of men enrolling in education dwindles some fear they could become a thing of the past.

Two firefighters are airlifted to hospital with critical injuries after a truck rollover at a north-west Tasmanian fire ground.

A baby boy is abandoned on the doorstep of a home at Griffith in south-west New South Wales.

A 33-year-old man is charged with murder after a woman's body was found in Hallam, in Melbourne's outer south-east, at the weekend.

Curious Canberra answers questions sent in by you, the audience. This one is from Kevin, who wanted to know whether the ACT exported anything.

When Canberra doctor Peter Shannon first landed in Freetown, Sierra Leone, he thought he would find a scene of total devastation.

Former bishop of Ballarat Ronald Mulkearns, who was in charge of the diocese during one of its darkest periods, will give evidence to the royal commission into child sexual abuse from his nursing home via video link.

David Pocock and his family share their rich archive of home movies, and speak candidly about their journey to become Australians.

David Pocock and his family share their rich archive of home movies, and speak candidly about their journey to become Australians.

The head of New South Wales Rural Fire Service expresses relief firefighters involved in a tanker rollover in north-west Tasmania escaped serious injuries.

Departing federal Labor MP Alannah MacTiernan confirms she wants to contest a state Upper House seat at next year's election.

Five interstate firefighters are injured in a crash while assisting local crews at Mawbanna in Tasmania's north-west.

Former NRL player Jamal Idris has been the victim of an attempted kidnapping in Vietnam.

The American head of the global Joint Strike Fighter program supplying new combat aircraft to Australia spruiks the jets' capabilities in Darwin.

A horrific injury to Storm Roux mars Melbourne City's 4-1 A-League win over the Central Coast Mariners at AAMI Park.

Four large chimney stacks from a now defunct Sydney oil refinery come crashing to earth as part of a controlled demolition, but one stubborn stack remains standing.

Japan's Haru Nomura powers past world number one Lydia Ko and five-time champion Karrie Webb to win the Women's Australian Open title in Adelaide.

The Illawarra Hawks overcome the loss of NBL MVP Kevin Lisch to injury to beat the Perth Wildcats and level their semi-final series at 1-1.

Adelaide thrashes an inexperienced West Coast by 100 points in the opening round of the AFL preseason competition.

An 11-year-old girl who was reported missing in Bunbury in Western Australia's South West after she failed to return home on Saturday night has been found, police say.

An asylum seeker baby who remains at a hospital in Brisbane will be moved to community detention, but could still end up being returned to Nauru, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says.

An 11-year-old girl who was reported missing in Bunbury in Western Australia's South West after she failed to return home on Saturday night has been found, police say.

About 8,000 people gather in Sydney's CBD to protest against the New South Wales Government's lockout laws in the inner city.

An art program aims to give military veterans in Western Australia the tools to help them cope with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the demons of war.

Protesters rallying outside a Brisbane hospital in support of baby Asha say they will put themselves in front of cars to prevent her from being returned to the Nauru detention centre.

CFMEU national secretary Michael O'Connor is among 13 union officials in New South Wales accused of unlawful blockades and work disruptions in a campaign targeting a Sydney concrete pumping firm.

The partner of a man who died after a scissor lift accident at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital construction site in 2014 calls for a safety review of the devices after a second man dies at the site on Saturday.

Australia has one of the highest internet access rates in the world, but there are concerns children from disadvantaged backgrounds are being left behind in the digital revolution.