Sydney news

Melbourne's train network experiences significant delays and cancellations across the morning peak, with two lines suspended, after a person is hit by a train, while a car is struck at a level crossing.

Some farmers cut off from the energy grid by bushfires in Esperance last year have disconnected permanently, opting instead to rely on standalone solar-powered systems.

A one-year-old baby is found in a car that reached speeds of up to 150kph while racing on the Great Western Highway in Sydney's west, police allege.

Children who struggle to go to sleep on their own, and stay asleep, are more likely to have problems adjusting to school, new research reveals.

Australian performer Jon English, well known for his work in music and for his roles in Jesus Christ Superstar and The Pirates of Penzance, dies aged 66 from post-operative complications.

Legislation should be changed to allow homeowners to claim compensation directly from SA Water when a burst main damages their property, Family First MLC Robert Brokenshire says.

A downgraded charge clears the way for St Mary's champion goal-kicker Darren Ewing to play in this weekend's NTFL preliminary final.

The Parents Cafe is a program established by former refugees in south-western Sydney to teach practical skills in an environment that Middle Eastern people are comfortable in. Sydney is expected to take the bulk of 12,000 refugees expected to come from war-torn Syria and Iraq.

The New England Medieval Art Society prepares to recreate the Dark Ages in the Armidale State Forest.

The Australian National University looks for investors to buy nine of its 11 student residential blocks, with the proceeds to be used to provide more student accommodation.

Nurses have voted to shut 22 beds at a major hospital in southern New South Wales, because they are not funded.

Figures show there has been a three-fold increase in New South Wales people being charged with consorting with criminals in the past four years.

Toowoomba's ThoughtSpeed car did not win the F1 in Schools competition this year, but it became the talk of the national championships.

Opposition Leader Luke Foley reshuffles his frontbench, promoting Ryan Park and giving portfolios to five MPs who were first elected to Parliament last year.

NSW Police release photos of several people they want to speak to in relation to a street brawl in Sydney's south on the weekend.

The search for an elderly woman missing from Medlow Bath, west of Sydney, enters a fourth day.

Victorian police search for a gunman after a drive-by shooting in Sunshine West, one of seven shootings in or near Melbourne in the past week.

The former independent MP Tony Windsor is widely expected to announce his intention to re-enter federal politics. He's expressed concern about his grandchildren's future and the future of his former electorate in regional New South Wales.

A resident of Clovelly Park, in Adelaide's inner south, who is desperate to move from his contaminated home reaches an agreement with the SA Government to sell up.

New evidence sparks a search by the West Australian Museum for a possible shipwreck, believed to be lost off the Mid West coast of Western Australia about 300 years ago.

Paul Pisasale is the subject of a fresh misconduct investigation, this time over alleged failures to disclose his ownership of shares in two companies.

A youth Indigenous court is offering an alternative to a prison sentence for young offenders. Lateline gained exclusive access to the Koori Court in Sydney.

The Northern Territory Court of Appeal is told former NT Labor leader Delia Lawrie was not "left in the dark" about findings made against her in the Stella Maris inquiry.

A design is chosen for a 90-storey residential tower in the heart of Parramatta's CBD, in Sydney's west.

A Darwin club's decision to send its 10 pokie machines to the local wrecking yard sparks overwhelming support and even an offer of free explosives from the local community.

Removalists gutted the Darwin Sailing Club's gaming room of 10 old school pokie machines on Wednesday morning.

Darwin Sailing Club sent its 10 old school pokie machines to the local wrecking yard on Wednesday morning.

Sailing Club manager John Melenewycz in front of the club's newly empty gaming room.

A West Australian mayor calls for a return to corporal punishment of juvenile criminals, and pledges to pursue the matter with the Barnett Government.

A large mahogany tree that killed a man at a Darwin golf course when it dropped a branch should have been removed prior to the incident, a worker at a company that managed vegetation on the course tells an inquest.

A new nesting pontoon built to aid the safe breeding of birds in the historic Kippax Lake in Sydney's Moore Park hosts the hatching of three swans.

Concerns about the tender process for the Victorian Education Department's failed Ultranet computer system were raised with the former education minister in a meeting, an anti-corruption hearing is told.

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live in the prehistoric age surrounded by the likes of stegosauruses and velociraptors? You no longer have to.

Former Independent MP Tony Windsor has all but confirmed he will run against Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce at the next federal election.

The agency responsible for protecting Aboriginal sacred sites rejects claims it failed to properly consult with a senior custodian for plans to build a boardwalk along the Todd River in Alice Springs.

A Northern Territory exploration company says a US partner could potentially take legal action if a moratorium on hydraulic fracking is imposed.

The son of one of Australia's most prominent Islamic leaders, Melbourne-based Sheikh Mohammed Omran (pictured), dies in the Middle East in mysterious circumstances.

Hobart City Council says it is in no hurry to make a decision on a future deal with the North Melbourne Football Club.

Tourists are being asked to use common sense if they visit the Murray this long weekend, with a blue-green algae outbreak detected over a 500-kilometre stretch of the river.

An eight-week-old baby allegedly killed by her parents was malnourished, had facial injuries, multiple skull fractures, "old" rib fractures and a broken left arm, a Perth court hears.

A design is chosen for a 90-storey residential tower in the heart of Parramatta's CBD, in Sydney's west.

Notorious armed robber and jail escapee Brenden Abbott is granted parole from a Brisbane jail, however he could now face extradition to Western Australia.

Detectives investigate whether the same criminal gang was responsible for a series of ram raids across Hobart's CBD and northern suburbs.

A National party MP says local jobs are safe in a Chinese buy-out of north coast NSW macadamia nut farms.

A man charged over the bashing death of another man in Tamworth, in northern New South Wales, has been committed to stand trial.

The Catholic Church establishes a new body to handle sexual abuse complaints in the ACT region.

Improved ration packs for Australian soldiers will be produced at food research centres in northern Tasmania using new government-funded technology.

A decision to give the green light to a large landfill site near the Wheatbelt town of York is described as a "kick in the belly" for the community.

ACT politicians endorse a controversial anti-bullying program directed at gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students.

The uncle of accused murderer Danny Klobucar saw what he thought was blood on his nephew's shoe on the day he is alleged to have killed a 71-year-old man, the ACT Supreme Court hears.