Sydney news

The University of Sydney is overhauling its corporate sponsorship arrangements in response to revelations by the ABC about links between the Veterinary Science faculty and large pet food companies.

South Australian farmers are urged to check for Beet Western Yellows Virus as aphids are found on Eyre Peninsula.

Two women in Hobart have had miscarriages in chairs this week because all the beds in the emergency department were full. The Health Minister says the situation is unacceptable and is asking senior bureaucrats to investigate. But the AMA says the solution is simple - the state needs more hospital beds to provide healthcare.

The sergeant charged with policing some of Australia's longest highways says the consequences of one bad decision can be tragic.

A Newcastle charity raises concern its current funding model is not allowing it to plan long-term solutions to tackle domestic violence.

Apple pies were lined up at an Adelaide shopping centre in a bid to set a Guinness World record, and as a charity fundraiser.

Why have the Nationals abandoned their government partners after months of work on one of the state's most complex privatisation deals - Fremantle Port?

A court's decision to reduce the sentence of a man who engaged in a violent scuffle with two WA police officers while holding a sawn-off shotgun is condemned by the union.

The isolated drought-stricken town of Sea Lake, in Victoria's wheat belt, has seen a sudden influx of Chinese tourists hoping to take a photo 'walking on the stars' on the nearby salt lake.

The traditional Japanese martial art of kendo is steeped in tradition and has a strong and growing following in Australia.

A measure backed by the South Australian Parliament to limit Adelaide's urban sprawl will shrink house block sizes and drive up prices, critics warn.

A Hobart man abducted a teenage boy, took him to Melbourne and began an 18-month-long sexual relationship with him, a court finds.

New South Wales Premier Mike Baird acknowledges the tide of public support is turning against his Government, as it approaches the one-year anniversary of the state election.

A NSW health expert says a program educating refugee and migrant women on the harmful effects of female genital mutilation is proving successful.

The Socceroos are prepared for defensive tactics from Tajikistan in Thursday night's World Cup qualifier in Adelaide.

A search resumes for a man seen being swept out to sea off North Wollongong Beach, with a three-hour operation late yesterday failing to locate him.

Thirty years on from the bombing of the police headquarters on Russell Street in Melbourne, those on the scene still vividly remember the day.

A man who rolled his car outside Parliament House in Canberra walks away from the crash with only minor injuries.

Changes to the Federal Government's energy agencies have created uncertainty in South Australia's renewable energy industry, State Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis says.

Researchers say a two-year study in Kakadu National park has found evidence that feral cats are having a broader impact on native wildlife than was previously understood. It was already believed feral cats are wreaking havoc on native mammal populations in northern Australia, but the new research suggests feral cats are eating reptiles in large numbers too.

The Canberra Liberals commit $4 million to duplicating a section of Ashley Drive in South Canberra, which was not included in the ACT Government's current plan.

A domestic violence themed choir is thriving six months after it was established in Melbourne. Many of the singers themselves are victims of family violence and say the music has helped them turn their lives around.

The first police officer at the scene of the Lindt cafe siege says he did not want to leave "visibly distressed" hostages behind, even when ordered to withdraw from his vantage spot by superiors, an inquest in Sydney hears.

The former deputy mayor of Auburn Council aggressively threatened the father of a Lindt cafe siege survivor at a Burwood gym and said he would find out where he lived and kidnap his children, a Sydney court is told.

Private Jesuit school Xavier College will remove the name of Father Paddy Stephenson from its sports centre after claims emerged that he abused students.

Signalling issues at Melbourne's Southern Cross Station cause widespread delays for peak hour commuters.

A man who bashed to death Queensland bus driver Lindsay Judas and buried his body in a shallow bush grave is found guilty of murder.

An outbreak of the highly contagious norovirus is detected in the cardiac ward at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane.

Systemic failures pose an unacceptably high risk to the safety of public hospital patients, Victoria's auditor-general finds.

A 16-year-old girl allegedly used as a go-between by a relative fighting with Islamic State in Syria and Milad Atai (pictured), a suspected terror cell member, will remain in jail overnight.

A woman has a miscarriage on a chair at the Royal Hobart Hospital while nine empty beds were unavailable due to lack of funding, says union.

A Sydney man accused of using a schoolgirl to send money to the Islamic State terrorist group is formally refused bail.

A Queensland father is handed a two-year good behaviour bond for giving his sick daughter cannabis oil.

Residents of a tiny Aboriginal community on the edge of Darwin's CBD mourn the death of one of their strongest advocates.

Two companies owned by federal MP Clive Palmer have a dispute about mining royalties thrown out of the Supreme Court in Brisbane.

Indigenous elder Bes Murray dies at the age of 87 and is remembered by his community as the "link and common thread between the past, the present and the future" of Indigenous and white culture.

One of the most important paintings to come to Australia, a "complex and fascinating" story about a painter and his relationship with his mother, goes on display at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) this week.

The Defence Department is being taken to court over the leaching of toxic chemicals from the Williamtown Air Force Base in the Hunter Valley.

The trial into the kidnapping and murder of a young girl in Adelaide more than 30 years ago will resume next week, after the accused is brought out of an induced coma.

Lake Gordon, the jewel in the crown of Tasmania's hydroelectric scheme, is now at a record low of 6.7 per cent capacity, a staggering 45 metres from full.

Clive Palmer's cattle station near Rockhampton in central Queensland is passed in at auction, millions of dollars less than what was paid for it in 2010.

Signalling issues at Melbourne's Southern Cross Station have caused widespread delays for peak hour commuters.

A former police sergeant tells an inquest he believed a dying Aboriginal woman was "coming down from drugs" and "faking illness" to try to get out of the cells at the South Hedland police station.

Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou says the playing surface at the Adelaide Oval is not as good as he expected ahead of the crucial World Cup qualification match against Tajikistan on Thursday night.

A radiologist who has been working in Australia for five years has had his medical registration cancelled over allegations he groomed a 15-year-old deaf girl for sex in the United States.

A collaboration between Anangu Indigenous women and their local police officer, which began as the group sat in a creek bed at remote Ernabella in the APY Lands of South Australia, is recognised with an arts and culture award.

Queensland's referendum on fixed, four-year terms seems certain to pass, but it has thrown up some interesting variations across the state.

A former South Australian police chief psychologist is permanently disqualified from practising because of an "intimate and personal" relationship he had with a patient.

It prides itself on being the only place in Australia to begin with an X, but according to the townsfolk of Xantippe, the name is not the only reason to visit.

Liam Gill will not bow to pressure from Wallabies coach Michael Cheika and remain in Australian rugby, after declaring he is "sticking" with his decision to join French club Toulon.