Sydney news

A 29-year-old man who was attacked by a shark while surfing off a beach near Mandurah south of Perth on Tuesday has died in hospital.

Leading breast cancer expert Professor John Forbes has officially retired from clinical practice, stepping down as director of surgical oncology at Newcastle's Calvary Mater Hospital.

A Western Australian single mother of five claims she will be homeless within weeks as she struggles with the financial and emotional fallout of a massive bushfire that all but destroyed her hometown.

Rangers confirm that a large crocodile caught on Friday in far north Queensland was the one that attacked and killed Cindy Waldron last weekend.

North Melbourne crushes Richmond by 70 points at Bellerive Oval, as the Tigers are hit hard by injuries.

Rugby league Immortal Wally Lewis says any player found to have fixed any aspect of a match deserved to be thrown out of the game for good.

After two days of speculation about the club's integrity, Manly's week goes from bad to worse, with Daly Cherry-Evans injured in a 30-18 to Canberra.

Residents are warned to brace themselves as damaging winds, heavy rainfall, abnormally high tides and large surf head towards the NSW coast, including Sydney.

A massive storm bearing down on Australia's east coast gains momentum, as residents in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania are warned to brace for damaging winds, heavy rainfall and rough seas this weekend.

In the troubled community of Aurukun there is a lack of jobs. Some think an answer might lie in developing a bauxite mine, but plans have been stalled by complexity. Now hopes are rising that there will be a breakthrough.

An ABC analysis of Education Department figures shows the cost of child care is a big factor in the most marginal seats in Queensland and New South Wales.

A 93-year-old woman dies in The Canberra Hospital from injuries she sustained in a car crash last month.

A 4.3-metre crocodile described by police as the "target animal" after an attack on a 46-year-old woman in far north Queensland is caught and euthanased in far north Queensland.

Disaster response teams remain on standby ahead of an extreme weather event expected to hit south-east Queensland on Saturday.

Volunteers are creating a wildlife corridor across 19 Adelaide Hills properties to help support the endangered southern brown bandicoot.

We take a look at a homesharing program with a difference where older home owners who need care connect with young people in need of cheap rent.

Whale-watching season is here and that means Albany's whale whisperer Bernie Hill will once again spend every day of the next four months spotting the mammals for whale boats and tourists.

Wooden statues of star AFL players go on display at Parliament House in Canberra to celebrate Reconciliation Week.

Indigenous peoples' spiritual and physical connection to the land also extends to the stars, Monash astronomer says.

Australia's fifth biggest coal miner, Peabody Energy, says it is business as usual in New South Wales and Queensland despite posting a $2.7 billion net loss for 2015.

CBH Group says storage and handling fees will remain flat and new services will be introduced.

Northern Territory Indigenous organisations call on both sides of federal politics to make generous promises on remote housing before the July 2 election.

The New South Wales Teachers Federation says teachers are feeling more supported at the isolated Wilcannia Central School in the state's far west.

More sightings are reported in South Australia of the Russian wheat aphid, which agricultural authorities consider to be the world's worst wheat pest.

New South Wales Police is being urged to review its pursuit policy after a 15-year-old boy was left with serious head injuries, but the Police Minister denies there is a problem.

The ABC goes inside Aurukun's school and speaks to parents of children who are desperately concerned that their children will slip behind in reading and writing.

Noel Pearson says the debate over education in Aurukun has become politically toxic and threatens to undermine the long-term welfare of children who are battling crippling disadvantage.

Injured Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne continues to improve from abdominal surgery after a race fall.

Constituents in the Longman electorate in south-east Queensland ask candidates about suicide prevention, the NDIS and "abysmal" rural and regional services.

The best way to end the working week. This week Richard is joined by Jennifer Wong, Anthony Ackroyd and James O'Loghlin.

Potato Growers Association of Western Association is in early stage negotiations with companies in Jakarta for new markets.

Tasmania Police decides not to prosecute anti-logging demonstrators charged under the State Government's anti-protest laws after reviewing the matter.

A massive storm bearing down on Australia's east coast gains momentum, as residents in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania are warned to brace for damaging winds, heavy rainfall and rough seas this weekend.

New research adds fuel to the debate about the influence alcohol production had on early agriculture.

The SES asks Tasmanians to prepare early for heavy rain, strong winds and damaging surf which is expected to hit the state this weekend.

Traditional landowners in regional Victoria are set to bring an Indigenous dance ceremony back to life after almost two centuries.

A senior member of the Comancheros outlaw motorcycle gang in Victoria left blood outside a Kittens strip club, in Melbourne's south-east, when it was set alight earlier this year, a court is told.

A new museum will display the private antiques collection of Adelaide man David Roche, a collector since his teenage years who died in 2013.

A Perth man is sentenced to three years' jail for his involvement in a paedophile ring that involved a father "pimping out" his young daughter to middle aged men.

Funding announced by the ACT Government will provide an additional 680 places for students.

Ulumbarra, a show that shares central Victorian Indigenous stories, could become a template for communities around Australia, musical director David Bridie has said.

The ABC goes inside Aurukun's school and speaks to parents of children who are desperately concerned that their children will slip behind in reading and writing.

The Trautonium, one of the world's first electronic instruments, existed only in museums until Perth musician Meg Travers decided to build one from scratch.

A secret art collection the late Carol Taylor hid in her sewing room for decades is finally on display after being discovered by her husband.

Teachers and students at a central Queensland school have spent months planning every detail of a ten-minute phone call to the International Space Station [ISS] on Monday night.

WA's Health Department appears to have broken its own public health rules by giving the green light to the Elizabeth Quay water playground at the eleventh hour, when testing had not proven the facility was safe to open.

A former Victoria Police prosecutor will spend almost three years behind bars for a string of domestic violence offences.

The man who created The Shadow and the Phantom Ranger is honoured.

A 15-year-old girl is sexually assaulted by a man who grabbed her while she was out for an evening run in Kerang, in Victoria's north-west.

After seven concussions a four-time premiership player from north-central Victoria retires on medical advice, calling for helmets to be worn.