Sydney news

A request to forbid commercial and residential development on the old Royal Adelaide Hospital site is rejected by the Adelaide City Council.

Prison bosses say a farm being developed at the Darwin Correctional Centre could produce $20 million worth of fruit and vegetables.

A man is crushed to death by a truck while working on the vehicle at Highbury in Adelaide's north-east.

Police are seeking urgent public assistance to help locate a two-year-old boy who is missing on the Gold Coast and may be at significant risk.

A man behind an alleged armed carjacking is arrested in an early morning car chase through Melbourne's south-east, the first since tighter rules around police pursuits were dumped.

You can learn a lot from looking at where Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten have been going during the election campaign.

The proportion of Australians treated for drug and alcohol abuse that list amphetamine addiction as their primary problem more than doubles over the past nine years.

A former Perth student is released on bail after appearing in court accused of murder for the axe killings of his parents and older brother in South Africa.

More than 70 children in Western Australia are currently in the hands of a foster carer who does not have a valid Working with Children Check, child protection officials reveal.

Demand for lithium to produce batteries for electric cars and home storage is driving huge share price gains for local companies, with some up 2,000 per cent in recent months.

The West Australian Government signals a major change in plans to develop one of its prime inner-city sites, foreshadowing a move towards retail and apartment buildings for the Perth City Link.

A volunteer firefighter is taking his case to Western Australia's Fair Work Commission (FWC) after his employer Alcoa cut his pay for attending a blaze.

A Melbourne man says he was kicked out of an Uber for kissing his male friend and told he was "disgusting" after heading home from a night out in Collingwood.

A standoff is brewing between two major contractors on the huge Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project near Darwin, with 130 jobs slated to go.

The Tasmanian Premier outlines a flood recovery plan as the massive clean up operation continues across the state's north.

A West Australian man is charged after allegedly publishing sexually explicit images of his ex-wife on social media in the wake of their break-up.

Former Perth student Henri van Breda has been arrested over the brutal murder of three members of his family in South Africa.

Hundreds of people gathered in Brisbane's Reddacliff Place to honour victims of the Orlando mass-shooting.

A man accused of plotting to kill two council workers lined the back of his car with a tarpaulin and dug a two-metre long hole on bushland near his property before a meeting with the pair, a court hears.

A group of Aboriginal workers walked off the job at a cattle station in the Northern Territory 44 years ago and today more than 50,000 hectares of land has been returned to their descendants.

Chief Justice Alan Blow says two men convicted over a degrading and sustained assault on a man with an intellectual disability took advantage of his vulnerability.

The State Opposition says the Palaszczuk Government's second budget is one of raids, rip-offs and write downs.

Record health and education funding in the Queensland budget, as well as more money for capital works, is welcomed by many interest groups.

Suspected human remains are found washed up at North Shore on Corio Bay at Geelong in Victoria's south-west.

The Queensland resources sector welcomes the positives of the Palaszczuk Government's 2016-17 budget, but says key areas like exploration and swifter action on reforms is needed.

The WA Government brushes aside the concerns of the competition watchdog, confirming a buyer of the Fremantle Port will also be given the right to develop the outer harbour.

Concerns about an increasing number of children being exposed to domestic violence prompts Victoria's biggest care provider to launch a campaign to show how it impacts a child's life.

An Alice Springs travel agent escapes jail after pleading guilty to defrauding a Northern Territory government travel subsidy scheme of more than $22,000.

Rural lobby group AgForce says the short-term positives of the 2016-17 Queensland budget could be overshadowed by poor policy decisions.

A newly released map shows the course taken by a wave buoy adrift in a fierce storm, during which it recorded a 17.7-metre wavethe largest ever recorded off the NSW coast.

Industrial action which caused lockdowns at an Adelaide youth detention centre is called off after the State Government promises more full-time staff.

A sunny, snowless, surfers' haven is about to become a training ground for aspiring Winter Olympians.

A Victorian man is jailed following what police call a "landmark" child exploitation case relating to the production of pornographic material in the Philippines.

A far south coast council has decided to disperse a controversial flying fox colony in Batemans Bay.

A professional snowboarder is jailed for dealing large quantities of ecstasy, cocaine and ice which he told customers to refer to as "cheeseburgers", "drinks" and "fries" when placing their orders.

The cost of water in Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the Illawarra will be reduced by around $100 per year for four years from July 1 2016, an independent tribunal announces.

Australian hockey icon Ric Charlesworth says external and internal disruptions will fall by the wayside once the Olympics begin.

Cameras that captured some of the most significant events in recent Asian history go display at the National Museum of Australia, including those from ABC veteran Willie Phua.

A man who "snapped" after finding out his estranged wife had a boyfriend, taking her and a co-worker hostage for seven hours at a cafe on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, is jailed for three years.

A Victorian man escapes jail after shooting and then beating two kangaroos to death at Goroke, in the state's west.

Referees boss Tony Archer backs the officials who awarded a controversial try to Bulldogs full-back Will Hopoate.

European investors swoop on Western Australia's largest dairy farm, shelling out close to $30 million for the sale.

Listen to four Tasmanian women tell their stories of domestic violence from the survivor, the policewoman, the lawyer and the support worker.

A pub owner removes poker machines from his hotel in what may be the biggest gamble of his career.

Seven people are rescued from waters off Kangaroo Island, south west of Adelaide, after their boat started sinking.

A weather buoy 10kms east of Eden on the NSW coast records a massive 17.7-metre wave while being dragged away by the recent east coast low.

A southern Queensland man is found guilty of manslaughter over three deaths linked to a home-brewed grappa he made in 2013.

As Australians begin pre-polling for the July 2 federal election, one party competing in five states says it will vote on legislation based on polls run on a free smartphone app.

A panel is unveiled at the Australian National Botanic Gardens honouring Canberran centenarian scientist Dr Max Day.

Two truck drivers die following a head-on collision in the New South Wales Northern Tablelands.