Sydney news

A man and a woman have been stabbed in a targeted attack at Lalor Park in Sydney's west, police say.

Hydro Tasmania decides to dismantle and return a mini-power station installed at Bell Bay at the height of the state's energy crisis, which was never turned on.

Car crash deaths in Tasmania rise 24 per cent in the past financial year, with the state recording the second highest increase in fatal accidents in the country.

An Australian man detained in Lebanon after a botched child recovery operation for Channel Nine is granted bail and will be allowed to leave the country, his lawyer says.

Hundreds of people are gathering on King Island this weekend to mark the sesquicentenary of the shipwreck of the Netherby.

The Huon River in southern Tasmania rises higher than predicted to flood the main street of Huonville.

Women using donor sperm to fall pregnant would rather seek donations from young men, contrary to earlier research findings, a study reveals.

Australia's insatiable taste for craft beer is spurring on an expansion for the country's biggest hop grower, as new varieties are developed and planted to create aromatic, flavoursome brews.

Hawthorn re-stake their claim as AFL flag favourites, pulling out a five-point victory over the Swans at a packed SCG.

Police are questioning two men over a series of armed robberies in Melbourne's west.

Horse Safety Australia raises serious concerns about the risk posed by building a "wild play garden" near a horse track at Centennial Park in Sydney.

A former greyhound racing insider is lifting the lid on horrific animal cruelty and corruption in the sport, saying what he has witnessed shows the sport is incapable of cleaning itself up.

Major Australian construction projects supplied by the same Chinese firm responsible for asbestos-tainted roof panels at the Perth Children's Hospital need to be scrutinised, a WA government official warns.

Catholic schools in north Queensland catch the attention of the Vatican with a solar project cutting carbon emissions and saving millions of dollars.

Catholic schools in north Queensland catch the attention of the Vatican with a solar project cutting carbon emissions and saving millions of dollars.

The new Perth Stadium becomes the latest WA Government project to be hit by claims subcontractors are not being paid and are owed millions of dollars.

A man accused of "violently" raping two women in their homes intends to plead guilty, the Melbourne Magistrates' Court is told.

The price of fruit and vegetables, including mangoes, is likely to increase if the backpacker tax is not axed, the NT Farmers Association warns.

Anxiety kept Dee Coulls trapped inside her own home until psychiatric assistance dog Bubba gave her the freedom to live a normal life.

The sudden arrival of building workers on the Gold Coast has brought on a serious shortage of vacant rental housing, local real estate agents say.

The rapid uptake of rooftop solar panels and lithium-ion batteries to store electricity creates new uses for metals.

Paramedics are in danger and response times are increasing because ambulance tracking software is out of date and unreliable, the Australian Paramedics Association New South Wales (APANSW) says.

Electoral disclosure forms reveal the property industry donated more than $120,000 to Gold Coast City Council candidates ahead of the local government elections.

Police say a spike in motor thefts, including nearly 200 in a single fortnight, was a key factor behind the rise in offences for 2015/16.

A senior police intelligence officer was asked to provide a profile on Lindt cafe gunman Man Haron Monis to Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn, but could not say why, an inquest into the Sydney siege hears.

Two local councils at opposite ends of Tasmania continue to deal with discontent and controversy.

The Department of Consumer Protection says scammers are taking advantage of higher unemployment and targeting job seekers online.

A Horsham woman's photograph of a wedge-tailed eagle attacking a boy at an Alice Spring wildlife park has made headlines around the world.

The greyhound ban is not based on class warfare or ideology, but rather animal welfare, NSW Premier Mike Baird says.

South east residents are counting the cost of severe storms that battered South Australia earlier this week.

The grandfather of a baby who died in central Victoria last year tells a court he was "dumbfounded" when he saw a paramedic trying to revive her.

A mother-daughter duo from remote north-west Queensland have begun plans to build the region's first ecotourism sculpture trail, to help raise awareness about local biodiversity.

Levels of ammonia beyond allowable limits are again found in waterways near Clive Palmer's north Queensland nickel refinery.

The challenges, complexities and sheer joy of youth in Australia and the United States are the subject of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.

A grenade scare that shut down parts of the CBD in Griffith, in the New South Wales Riverina, ends after explosives experts defuse the device.

Soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment help a Queensland wildlife sanctuary to train their wedge-tailed eagle

A Perth man is charged with blackmailing two women online, sparking a warning about internet communications and relationships from WA Police.

Should blood sugar testing be as routine as temperature and blood pressure tests?

Miss Phryne Fisher is well known to TV audiences for tracking down crooks and criminals, but her killer 1920s fashions might just be the real stars of the show.

Police seize four kilograms of methamphetamine and charge a New South Wales man with drug trafficking in South Australia, while a second man remains on the run.

Australia's largest cattle company AACo has just announced a net profit of $67.8 million, up $57.8 million for the end of financial year 2016.

Former AFL player Liam Jurrah appears in court amid claims he has breached a court order by bringing beer and rum into the Trucking Yards town camp in Alice Springs in April.

A private college owner who signed up thousands of students to VET FEE-HELP loans without their knowledge quickly realised he had "struck gold", a Sydney court hears.

A 'vision splendid' for a couple cycling their own Tour de Outback from Alice Springs to Albury.

Police seize four kilograms of methamphetamine and charge a New South Wales man with drug trafficking after a joint investigation in South Australia.

Part of the solution to helping reduce violence in our prison systems could be swimming in the ocean, with a landmark study planned to test omega-3 supplements on inmates.

The NSW corruption watchdog has swooped on the offices of an embattled western Sydney council, seizing computers and storage devices, the ABC understands.

The RACQ and Chamber of Commerce call on the Federal Government to formally commit to an 80-20 funding split for major road projects, including the M1 motorway.

A 28-year-old man is taken into custody after police surrounded a motel at Laverton in Melbourne's west earlier this afternoon, negotiating with several suspects.

Two Victorian cyclists taking on the South Australian outback.