Sydney news

ACT police call for assistance from the public to help find a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for several days.

Thousands of Tasmanians are without power after a night of heavy rainfall and strong winds across the state.

Baby spinach corners the ready-to-eat salad market, leaving icebergs in the cold.

Fire crews spend the night battling a blaze which has destroyed a meat processing factory in Sydney's inner-west.

The deaths of two dolphins in Perth's Swan River were due to "unrelated causes", with no evidence water quality contributed to either fatality, environmental authorities say.

A large fire destroys a car parts factory at Campbellfield in Melbourne's north, with witnesses hearing explosions from LPG tanks and petrol tanks.

A man who set his car alight and drove it into a police car park at Merrylands in Sydney's west appears to have been acting alone, NSW police say.

A Queensland man is to appear in court today after being charged over a series of historical sexual assaults in the Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne between 1965 and 1980.

The head of Tasmania's new streamlined health service offers to retrain senior managers at the Royal Hobart Hospital in response to an email leaked to the ABC.

Local Historian and Author, Liz Harfull, fills Rod Quinn in on this week's Spot on the Map, Robe in South Australia.

A Johnathan Thurston hamstring injury has soured North Queensland's 36-0 NRL drubbing of Canterbury in Townsville.

Subiaco councillor Julie Matheson is creating WA's newest political party, fuelled by anger over the Government's controversial development assessment panels.

One of the nation's most senior Anglicans, the Archbishop of Perth, Roger Herft, received complaints about a priest involved in a paedophile ring but allegedly failed to formally report him to police, an Anglican insider said.

A court hears how a teenager was comforted by his father and brother as he lay dying on a Sydney street with a knife in his back after a stabbing on Monday night.

Union members reject an offer of a 12 per cent pay cut from the administrators of Arrium's troubled Whyalla steelworks.

Four cases of measles among backpackers staying in Northbridge prompts a warning from WA Health to be alert for signs of infection.

A man who caused a fatal crash in Perth when he had an epileptic fit while driving, despite being declared medically unfit to drive, is jailed for five years.

A man is in a serious condition in hospital after his car burst into flames before it rammed the roller door of the Merrylands police station car park in Sydney's west.

A man claiming to have a bomb rammed the entrance to the underground car park of Merrylands police station in Sydney's west and set himself on fire, the ABC understands.

A man claiming to have a bomb has rammed the entrance to the underground car park of Merrylands police station in Sydney's west, the ABC understands.

A police operation is underway in Merrylands, in Sydney's west, where the ABC understands a man rammed a car into the police station car park and claimed he had a bomb

The Chat is a play conceived by a former parole officer and starring ex-prisoners who perform alongside artists. Opening in Melbourne next week it asks the audience to decide whether an offender has the right to liberty.

A diver recalls how he fended off a great white shark that came within touching distance in waters off Queensland's Moreton Island.

The family of Perth hit-and-run victim Patrick Tiernan plead for the driver to come forward and clear their conscience.

Plans for a major redevelopment of Melbourne's historic market site hit a hurdle amid heritage preservation concerns.

One of the nation's most senior Anglicans received a complaint about notorious paedophile Father Peter Rushton but allegedly failed to report it to police.

Concerns are raised after medical staff at the Royal Hobart Hospital are urged to speed up the patient discharge process to alleviate pressure in the emergency department.

Proposed drug testing of country footballers generates a mixed response in regional SA where the idea has been put to clubs.

The release from prison of Ahmed Elomar, the brother of Islamic State terrorist Mohamed Elomar, is delayed following an appeal by the New South Wales Government.

The NSW Swifts hope the presence of Hamilton-born Laura Langman will tip the result in their favour in their semi-final against the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.

A woman who abandoned her newborn baby in a Sydney drain is expected to be released from custody within weeks having already served most of the prison sentence she was handed.

The release from prison of Ahmed Elomar, the brother of Islamic State terrorist Mohamed Elomar, is delayed following an appeal by the New South Wales Government.

A 2012 review found Kalgoorlie Boulder Community High School, subject to a damning report this week, was strong, unified and well-led.

A Queensland woman who raped her daughter with a pair of pliers and attacked three of her other children with weapons is jailed for nine years.

Former Port Adelaide and Carlton player Nick Stevens is to serve three months in jail for injuring his then girlfriend.

An Adelaide Hills man who shot dead his neighbour's cat is fined but spared a conviction after claiming he killed the pet because he wanted to protect native wildlife.

Riley Steer is completing Year 12 while studying early childhood at TAFE, working as a trainee pre-school teacher, caring for a nine-year-old with autism and epilepsy, and volunteering at international hospitals and orphanages.

Australia is missing out on much needed tax revenue as the collapse of the gas price means exporters are virtually giving the commodity away.

A Queensland woman is battling to have her tubes tied after she says specialists denied her the procedure despite failed contraception resulting in three pregnancies.

Bluescope Steel is shedding more jobs at its Port Kembla steelworks as it moves to an automated system for moving slab metal.

Parents are lobbying the government after their schools were dropped from a university bonus point scheme this year, despite two other schools from the same region remaining eligible.

Former NSW Labor MP and Broken Hill councillor Peter Black says council code of conduct complaints that prompted him to resign were sparked by comments he made in local media.

A vision-impaired skier finds a way to continue conquering the slopes of Mount Buller.

A 23-year-old Chinese man is on the run after breaking out of the Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney.

A woman who farms in a quiet patch of central west New South Wales is part of a new documentary telling her journey of empowerment and regrets after taking up mixed martial arts.

A woman last seen in Forster on the mid north coast of New South Wales has not been seen since early July.

Almost 50 people are facing charges after drugs and weapons are found during raids at dozens at properties across the city's north and eastern suburbs.

Twelve kangaroos are mauled and killed by dogs on the Mareeba golf course in far north Queensland.

An empty dog cage with red meat as bait and a message written on the cage advising people to not let out a dog if one is caught

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