Sydney news

Cameron Smith boots Melbourne to a 15-14 golden-point victory over South Sydney at AAMI Park.

A farm lobby group has weighed into the leadership issue facing the WA Nationals, saying it would be in the interests of pastoralists for there to be a change.

Newcastle stages a second-half fight back against Canterbury but ultimately falls 28-14 for its 14th-straight NRL loss.

The Victorian Government launches a discussion paper looking at ways to allow people living in high-rise apartments, retirement villages and caravan parks to choose their own electricity provider.

The NRL says it is cooperating with police following reports of suspicious betting activity on a match this year.

The Queensland coroner will resume its examination of the police investigation into the disappearance of Sunshine Coast schoolboy Daniel Morcombe later this year or early next year.

A proposal to cull brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park divides the high country community.

A master bush craftsman's creations are preserved as museum treasures.

Wool producers and fashion designers meet at Australia's oldest agricultural show.

Brumbies co-captain and Wallabies back Christian Lealiifano is diagnosed with leukaemia after a brief illness.

Queensland laws which ban same-sex couples from adopting children will be overturned, the State Government says.

Catch up with the latest podcast of Saturday Talkback Gardening with Jon Lamb and Ashley Walsh.

Police are attacked at a wild party in the Perth suburb of Greenwood, with about 50 people throwing bottles and other objects at officers as they tried to break up the event.

Vandals desecrate the Ulverstone war memorial in the state's north-west, the fourth such attack in two years.

A 19-year-old man suffers a broken nose and loses three teeth after a one-punch attack in Queanbeyan in southern New South Wales.

The SA Government rejects moves to legalise betting on so-called eSports computer and video gaming competitions.

A nine-year-old child is taken to hospital in a critical condition after suffering serious burns in a house fire in Sydney's west.

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Pokemon fans gathered in King's Cross late last night for what was expected to be Sydney's biggest ever Pokemon party. The virtual reality game sends players into the streets on the hunt for Pokemon. It's so far attracted large groups of people, glued to their mobile phones, to public spaces on the hunt for virtual monsters.

Police investigate the suspicious death of a man who was found unconscious at a hotel in the West Australian town of Newman.