Sydney news

Images of a teenage prisoner with a spit hood over his head at a Brisbane jail have been published by a Queensland newspaper, prompting renewed calls for 17-year-olds to be taken out of adult prisons in the state.

Victoria will move to ban the exploration and development of unconventional gas in the stateincluding coal seam gas and frackingwith first-of-its-kind legislation to be introduced into State Parliament later this year.

Farmers and pastoralists meet to discuss plans of building a feedlot in the Kimberley's Ord Valley.

A year after the introduction of changes to the eligibility criteria for working holiday visa extensions, a fruit and vegetable grower says her business has not been able to cope.

Two women extradited from Queensland to South Australia are charged with the murder of the grandfather of one of the accused in Adelaide last month and are set to face court today.

The long-anticipated findings of a corruption inquiry into alleged illegal political donations that saw 10 NSW Liberal MPs resign or go to the crossbench are set to be handed down today.

The Vietnamese community in Australia makes a sizeable pledge of $500,000 to the Australian arm of the United Nations refugee agency.

Pill testing could be trialled at Canberra music festivals, with the ACT Greens pledging to push the idea in the next Legislative Assembly.

A third man has been charged with murder over the stabbing death of a 43-year-old man in the Queensland town of Mundubbera.

A 55-year-old man is charged with manslaughter over the death of a 14-year-old boy in Western Australia's Goldfields

Rookie sensation Bevan French helps the Eels farewell Parramatta Stadium, crossing for a hat-trick in their 30-18 win over St George Illawarra.

Libbi Gorr joins Derryn Hinch on his first day in Parliament House as a senator.

The labour hire company at the heart of a dispute involving an enterprise agreement covering workers at Carlton and Uniting Breweries Abbottsford facility terminates its contract.

People with a disability are gaining greater control over their care thanks to a new phone app and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Leader of the House Christopher Pyne joins Leigh Sales from Canberra to discuss the same-sex marriage plebiscite.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's economic plan is currently being overshadowed by debate on the same-sex marriage plebiscite.

Deputy Labor leader Lynne Walker is neck-and-neck with an independent Yolngu candidate who campaigned on an Indigenous treaty, the ABC's election analysis shows.

Labor's current member for Nhulunbuy Lynne Walker and Independent candidate Yingiya Mark Guyula.

A Perth woman on trial for murder denies ever telling a friend that she wanted her daughter's partner Travis Mills killed, saying she instead said "everything was fine".

The South Australian Government defends its decision to spend $650,000 on an advertising campaign to promote job creation measures after too few business apply for its grants.

Clive Palmer's nickel refinery is accused of "gross negligence" over the overflow of its tailings dam during a trial in north Queensland.

Wyndham Council is being accused of acting oppressively by pursuing expensive legal action over "trivial" building works at Werribee South.

Wyndham Council is being accused of acting oppressively by pursuing expensive legal action over "trivial" building works at Werribee South.

A former Brisbane teacher is acquitted of molesting three students at a private school in Brisbane's west.

Police have recaptured a prisoner who allegedly escaped from hospital while under the guard of corrective services officers on the NSW south coast.

People with a disability are gaining greater control over their care thanks to a phone app and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Police have recaptured a prisoner who escaped from hospital while under the guard of Corrective Services Officers on the NSW south coast.

Two Queensland women are extradited to South Australia to be charged over the murder of the grandfather of one of the women in Adelaide last month.

A man charged with sexual offences against two children at a Top End school is granted bail in the Darwin Local Court, but is made to surrender his passport.

The family of a South Australian man, who is fighting deportation after spending more than four decades in Australia, says he is without a lawyer and today learnt the case may be before the wrong court.

Queensland's MPs are awarded a 2.25 per cent pay rise a year for three years, taking their base salary this year to more than $152,000.

The enhanced rifle system aims to improve accuracy. (29 August 2016)

New Army robotic targets that duck, advance or call out if shot at. (29 August 2016)

Lt Col Ben LcLennan is a staff officer responsible for the soldiers' combat system. (29 August 2016)

Silent bug-sized drones, robotic targets that can duck and weave, and the latest in Australia's combat technology go on display in Canberra.

An M1A1 Abrams tank was among the Army equipment on display in Russell. (29 August 2016)

A tiny, quiet 70g drone that could be used to see into windows or over mountains. (29 August 2016)

A new M1A1 Abrams tank is a crowd favourite at the event in Russell. (29 August 2016)

The Australian Sports Commission's Winning Edge program has copped plenty of flak, but gold-medal winner Chloe Esposito hailed its impact.

The number of domestic violence cases reported to a community legal service in Western Australia's vast Pilbara region more than doubles over a 12-month period.

Researchers have warned Australia risks slipping back into an era of slum housing, with new data revealing almost 1 million Australians are living in poor-quality housing.

A reduction in commercial net fishing zones in Gippsland Lakes will hurt fishermen without improving sustainability, Victorian seafood industry body says.

The Federal Government's proposed 32.5 per cent tax on backpacker workers is a bad measure that "needs to go", Queensland LNP senator Barry O'Sullivan says.

Oulaivan Luangaphai practices an art once limited to the palaces of Thailand.

Police are questioning a 55-year-old man in relation to the death of a 14-year-old boy in Western Australia's Goldfields, after an earlier report of a fatal motorbike crash in the area.

Police have yet to identify a dead body found in Greenway, near Lake Tuggeranong in Canberra's south.

Legacy says it is caring for an increasing number of families affected by the psychological trauma of war at the launch of its week-long annual appeal.

They are known for their vegetarian restaurants and appearances in the city, dancing and singing in their robes, but there is far more to Perth's Hare Krishnas.

Three Canadians are charged after almost 100 kilograms of cocaine is seized on a cruise ship docked in Sydney Harbour, the largest amount of drugs brought into Australia via a passenger vessel.

Fremantle Dockers midfielder Lachie Neale wins the 2016 Geoff Christian Medal, joining the likes of Nat Fyfe, Matthew Priddis, Chris Judd, Paul Hasleby and Matthew Pavlich.