Sydney news

The stage is set for the 156th running of the Melbourne Cup. Explore our interactive guide to the horses chasing Australian racing's greatest prize.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull begins a three-day tour of regional and remote South Australia today, with power prices and cashless welfare cards on the agenda.

West Australian police are searching for a prisoner who has escaped from authorities in Perth's southern suburbs.

For the second week running, Western Sydney lets a lead slip through their fingers, this time held to a 1-1 draw with Central Coast.

Hartnell and Oceanographer who head the Melbourne Cup assault for the Godolphin racing operation will start alongside each other following the barrier draw for Tuesday's $6 million race.

An animal loving couple realise their dream to build a zoo.

Australia's oldest dairy farm flying fresh milk into China.

The impressive Sydney FC beats the previously-unbeaten Newcastle Jets 2-0 to stay top of the A-League ladder with four wins from four.

South Australia's salad bowl region has flooded for the second time in a decade.

Teenagers who discovered the boat belonging to a missing WA fisherman say they found life jackets, an emergency beacon that had not been activated, and a rope wrapped around the propeller.

Police in far north Queensland locate the mother of a toddler who was found wandering alone in far north Queensland this morning.

SA Labor uses its state convention to put-off a decision on whether it will endorse a high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia.

The former motorcycle world champion, who arrived back in Sydney this morning, says he was kept isolated from the outside world for 12 days and received "not much" help from the Australian Government.

Teenagers who discovered the boat belonging to a missing WA fisherman say they found life jackets, an emergency beacon that had not been activated, and a rope wrapped around the propeller.

Prized Icon lands a historic victory in the Victoria Derby, with James Cummings becoming the fourth generation of his fabled family to win the classic race.

How a near-death experience during a gas leak inspired a scientist to follow her passion and write a musical about her life's workAntarctica.

Police in far north Queensland are searching for the parents or the carer of a toddler who was found alone in Cairns this morning, although no child has been reported missing in the city.

Canberra's LGBTIQ community pays tribute to the victims of the Dreamworld tragedy at an event celebrating diversity in the capital this weekend.

With just 1 per cent of intellectually disabled people in Australia participating in sport compared with 23 per cent of the wider population, Special Olympics Australia CEO Corene Strauss says the country needs to "step up".

The NSW Government apologises and admits 140 recent property buyers were given incorrect information about whether the state had any interest in their land, some in areas affected by proposed Sydney motorways.

English raider Oceanographer surges into Melbourne Cup calculations with a fast-closing victory in the Lexus Stakes at Flemington.

The former motorcycle world champion, who arrived back in Sydney this morning, says he was kept isolated from the outside world for 12 days and received "not much" help from the Australian Government.

Anthony Mark Edward O'Donohue is remanded in custody charged with murder in relation to yesterday's fatal attack on Brisbane City Council bus driver Manmeet Alisher.

An unexploded World War II hand grenade is found at the family home of a veteran, now deceased, at Northbridge on Sydney's lower north shore.

It is ironic that many inmates taking part in a Risdon Prison writing project, when given the theme "a good mate", choose to write about the drug ice and the devastation it has caused them.

The Indian brother of the bus driver burnt to death in Brisbane says his family suspects the killing was a hate crime, despite police yesterday stating there was no apparent motive for the attack.

Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne has had to be in two minds on Derby Day as she preps for a group 2 ride and her media commitments.

Frustrated locals at Port Fairy, in Victoria's south-west, are concerned the picturesque coastline is being decimated by an influx of horse trainers using the beach in an attempt to replicate the tactics of Melbourne Cup winner Darren Weir.

Specialist engineers will examine all rides at all Queensland theme parks, including Dreamworld where four people died this week, the State Government says, with the Premier also announcing a Workplace Health and Safety audit.

An unknown on the world stage at the start of the season, Australian Rhiannan Iffland storms to the Red Bull Cliff Diving title with five wins from seven events.

An unexploded hand grenade from World War I is found at the family home of a veteran, now deceased, at Northbridge on Sydney's lower north shore.

Anthony Mark Edward O'Donohue is remanded in custody charged with murder in relation to yesterday's fatal attack on Brisbane City Council bus driver Manmeet Alisher.

Otto Sims, an Indigenous artist from a remote Central Australian community, creates fabric for a dress that will be modelled on race day in Flemington.

A 30-year-old Canberra man charged with committing an act of indecency against his former partner's 11-year-old daughter appears in an ACT court.

In Adelaide, Joan collects bottles and cans, earning $50 a week to supplement her pension, so she has a little extra for coffee, cigarettes and giving to charity.

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The NSW Government admits 140 recent property buyers were given incorrect information about whether the state had any interest in their land, some in areas affected by proposed Sydney motorways.

WA police say a boat that washed up near Lancelin, some 300 kilometres north of where Jeff Doyle set out from, belongs to the missing fisherman.

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Chairman of selectors Rod Marsh admits the allrounder's spot remains a worry, but he hopes Mitch Marsh will ease the pressure on everyone by scoring a Test ton.

Brett Whiteley, one of the Liberals' self-described "three amigos" rejected by voters at the last election, is angling for a senior role within the Tasmanian branch of the party.