Sydney news

A 71-year-old inmate is bashed to death in the frail aged unit at Sydney's Long Bay jail complex, allegedly by his 77-year-old cellmate.

Steve Smith is set to play his 50th Test with a record greater than mostbut the Aussie skipper is looking firmly to the future, not the past.

Hobart Hurricanes post an eight-wicket Big Bash League win over Adelaide Strikers thanks partly to a five-wicket haul by Dan Christian.

New Year’s resolutions are about trying to break habits, which is hard, but not impossible to do.

A fourth straight win returns Melbourne Victory to within seven points of A-League leaders Sydney FC.

At least 16 people were killed by a car bomb in a busy square in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City district.

It started with an ace, and finished in just 61 minutes, as Roger Federer made a successful and oh-so-welcome return to tennis at the Hopman Cup on Monday night.

House guests can be a blessing or a curse. It all depends on how you, the host, handle the guest request.

Sydney has embraced its Big Bash franchises, the Sixers and Thunder. Both have won the tournament, yet Sydney cricket crowds still reserve their hearts for the New Year's Test match.

​Veteran fundie Geoff Wilson has warned shares in Hunter Hall Global Value are primed to fall now that the fund has lost its mantle as an ethical fund.

An elderly Beechworth woman has been flown to Melbourne after falling almost four metres from a Mount Buffalo walking track.

Six goals, three points to the home team and the chance to witness a piece of A-League history being made.

United States President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address to reflect on his time in office and say thank you to his supporters.

At least 16 people were killed by a car bomb in a busy square in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City district.

White spot disease has been found in prawns in another aquaculture farm on the Logan river on Friday.

If solar panels topped Suncorp Stadium, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Roma Street Station, they could generate electricity for 1200 homes and save 5414 tonnes of carbon emission a year.

The Canadian owners of the Ravensthorpe nickel mine in WA's south are fined $40,000 after a near-fatal acid spill two years ago.

The Princess Royal has moved to allay fears about the Queen's health by insisting she was feeling "better" despite missing church at Sandringham for the second successive Sunday.

A man dies after falling off a jet ski and being hit by another rider in Launceston, Tasmania.

It's hard to believe I share support for the same political party with Amanda Vanstone.

With summer heat settling in over the next few months, plenty of us will be returning to beaches in favourite holiday spots up and down the NSW coast. Will we notice any changes there?

Research from the Australia Institute says that the average full-time worker in Australia loses 5.1 hours per week to unpaid overtime – or 264 hours per year.

European wasps, red foxes and certain species of exotic fish are now banned in the ACT.

A tourism expert says Canberra is at risk of becoming known as politician-riddled and soulless once again after the loss, downsizing or cancellation of various events and venues.

Taxpayers billed $1 million for five months of "agile coaching".

Police have found a woman and her infant daughter who had been missing since New Year's Eve.

A man bitten by a snake is spending the night stranded in a National Park with paramedics after rescue efforts were delayed until the morning.

An elderly woman has become the first driver to die on Victoria's roads this year, after she veered onto the wrong side of a highway and collided head-on with another vehicle.

Former Parramatta and Rabbitohs halfback Chris Sandow has been arrested and charged with public nuisance after brawling with another man in the street at Cherbourg.

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Melburnians looking longingly at the warm weather forecast for this weekend had better hope for no deluges of rain until then, or swimming will be off limits at the city's beaches.

Kyrgios has the talent to win an Australian Open, French ace Richard Gasquet believes. One day.

The weather bureau warns more communities could be affected as the worst of the heavy rain is yet to come.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a gun attack on an Istanbul nightclub which killed 39 people on Sunday, the group said in a statement on Monday.

Former Liberal leader John Hewson discusses the 1992-93 Cabinet papers, how he feels about Mabo today and why he thinks Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull needs to pull some of his backbenchers into line.

So far 2017 is off to a cracking start. It hasn't killed any meme-worthy celebrities, and Trump isn't President.

Festival-goers recall the chaos when hundreds of people were caught in a stampede at the Falls Festival in Victoria, which left 80 injured.

Tony Abbott's New Year resolutions for 2017 remain a matter of conjecture, but conduct befitting a government backbencher seems not to have been among them.

What Ramsey Vong knew of resuscitation techniques he learned watching videos on YouTube and Facebook. It may have been enough to save a life. 

The singer has been dating Logan Huffman since 2014.

Canberra United to utilise her vast experience in absence of both their injured co-captains.

A 3-metre scrub python makes a meal out of a wallaby in far north Queensland on New Year's Day, just weeks after another python did likewise on a golf course a short distance away.

The Queenslander missed out in an epic three-setter against Spain's French Open champion Garbine Muguruza.

Unheralded British cyclist Ian Bibby is jet-lagged, unscathed and on the verge of making Bay Classic history.

Plumes of fly ash from Port Augusta's old coal-fired power station are raising health concerns for residents.

Your month-by-month, sport-by-sport and, in some cases, club-by-club guide to the key dates on the sporting calendar in 2017.

Lightning has struck a church in country Queensland as a huge, long line of slow-moving severe thunderstorms roll towards the coast from the Darling Downs.

An international authority on false memories says our minds can be easily manipulated, creating convincing recollections of events that never occurred.

It's been 10 years since the Spanish great has arrived this early to prepare for the Australian Open, with the 14-time Grand Slam champion readying himself for a tough Brisbane International.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has quickly dismissed a pair of contentious suggestions on Middle East relations from former prime minister Tony Abbott.