Sydney news

A woman has been arrested after a man was hit and killed by a car in a Sunbury car park.

The Catholic church has settled an unfair dismissal case with a Sydney mother who was dumped one week after filing a bullying complaint.

Five teenagers have been charged after allegedly stealing a car and going on a joyride in Townsville on Friday.

A stubborn heatwave is settling in across the state with little relief in sight for days.

If you thought Saturday was a stinker, expect Sunday and Monday to try and prove you wrong.

Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic will rise to number five in the world after a straight sets win over France's Alize Cornet in the final of the Brisbane International.

With all the talk about ​Ronda Rousey's apparent lack of striking capabilities following her 48-second loss to women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes last month, it seems logical to ask one of her sparring partners: Did Rousey really have trouble grasping the basic concepts of boxing? Or was her poor showing at UFC 207 just a really ill-timed fluke?

Western Sydney's struggle to cool down is set to heat up this year, with a mini-plebiscite and multiple reviews to determine the future of the region's swimming pools.

"It was oppressive," Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said of the humid Saturday night.

Wayne Rooney stands one goal away from becoming Manchester United's outright record goal-scorer after equalling club great Sir Bobby Charlton's mark of 249 against Reading in the FA Cup.

Girl skaters as young as five are taking on the boys and dominating Tasmanian skate parks in a group they got off the ground with the help of a Hobart dad.

From leg-spinning golden child, to fringe Test hopeful, to captain by default2016/17 may be remembered as the summer Steve Smith truly became Australia's leader.

A young woman has been killed in a road crash on the NSW south coast.

BRISBANE, Jan 8 AAP - Two men have been charged over an attack on a man who checked himself into a Gold Coast hospital with a gunshot wound to his face.

At least 48 people were killed on Saturday in the Syrian border town of Azaz after a truck bomb ripped through a busy marketplace.

The post-Christmas boom is hitting charity stores as many Aussies turn their annual clean-out into generous donations. But not everything is a wanted donation.

Three pedestrians were injured when they were hit by a car near the Geelong foreshore on Sunday morning.

President-elect Donald Trump has made plenty of news since he won the election, but the coming week should be the most important of the pre-inaugural period by far.

What if our beloved Canberra was made the setting for a major musical feature movie?

When everything goes wrong the best solution is to find the right tool to fix it.

A man's body was found in a Dandenong North backyard on Saturday evening.

To his critics, nothing former Essendon coach and star player James Hird says or does will ever be enough, Tracey Holmes writes.

With the snow all but gone for the season and the summer tourists starting to arrive, the ABC travels to the Kosciusko National Park to look at just how much of an impact humans are having on the unique alpine environment.

A man and a woman will face court today following the high-speed chase of an allegedly stolen car from Mittagong in NSW's Southern Highlands to Merrylands in western Sydney.

A woman will face court over a terrifying axe attack at a Sydney service station that left two people injured.

President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to say that the "only reason" the hacking of Democratic email accounts was being discussed was because of the party's embarrassment over the size of its election loss in November.

Riot police and Victoria's critical incident response team are called to the youth justice centre at Parkville in the latest in a series of disturbances at the facility.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Indiana Senator Dan Coats as US director of national intelligence, giving the retired lawmaker oversight of the spy agencies that have drawn scepticism from Trump.

Riot police and Victoria's critical incident response team are called to the youth justice centre at Parkville in the latest in a series of disturbances at the facility.

Federal law enforcement officials said they were investigating whether the gunman who opened fire at the airport in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, killing five people and wounding eight, was mentally disturbed and heard voices in his head telling him to commit acts of violence.

Federal investigators will on Saturday pursue all angles in determining the motives behind a mass shooting in which an attacker opened fire in a crowded baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale's airport, killing five people.

A pack of Nobel Prize-winning economists has given Donald Trump and his policy plans the thumbs-down, with one warning the president-elect's programs could lead to a deep recession.

A Sydney councillor has been accused of offering a party colleague an $80,000 bribe on Christmas Day in exchange for power to determine Liberal party preselections.

Her husband was jailed and she was diagnosed with breast cancer and while parts of 2016 were "horrific" for Roxy Jacenko, she also realised how "lucky" she has it.

A man who died after impaling himself on a fence in Adelaide may have been trying to jump it, police say.

Automakers, tech companies and glass manufacturers are teaming up to turn the iPhone display into a car windshield that can show ads, directions and vehicle information to the person behind the wheel.

Aaron Finch agreed that he deserved to be dropped from Australia's one-day international team.

Queensland paceman Billy Stanlake is the bolter in Australia's one-day squad, while Big Bash League sensation Chris Lynn is poised to make his debut in the series against Pakistan.

Prior to the Russian interference intelligence briefing, Mr Trump made sure the public had their facts straight on Twitter - though on another matter he holds dear to his heart.

The LNP has been criticised for spruiking a party leadership tour of south-west Queensland with a video which features images from the other side of the country.

If Melbourne Victory are smart, they will have already made James Troisi the sort of offer he can't refuse to persuade him to stay for a second consecutive A-League season.

James Pattinson made a successful return from injury but he couldn't prevent a batting masterclass from the Melbourne Stars as they regained their swagger with a 46-run win in the Big Bash League derby on Saturday night.

Kevin Pietersen belts 73 from 46 balls to lead the Melbourne Stars to a thumping win over the Renegades in their Big Bash derby.

The home Test season has finished with Australia paddling downstream with a strong tailwind after beginning the summer tumbling in a whirlpool at the bottom of a waterfall. So what has produced this abrupt tack and is this graded improvement planned and sustainable?

The Sydney Kings have slumped to another loss at home, this time falling victim to a Perth Wildcats side lead by exciting new import and ex-NBA player Bryce Cotton.

A number of Queensland vocational education and training providers have had their registrations cancelled for failing to provide information to the national regulator.

James Troisi stars for Melbourne Victory as the side notches up its fifth A-League win on the trot with a 2-0 defeat of Adelaide United.

At the heart of the controversy over Health Minister Sussan Ley's investment property in Surfers Paradise is a simple principle.

Not even the threat of sharks could deter some 5000 competitors, and an estimated 25,000 spectators, from the annual Pier to Pub.

Wayne Brown might have missed the end of Newcastle's thrilling 3-2 A-League victory over Brisbane Roar but it's unlikely the English midfielder will mind too much.