Sydney news

A category one cyclone forms in the Gulf of Carpentaria, but is due to weaken before heading towards the Northern Territory coast.

Gastric band surgery should be made more widely available, researchers say, after a study found the procedure had major benefits to overweight people with type-two diabetes.

A review of Adelaide's Late Night Code has been edited to make the city's 3:00am lockout appear more successful, a group representing licensed venues says.

West Australian Department of Fisheries technical officer Rhys Allen spends his days collecting data from dead fish to help manage the local fishery.

It's been a month since the deadly attack in the heart of Melbourne's CBD. So how exactly will the victims of this tragedy be compensated?

Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has no complaints about the referee following his side's 22-6 World Club Challenge defeat to Wigan despite the Sharks having two tries disallowed.

Some abortion services currently available at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital could be moved to a different location as the hospital confirms a review.

Emergency services are frustrated by people making bad decisions when faced with floodwater.

Renovations to police holding cells in the coming months could cause further overcrowding in South Australian prisons, the Opposition warns.

Sheep racing is part of a unique attempt to draw a crowd to a tiny Tasmanian town an hour's drive north of Hobart.

An Australian businessman remains the largest individual owner of pastoral land in the Northern Territory.

Another last-ball Twenty20 loss ensures more debate about the Australian cricket team's schedule.

The Anzac Park buildings in Campbell are a subject of fascination for many Canberrans. A first glance they look like a matching pairbut a closer examination shows this isn't quite correct.

As locals on Melbourne's south-western fringe fight plans for a youth justice centre in their suburb, the ABC speaks to residents of Ararat, in Victoria's west, about what it it is like to live near a prison.

Internet giant Google is about to launch a hiring raid for Australia's best and brightest hackers in a move likely to exacerbate a major IT skills shortage in government agencies.

Nationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Melody Pool reveals she will be stepping back from music after battling crippling depressiona decision made at a time when the 25-year-old's career is just taking off.

Is year 12 really worth all the stress, and does it prepare you for the real world? Students who self-documented their entire final year for the ABC give their verdicts.

A double to star striker Besart Berisha leads Melbourne Victory to a resounding win over Central Coast.

Australia tries to recover from its first-up loss to Sri Lanka as they play the second game of their Twenty20 series in rainy Geelong.

Six months after his pledge to set a base level for WA's GST share, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is set to face hard questions about how it will be done and when.

A Queensland man who was bitten on the leg by a shark on Saturday has had the limb amputated and remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital.

Thousands of people pour into centre of Canberra to enjoy the sights, sounds and flavours of the three-day National Multicultural Festival.

The Southern Stars fall eight runs short of New Zealand's revised total after the Aussies lose three wickets in the final over of their chase.

Another storm hits the Hunter region and the Central Coast of New South Wales after two days of severe weather caused widespread blackouts and property damage in parts of the state.

More than 12,000 insurance claims are lodged with damages at an estimated $31 million following the hailstorm that hammered parts of Sydney and Wollongong yesterday.

A 15-year-old is arrested is arrested over a his suspected involvement in a home invasion and an assault on an 87-year-old woman.

An overnight issue with Suncorp Bank's systems causes some accounts to appear anywhere between $15 and $1,400 overdrawn.

The Towitta murder mystery that took place in regional South Australia during 1902 gripped the nation, and more than 100 years later the case remains as compelling as ever.

A nine-year-old girl missing from north of Brisbane since this morning, sparking an Amber Alert from Queensland police, is found safe and well.

Three men in Kakadu National Park are lucky to have emerged unharmed after their small boat overturned in crocodile-inhabited waters, forcing two of them to swim across the South Alligator River, police say.

A multi-million-dollar campaign to counter racist attacks, abuse and discrimination is launched by the Victorian Government in response to the perceived rise of extreme-right groups.

Police believe a 20-year-old man whose body was recovered from the ocean this morning north of the Western Australian town of Augusta may have fallen off rocks.

Captain Erin Phillips' long-range goal gives Adelaide a thrilling three-point win over Carlton and keeps the Crows' unbeaten streak going.

Boutique arts and music events in South Australia face what organisers say can be a "really complex regulatory environment", but efforts are underway to achieve simpler legislation.

Police charge a man with the murder of his partner, who was fatally stabbed in Sydney's west overnight in what is being described as a case of domestic violence.

Police in Western Australia's north are concerned about an increase in children committing sexual assaults, a trend child advocates say is being seen nationally.

Nostalgic athletes from around Australia descend on a town in Tasmania's north for the National Penny-Farthing Championships.

Federal sports minister Greg Hunt says a government inquiry into the Essendon doping saga is possible after the 'Justice for the 34' group presented him with new information.

By Justin Chadwick

Omar Abdel-Rahman, convicted of the bombing of the World Trade Centre in New York in 1993, has died in prison in the United States, his son Ammar told Reuters on Saturday.

The Brisbane Lions make it three from three with a win over Collingwood while GWS and Fremantle play out the first ever AFL Women's draw.

Sydney is in for another wet afternoon with thunderstorms expected to batter the east coast of NSW on Sunday.

By Chris Pike

Commemorations of the bombing of Darwin on this day 75 years ago are underway as veterans remember the first and largest single attack by a foreign power against Australia.

By Greg Roberts

A Queensland man who was bitten on the leg by a shark on Saturday remains in a critical but stable condition following emergency surgery.

The 71-year-old woman's body was allegedly found with a single gunshot wound, following a five-hour siege.

A man has gone missing after falling off rocks north of Augusta in the WA's South-West.

Follow our match tracker for the action from this clash clash between the undefeated Blues and Crows.

A meningococcal vaccine will be free to all Queenslanders aged 15 to 19 under a new $6-million State Government health program beginning next school term.