Sydney news

A 78-year-old man is arrested after a woman, also 78, is found dead inside a house in Melbourne's outer south-east.

Veteran Harry Lock kept his friend's wallet safe for five decades, before finally handing it back to the fallen soldier's family.

Retired and wanting to downsize in the southern capital? It's not that easy if you are in the market for a city apartment.

The national park that spans almost all of Queensland's heritage-listed Fraser Island has been renamed "K'gari", meaning paradise, a partial victory for traditional owners who are campaigning to rename the entire island.

Tens of thousands of people have turned out in Sydney for the dawn service. Among them were current and former members of the military, who've been attending every year for decades. But there were also many first timers, where 2017 was their very first Anzac Day service.

Patrons have gathered at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance to pay their respects to those who fought.

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson is furious at Wayne Carey, claiming the prominent AFL commentator's claims about Cyril Rioli being homesick are "a load of rubbish".

Hundreds of spiders spin their webs on two prominent Canberra bridges each year.

Plank by plank, one of Australia's most effective secret weapons of World War II is being restored to its original wartime condition to serve as a memorial for the conflict's most elite commandos.

Actor Samuel Johnson is the big winner of the 59th Annual Logies Awards, taking out the Gold Logie for Best Personality on Australian Television as well the Logie for Best Actor.

Hundreds of people will come together in Perth to perform the war dance in a show of support for men's mental health after the conclusion of the Anzac Day dawn service.

Spanish wizard Diego Castro leads Perth Glory to an upset 2-0 win over Melbourne City in an open and entertaining A-League elimination final at AAMI Park.

Surfers come together to pay tribute to teenage shark attack victim 17-year-old Laeticia Brouwer, who died after being bitten by a great white off Western Australia's south coast a week ago.

Perth Glory scores two first-half goals, leaving Melbourne City with it all to do in the A-League elimination final at AAMI Park. Follow our live commentary and the full stats spread in our A-League finals ScoreCentre.

More than 1,000 pinwheel poppies made by schoolchildren are being stuck onto a historic Brisbane hotel to honour fallen Anzac soldiers.

The Hawks rediscover the golden touch in a 51-point trouncing of West Coast as Geelong hold off a spirited St Kilda to win by 38 points.

The AFL pledges to help Victoria Police find an unidentified man who is alleged to have hurled racist abuse at a Brisbane trainer during the Lions' loss to the Western Bulldogs.

A 12-year-old boy attempting to drive a car from the east coast of New South Wales across Australia to Perth is arrested by police at Broken Hill, over 1,000 kilometres into his journey.

The under-fire Wests Tigers score late to seal an 18-12 boilover against the Canterbury Bulldogs to put a difficult week off the pitch firmly behind them.

A group of New South Wales high school students attend a masterclass at Sydney Opera House with musicians from London's famous chamber orchestra the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

A young jockey is transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital with a head injury after falling from her horse during an Alice Springs race on Saturday.

In a Supercars race marred by tyre blowouts, Chaz Mostert breaks his winners' podium drought as Prodrive Racing claims a sensational one-two result at Phillip Island.

The transition to a nursing home and the loss of a pet is being made easier for aged care residents in Tasmania with the help of greyhounds whose racing days are over.

NRL round eight continues with the Wests Tigers facing off against the Canterbury Bulldogs. Follow our live commentary and the stats that matter in our NRL ScoreCentre.

Emergency services locate a Taiwanese woman who spent two nights with a broken ankle lost at Cradle Mountain in central Tasmania.

A new $72-million train station opens at Aubin Grove on the Mandurah rail line, with Premier Mark McGowan describing it as a "feat of engineering".

New legislation to combat drive-by shootings will be introduced to the Victorian Parliament allowing police to charge all occupants of a vehicle involved in a shooting, rather than having to prove who pulled the trigger.

An outback national park boundary is being extended to offer better protection to the site of ancient rock engravings in the Flinders Ranges.

Doctors are able to prescribe the medicinal use of cannabis without government approval in South Australia from this week.

More than 1,000 pinwheel poppies made by schoolchildren are being stuck onto a historic Brisbane hotel to honour fallen Anzac soldiers.

South-east Queensland's public transport will be able to cope with huge demand during the 2018 Commonwealth Games, chair Peter Beattie says, despite UK bosses warning logistics could unravel the event.

A letter which outlines Lorraine Baff's complaints about her husband's care at the state-run nursing home at Oakden puts more pressure on the South Australian Government about when it knew of care concerns at the Adelaide facility, which now faces closure.

GWS Giants star Heath Shaw apologises for "insensitive, offensive" remark directed at Swans forward Tom Papley during the Sydney derby.

Mutts were often recruited by stray dog homes for the war effort, but the ginger-haired Irish terriers became much more than guard dogs and rat catchers during WWI.

The number of Queenslanders inquiring to become foster carers hit a record last month, with the State Government launching a recruitment drive to turn the curious into the committed.

It could be due to the popularity of the AFL Women's competition or because they've finally found a way to move out of the backyard and into a club, but there has been an unprecedented surge in the number of girls and women playing AFL this winter.

In the midst of Centenary of Anzac commemorations, the state's oldest regional RSL sub-branch is marking 100 years since its formation, but the exact date is not known because almost all its records and memorabilia were lost in the 1989 Newcastle earthquake.

Today France votes in the first round of what has been one of the most contentious elections in its recent history, but many French expatriates in Australia are relieved not to be involved.