Sydney news

A search is under way after a US military heli-plane crashed off the coast of Queensland.

Blizzard conditions with heavy snowfalls and winds up to 110 kilometres per hour are expected in Victoria's alpine areas today, as a powerful cold front makes its way across the state.

Insects and spiders crawling freely through your home is not for everyone, but putting down the pesticide may actually work in your favour.

Most of us would need hundred of dollars per year to change electricity suppliers.

A $1.5 billion work-for-the-dole program that overwhelmingly targets Indigenous communities has been labelled racist by Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus, with the high-profile union leader arguing the government's policy denies people rights "based on their race".

Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the stabbing death of a man in West Footscray on Saturday night.

It stands to reason that in the absence of convincing solutions to persistent problems, unhappy voters will seek alternatives, and look for someone to blame.

On the day Labor’s Fair Work Act became law, right-wing media went into meltdown about‘’unsustainable’’ wage claims. They could not have been more wrong.

Precision helicopter piloting is as much a part of buffalo mustering as Mad Max-style bull-catching cars.

Filling cow horns with fresh manure and burying them for six months sounds bizarre, but what is dug up becomes the basis of biodynamic farming.

Universities would be hit with $1.2 billion in funding cuts under the Turnbull government's higher education changes, with new data showing some institutions are set to lose up to $57 million over the next four years.

The jubilant Crusaders are once again the kings of Super Rugby.

President Donald Trump, who knocked his predecessor's work ethic and said he probably wouldn't take holidays as president, has settled in for 17 days at his secluded golf club in New Jersey's fox-hunt and horse country.

A teenager has been charged after a police pursuit in Sydney's west.

A woman who spotted a fellow plane passenger texting about sexually assaulting children has led police to arrest two people and rescue two potential victims, according to authorities.

A Polish man has been jailed in the Italian city of Milan over the alleged kidnapping of a British model who was held captive for six days in July.

German police on Saturday arrested two Chinese tourists for making illegal "Heil Hitler" salutes in front of the historic Reichstag building that houses the German parliament.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has backed a constitutionally-enshrined "Voice to Parliament" for Indigenous people, marking the first clear commitment by him or Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to the Referendum Council's central recommendation.

Eating eight almonds and two dates within 30 minutes of waking is the perfect breakfast for a good night's sleep at the end of the day, an expert has suggested.

A postal vote on same-sex marriage would likely be invalid without legislation and struck down in the High Court, according to legal advice obtained by marriage equality advocates.

"I've always worked hard. I just take whatever I can get."

Two investors are rubbing their hands together after their small Victorian cottage in Melbourne's inner north sold more than $200,000 above reserve.

When Pokemon Go took over children's screens last year and most teachers were struggling to keep it out of the classroom, a school on the NSW central coast decided to incorporate the popular game into their science lessons.

Singapore's government has taken a bitter feud in the family of the city-state's founder Lee Kuan Yew to the courts.

Children as young as 12 can use firearms in NSW and shoot as a school sport. But the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party and shooting enthusiasts argue 10-year-olds should be allowed to handle guns.

He won an Oscar, directed almost 50 movies and was Mia Farrow's father. So why don't we know him?

Brad Scott and Nathan Buckley at odds over a tackle from Pies ruckman Brodie Grundy that left Ben Brown in hospital.

Who licked the postage stamps? The question was absurd, and at the same time, deadly serious.

Greater Western Sydney sent an ominous message to their premiership rivals with a 35-point win over Melbourne.

Collingwood scored an emphatic 54-point win at Etihad Stadium and star North Melbourne forward Ben Brown wastaken to hospital on a disastrous Saturday night for the Kangaroos.

A search is under way after a US military helicopter crashed off the coast of Queensland.

Hela stole away to a gynaecologst two years after she was married. She was punished for it.

Three crew members are still missing after a United States Marine Corps aircraft was involved in a "mishap" off Queensland's coast.

The excuses might be funny but the speeding is not.

Prescription opioid painkillers were so common on the streets of Sydney's Darlinghurst and Kings Cross that recovering addict John*, 49, found them easier to buy than heroin, his "stone" of choice.  

The government of New South Wales left the new colony of Queensland "broke" with the equivalent of just six cents in its treasury coffers when the Sunshine State began in December 1859.

The life-long drug user and career criminal who brought the Brisbane CBD to a halt when he pulled a gun on a cop wants to work with kids at risk of homelessness or drug addiction.

Coach Rodney Eade's hopes of winning a contract extension at Gold Coast have suffered another blow after the Suns' 23-point loss to Fremantle in Perth.

A man has died and a woman has been injured at a home in Melbourne's west on Saturday night.

The Bombers arrived at the MCG on Saturday hoping to continue the style they showed against the Western Bulldogs last weekend. Admittedly, that contest would end in defeat, but it was an example of the free-flowing manner they want to play.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stripped to his waist to brave the cold waters of a mountain lake as part of a three-day fishing and hunting trip in the Siberian wilderness, the Kremlin said.

Canberra's finals charge is alive and well after they thrashed the Cronulla Sharks on Saturday night.

Warriors coach Stephen Kearney sensationally accused his players of not trying hard enough and of lacking effort and conviction after a big loss to Newcastle on Saturday afternoon, promising consequences as soon as Sunday morning.

More and more buyers are seeking property in this picturesque spot near the NSW/ACT border.

That's how you erase a last-round defeat. Brisbane said they would raise the intensity and the Titans just happened to be in their way, finding themselves on the end of a flogging at Robina.

Queanbeyan have called on a former Olympic Games swimming star to help them dive into the finals.

Seventy-seven per cent. Get above that and the Raiders haven't lost all season.

A Ricky Stuart masterclass has inspired the Canberra Raiders to a 30-12 victory over the Cronulla Sharks to keep their NRL finals hopes alive.

Just before Ivan Cleary's shock departure from the Penrith Panthers at the end of the 2015 season, he sat down with son Nathan to discuss how long it would take before he would get a taste of NRL football.

The Golden Rose bubble has burst for a couple of highly touted Sydney colts, but it's very much intact for Shogun Sun.