Sydney news

Red Symons pens a letter to his listeners on the eve of returning to the airwaves after his recovery from a head injury.

The Cowboys are daring to dream after moving through to the NRL preliminary finals by defeating the Eels 24-16 at Sydney's Olympic stadium.

Five years ago, Nural Kobir arrived in Perth from the Rakhine state in Myanmar where his home had been burned by soldiersnow the ethnic Rohingya man fears for two of his nephews left in the country, who have not been seen since the military arrived in their village last week.

A 21-year-old Singaporean Army sergeant dies in an armoured vehicle crash during a joint military exercise in central Queensland, but no Australian personnel are injured.

The Wallabies have two losses and a draw from their three Rugby Championship Tests thus far. Follow our ScoreCentre to see if they can turn it around against Argentina.

The injury-ravaged Cowboys will look to continue their run as their semi-final against the Eels kicks off. Follow the action in our NRL ScoreCentre.

Can GWS recover from a disappointing qualifying final with a semi-final victory over West Coast? Follow our AFL ScoreCentre to find out.

A man is taken to hospital in a critical condition after allegedly being stabbed by his 19-year-old girlfriend at a home in Sydney's west.

The Matildas did enough to keep a fast-finishing Brazil at bay in their 2-1 victory in Penrith. Look back at the stats and commentary in our ScoreCentre.

Residents are "very lucky" not to be badly injured as a bus driver veers off the road and crashes into two homes in Sydney, causing major damage to the homes.

Supercars young gun Todd Hazelwood incredibly walks away uninjured from a high-speed crash in qualifying for Sunday's Sandown 500.

They have confronted their personal demons in the outback, but now a group of Operation Flinders graduates in Adelaide are taking on the challenge of being an urban firefighter.

Winx beats Happy Clapper and Foxplay to win the George Main Stakes at Randwick, for 20th straight race victory.

Australia's most famous whale puts on a show for tourists off the Queensland coast, including tour operator Tasha Mulligan, who had always dreamt about seeing the "magical unicorn" of the whale-watching field.

The winners of the 2017 Young Archies show "a sophisticated way of expressing an idea" well beyond their years, a judge of the Archibalds for children says.

Staff at a private Melbourne retirement home have been "feeding the patients out of their own pockets", according to the daughter of a former resident, and claim they have not been paid in months.

Australia's Matildas take on mighty Brazil in Penrith, in the first of two football clashes. Follow all the scores, stats and commentary in our live ScoreCentre.

A koala is released back into the wild after enduring a 16-kilometre nightmare holding onto the axle of a four-wheel drive in the Adelaide Hills.

Patrick Dangerfield's best-afield performance against Sydney gives his old club Adelaide plenty to think about ahead of their preliminary final.

Fears are held for the safety of an 88-year-old hiker who has gone missing in Victoria's Alps eight days into a trek after he was separated from his friends.

At least seven apartment blocks in one Canberra suburb see same-sex marriage postal surveys strewn about the street by wind and rain, after apparently being left on top of mailboxes, rather than inside them.

People addicted to the internet are more likely to have problematic sexual interactions with strangers online and their addiction should be treated as a disorder, an expert at Flinders University in South Australia says.

Two women who were forced out of their demountable homes by a developer win a court battle for compensation after a six-year fight.

Lacrosse apartment owners say they are likely to wear "the blame and the pain" as the cladding fire case returns to Victoria's disputes resolution tribunal.

Young Crows defender Jake Kelly has been rewarded for his reliability this season, playing 22 games and about to line up for a preliminary final berth.

Campus vendors excluded from a Flinders University revamp were in tears as they closed their doors for the last time, while academic staff wait to see how they're affected by the introduction of specialist teaching roles.

Devised over a decade ago as a way to break into the male-dominated sport of fishing, more than 100 women get out on the water to have a good time, and see if they can get a bite.

This Tasmanian political hopeful may be currently earthbound in his would-be electorate, but if all goes to plan, he'll be celebrating his 77th birthday somewhere in space.

Carers say foster children face a brutal challenge when they turn 18 and are cut off from the system.

Researchers are observing the far eastern curlew, netting them and attaching GPS trackers to the birds in a bid to protect their preferred feeding and roosting sites so they don't die out.

West Australian scientists working to save a prehistoric fish from extinction turn to the latest fitness technology for help.

A big jump in annual attendance at Perth's Kings Park was likely due to augmented reality critters which infested the tourist spot and attracted droves of Pokemon hunters.

From a tin shed in remote Australia, a small team of scientists monitor earth tremors from the other side of the worldmost recently from North Korea.