Sydney news

Other than the obvious need for sunshine, what do solar cars and their teams have to contend with to successfully make it down the Stuart Highway from Darwin to Adelaide?

British Indian sitar player Anoushka Shankar will return to WOMADelaide next year, joining a cosmopolitan line-up including a Mexican guitar duo and an Iraqi trio.

Residents in the south coast town of Denmark have been attacking local government candidates, and each other, on social media, prompting concerns some people may be deterred from voting.

One of the first Indigenous men to enlist for World War I will today be recognised with full military honours, more than 50 years after he was buried in an unmarked grave.

One Nation could put all sitting Queensland MPs last on the party's how-to-vote cards for the next state election, in a move that could influence the outcome of the poll.

The craft beer scene has grown tenfold in the past decade and set to join the industry are 16 students being trained in the first nationally recognised microbrewing TAFE course.

An inner Brisbane unit glut has seen prices slump to their lowest in three years with a recovery not expected for at least 12 months, experts say.

When Stuart Waite wakes up each morning the first name he says might be "Alexa". He's talking to his very own smart home device, which is connected to appliances around his house.

Known for its natural beauty, the town of Exmouth tries out a novel way to stay on the map.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has backed out of a contract with an Israeli defence company, indefinitely delaying the construction of an Australia-first flight simulator.

A bushwalker and his dog stumble into a mid-water stand-off with a huge kangaroo in WA's South West.

Australian companies are offering men six months of paid parental leave, so why aren't more fathers taking it up?

New father Ben Jones will stay at home with Angus after his employer brought in a new paid parental leave policy.

The first crocodile safety campaign in Western Australia is being rolled out in the state's north, in recognition of the increased risk posed by saltwater crocodiles.

The Australian defendant in a legal fight over the brand name Ugg hopes to expand his business, if he wins.

'Southpaw' has been used to describe left-handed people, but could the term also be applied to pets? Research into the handedness of animals could influence breeding, training and temperament.

Cameras containing vital data to help improve the lives of wombats suffering from mange are stolen from research areas outside Canberra.

Although Sydney has never been targeted from the air, North Korea's latest threats and concerns about an attack on home soil prompt a question to Curious Sydney about how the city prepared itself during World War II.

A woman who suffered severe facial burns in a barbecue accident as a child, writes a memoir detailing the incident that "changed her life".

Hundreds of South Australian public doctors will hold a stop work meeting as they seek a bigger pay rise than the one currently on the table from the Government.

The Australian Diamonds secure the Constellation Cup, beating New Zealand 55-43 in the third match in the series in Adelaide.

A Melbourne man was allegedly murdered when he was carjacked by a group of young men who wanted his vehicle for a supermarket robbery, a court hears.

Games officials fear athletes heading to the Gold Coast in 2018 may not be able to enter the country because of tough visa restrictions, but the Government insists that's not the case.

Online betting agency Lottoland calls on the WA Government to tax its business instead of banning its use in the state, but the Premier is not convinced.

The Premier Mark McGowan says the Government's been left with no choice but to look into increasing household charges or impose a bank tax.

Fadi Ibrahim was released from Silverwater prison in September after his wife, Shayda Ibrahim, and business partner, Ben Scott, posted $2.2 million worth of property deeds as security.

The ex-partner of Tyrell Cobb's mother is released after being sentenced to four years in prison for the 2009 manslaughter of the four-year-old, who died from an abdominal injury.

One of Australia's most senior Anglicans defends his diocese's decision to donate $1 million to the No campaign, saying a "commitment to social justice" fuelled the move.

Eyewitness video shows a frozen-food truck hanging over the side of a bridge after it crashed and burst into flames on a NSW highway this morning.

Bali police say 32-year-old Mount Isa man Joshua James Baker told them a plastic bag containing marijuana mixed with tobacco, along with sedative medication, belonged to his girlfriend.

Police investigate after human remains are found on Victoria's Surf Coast, not far from where missing woman Elisa Curry was last seen, but officers say it is too early to speculate.

Usually the Chef de Mission for each nation files the paperwork for their athletes, but due to strict Australian rules the athletes will be required to do it themselves.

Tom Rockliff will line up for Port Adelaide next season, after the Power confirmed the experienced Lions midfielder had signed on.

Syria came within the width of the post of breaking Australian heartsand Socceroos goalie Mat Ryan admits he was unsighted for the last-minute strike that could have ended Australia's hopes.

"I will fear you but respect you, I see you as my dominant"just one of the messages allegedly exchanged on social media between two women on trial for the murder of Perth teenager Aaron Pajich.

A 33-year-old Moonah woman is killed in a head-on collision in peak-hour traffic near the Tasman Bridge in Hobart this morning.

Independent politician Robyn Lambley slams the Northern Territory Government for a lacklustre agenda in Parliament this week.

The SA Government accuses Liberal leader Steven Marshall of misleading voters about the expected benefit of his energy policy after a bout of robocalls earlier this week.

The judge describes it as a murder "on a whim" as Rebels motorcycle club member John Richard Weston is sentenced to 34 years in jail for killing a man over a rare motorbike.

The Diamonds have won the first two Constellation Cup games against New Zealand but are striving for a big winning margin when the teams clash in Adelaide on Wednesday night.

Three years after Rockhampton's Belinda Sleeman became the first woman to officiate an NRL game, she is making history once again.

A one-year-old boy who went missing after it was thought he wandered off from the front yard of a home in Perth's east is found safe.

A man police prosecutors say is a sergeant-at-arms with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang appears in a Darwin court on drug and assault charges.

Low-level toxic contamination in Coolangatta Creek on the southern Gold Coast will prompt signage urging no swimming where it flows onto Kirra Beach.

Ali Fahour pleads guilty to recklessly causing injury after hitting a player during a suburban football game and knocking him unconscious.

More than a quarter of new homes built in New South Wales are being bought by foreign buyers, with Victoria close behind and closing in, according to new research from Credit Suisse.

A stolen truck has crashed into a building at Singleton in the Hunter Valley, sparking explosions and a major rescue operation, police say.

Police reveal the identity of the man wanted over a hit-and-run that killed a Melbourne nurse, warning him it is only a matter of time before he is found.

A helicopter pilot who "carelessly" failed to report a crevasse, in which he fell weeks later, contributed to his own death, the former leader of Australia's base in Antarctica says.

Seven people are charged with drug trafficking and a total of 25 people are arrested in police raids targeting a methamphetamine network in the southern Queensland town of St George.